Question:
If I speak with God I am a very devout, but if God speaks to me, why am I crazy?
2009-09-21 14:01:18 UTC
If I speak with God I am a very devout, but if God speaks to me, why am I crazy?
51 answers:
Soniya ಸೋನಿಯಾ
2009-09-21 19:02:20 UTC
Hello, Stefano!



It so happens that psychiatrists have decided that if we hear voices, we are schizophrenic. So, even if God speaks to you, it is better not to go tell people.



I know that the "I" is an impersonal one. So is my "you".



Joan of Arc was accused of being a witch because she had heard voices.



It seems that we are afraid to hear voices from invisible being, and we assume also that God NEVER talks to people, except prophets. We never think that Abraham or Moses were crazy, or that they were male witches!!!! That is because it is far in time, and we think that it is enough distance for us to feel secure: everything is fine as long as God does NOT talk to us!!!



Yet God does talk to us in many, many ways. We only have to listen.



Pope John XXIII told us to observe the "signs of the times", to be prepared (for God), and to always stand up (figuratively with dignity).



Hugs and kisses, Stefano!
2016-04-03 10:35:17 UTC
There are two kinds of spirits. The Holy Spirit and the unholy. Both can impart the gift of tongues. The biblical gift of tongues is a valid language. This is called xenolalia. People speak in an actual language they do not know. People who speak that language have their faith bolstered by this gift. They understand the message from God. As in Acts chapter 2. I know this is genuine. It happened to me once at a Catholic Charismatic mass. I just started talking. It just came out. It was freaky. But a guy two seats over understood what I was saying. His jaw dropped open. Then he thanked me. The practice of "glossolalia" or "happy babbling" is not biblical. This is the unholy spirit. Something many charismatic movements give into without discernment. It's basically baby talk. People just mimic other languages they've heard and jumble things together. This started with the Vineyard Churches. Particularly the airport church in Canada. These people also bark like dogs and laugh uncontrollably. Many Christians have claimed this to be demonic. The so called "Toronto Blessing." This is why, in 1 Corinthians, Paul tells us NOT to speak in tongues unless someone is edified by it. If this is the genuine gift of tongues from the Holy Spirit, somone in the room will understand and benefit. 1 Cor 14:1-25 Glossolalia scares people away from the church. Paul addresses this in 1 Corinthians 14.
p3wwwtucker
2009-09-23 00:39:30 UTC
The real question is, who is the Devine to say we are crazy and not? Who is to tell us sane from insanity? The most devout strong hearted people that believe in God will never get to see him but there is one thing that lingers in their body. Their soul can sense it. I am not a very religious person myself but I believe in the humans soul. The difference between being scared and a power to let us know when danger lurks ahead. You can either tell yourself, A. Higher Powers do not exist which, gets you in a direction of nothing or B. Admit there at least has to be some sort of higher power to create all of this.



Humans most common question but they never ask but is always on their mind. Do we have a soul? Which enables us to believe in a life here after. Once you answer that religion can take place. But until that question is answered with yes you will have an uneasy question from here on out.
spawn09
2009-09-26 22:22:41 UTC
If god speaks to you that gives you the right to start your own religion! lol Well that is according to Joseph Smith. The founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism. However I still think cutting your nuts off and waiting for a comet to pass while wearing Nike's is a much better way to show devotion. If God speaks to you, you may be malnourished so do eat slowly not fast.
Wolfe
2009-09-26 00:53:29 UTC
Short answer: Because God almost certainly doesn't exist, so if you talk to him, you're arguably only indulging a bit of silliness, but if you hear God talk back, you're almost certainly hallucinating.



Long answer: Millions of humans daily address God and do not, in fact, claim audible responses. The apparent rarity of God speaking renders crediting any claim of it difficult.



For example, if I told you that I, a twenty-something college student, just spoke with President Obama, you would find that difficult to believe unless I provided you some evidence.



And in the case of a man receiving communication from God, no evidence that stands up to public scientific scrutiny has ever been provided.
2009-09-24 13:59:22 UTC
You're only crazy if you, yourself think so. In my opinion,I'd say you're crazy, or mentally unstable or fooled into oblivion... but who am I to judge you? I'm not religious, whatsoever, in fact I'd consider myself an atheist - to that, I'm sure you'd say I'm crazy. However I was raised a Catholic, so I know a thing or two about your 'God'.

God would never EVER choose one person over another. The Father created all of us equal, correct? There is only ONE Lord and savior Jesus, correct? How could you be so foolish into thinking you are so much better than all of God's creations and have the same power that our Lord has? Foolish and ignorant, I'd say you are. God accepts all, even the most terrible sinner - EVEN ME! Not ONLY you. Arrogant, you are.
Roll with the punches
2009-09-22 21:44:08 UTC
What a great question! Here are my thoughts:



1) Because people have been fooled into thinking that God only communicated with Moses and Noah and people thousands of years ago. NOT TRUE! God can still speak to us through impressions and feelings we get as we pray about something or read scripture. As an another example, God can speak to us through our conscience when we somehow know that something is wrong or right. Or when we feel prompted to do / say something or go somewhere in a certain instance.



True, God speaks to prophets, and they may actually hear His voice and receive specific messages for how to lead His people and draw more people to Him, but there's no reason why God can't speak to us in different ways, too (like what I listed above).



2) People are more comfortable thinking about a God who sits in Heaven and listens to their problems and sympathizes with them when they pray, but doesn't really "do" anything. You can be "devout" like that without making anyone else uncomfortable. People are uneasy with the idea that God might have something to say back to them, or want them to do something.



Some people don't want to believe in a God like that, so they'll call you crazy if you say that God has communicated with you.



3) It's so much easier to say "God doesn't speak to anyone anymore," because then there's no disappointment if you ever start to doubt. You can say that you "knew He wouldn't answer" all along.



4) Many people have been made so cynical over time. There are all kinds of ways to get swindled and lied to in the world. Trusting in something they don't fully understand is asking them to ignore what they "know" about the world (being full of liars and disappointments). So people might call you crazy because so many people have lied about "speaking to God" and then used God as an excuse to do weird things.



But I assure you that I know that God is a God of miracles. We can read about them in the scriptures and we can hear stories about how He spoke to others (someone else mentioned Joan of Arc as a good example) and performed miracles. He is unchanging, too. So if he spoke to prophets of old, why would he choose to shut up for the next couple thousand years. It wouldn't make sense...unless you believe in a God with mood swings!



Just look at the Bible for an answer, too: pretty much EVERY prophet was doubted by others and slandered, and some were killed. It's always been tough for some people to believe in God speaking to humans.



Hope that answers your question.
time2ryme
2009-09-24 09:22:21 UTC
as i step outside my spiritualism does not hide.

what would be crazy is to be lazy.

a gift you have has been recognized

you see the world with brand new eyes.



as your talk becomes a walk

try not to stray from the power of today

if it was so crazy it would have never been here to stay.

every generation since creation has had someone who helped the nation.



what you should ask, ask of yourself

use this gift or put it on a shelf?

there is no power unless it is used

help out the ones abandoned and abused.



hear the voice,make your choice.

always remember if you choose the trenches

there are people who will test your defenses

follow your heart. it is time to start.
2009-09-28 10:21:28 UTC
God speaks to people all the time. You're not crazy if He does.



The crazy ones are the ones who say He isnt real!



Jesus is the answer,. the savior, everything we need. Trust in Him, you'll never regret it.
?
2009-09-26 06:18:34 UTC
If God speaks to you, you are not crazy, but the people who don't believe you. But did He Speaks to you?
British Shorthair
2009-09-21 14:09:46 UTC
Ah yes, Thomas Szasz, 1973.



The former is related to publicly sanctioned ritual, the latter denotes a mental aberration. The former allows a degree of hypocrisy (maybe no-one believes God is listening) but to declare the latter means that you are claiming to be special in quite a radical way. So possibly it is down to jealousy and the exposure of empty pieties which we cannot tolerate.
HotpinkKitties
2009-09-28 15:37:21 UTC
So if I smoke the bud, and think God is talking to me am I crazy? Or is he talking to me?



Hmmm, I think it's just societies beliefs, they think that because they don't hear from god you can't? Everyone can speak to God so it's okay.
2009-09-22 15:31:55 UTC
God is speaking to you!. Indian singing



A man whispered, God speaks to me.

And a nightingale began to sing.

But the man did not hear.

Then the man repeated:

God speaks to me ...

And the echo of thunder was heard,

Plus the man was unable to hear.

The man looked around and said:

God, let me see ...

And a star shone in heaven,

But the man did not see her.

The man began to shout:

God show me a miracle .. !

And a child was born,

But the man did not feel the throb of life.

Then the man began to mourn and despair:

God, touch me and let me know you were here with me ...

And a butterfly landed

gently on his shoulder

The man brushed away the butterfly by hand and disillusioned

He went his way, sad, lonely and afraid.



How long can we understand that God is always there, where is life?

How long we'll keep our eyes and our hearts shut to life's miracles that occur daily at all times?

How long?



I mean that God always speaks to us and it is for each one of us listen and not think we are crazy about listening to their signs, is that God speaks a thousand unexpected ways....



Kind regards.
korgen
2009-09-24 22:39:27 UTC
its all a matter of perspective. people who observe you speaking (perhaps through prayer) with god would say your devuot. but if god is speaking to you as he did with moses and noah that instills fear in people. this fear comes from a observance of punishment in the storys of both prophets someone gets punished . In todays society a chat with God would spell disaster for someone and we dont want it ti be people who we relate with and so people are deemed crazy in order to maintain the ordered chaos of to days society
cutie pie
2009-09-22 00:02:32 UTC
If God can speak to u, u r not crazy but blessed.

Blessed be ur soul!!!
2009-09-23 03:14:12 UTC
Nella preghiera è come se parlassimo con Dio, non per questo siamo

crazy anzi è un modo per dialogare con Colui che ci ha creato, e amato fino al punto di sacrificare il proprio Figlio. Io in effetti rispetto coloro che non credono, altrettanto dovrebbero fare loro, non ti pare ?
balachandra a
2009-09-29 00:41:00 UTC
Certainly U R not crazy.GOD dose not talk in your language.It's the inner mind which is talking to U.Of course it's GOOD only if U put in practice what your GOD tells U & it's good for U. If not its of no use for U

thanking U

a_balu1956@yahoo.co.in.
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2009-09-21 14:12:41 UTC
Because everyone knows deep down that god is pretend.

It is ok to pretend to talk to someone since many have grown up doing it anyway.

It is not ok to say that the pretend something is talking to you.

Prayer is a form of self therapy. Kind of like massaging your own calve when it's sore.

Telling people that you hear a voice in your head and that it is some form of ultimate power in the universe causes some skepticism as everyone knows that you are faking it unless you REALLY believe it then they need to put you away or you might hurt someone.
woko51
2009-09-21 14:08:25 UTC
interesting question

sounds like a one-way communication, or does is it proof of subconscious disbelief?



by the way, religious ppl are allowed to report they got orders from God. They may even be blessed and canonized by the Pope one day.
Danimal
2009-09-28 12:36:16 UTC
I think everyone who talks about god is crazy
?
2009-09-22 06:33:16 UTC
I believe it's vice versa. I always talk to god but he says nothing back. If he did, I would assure I'm crazy. People would say the same thing, because they also talk to god but they don't get any respond.
Reality (third eye navigator)
2009-09-27 01:07:37 UTC
there is a god inside of every one of us. the only way a man can really be spoken to by god is if he has had a realization about himself and the need to be good and not evil.
vitraux
2009-09-21 14:18:43 UTC
The former would imply that one is meek and seeking help or guidance....as the latter would imply direct contact with divinity placing oneself above religious leaders or scholars. I myself believe you should talk or listen to whomever you choose. We are all different, therefore we are all crazy.
2009-09-27 03:13:30 UTC
In my opinion, anyone who hears voices in their head, need to seek professional help, before they hurt someone or themselves.



Whether they hear voices from the devil, God or George Washington, makes no difference to me, they are all equally insane.
BKC
2009-09-21 15:39:50 UTC
....you would most likely only appear crazy to those who do not believe in the concept of a God.... believers would probably ask if you could put Em on a three-way call with you.... ;-)
vinny
2009-09-24 06:36:19 UTC
this happens because we people talking to god is a normal activity when we pray to god we become devout as we are praying sometimes to him to grant us with our needs and wants....

or sometimes we may b thanking him for the wishes he has granted to us.......

bt GOD talking to us is an exiting feeling and we being humans are sure to doubt on the happenings... n though if we believe the feeling that GOD is actually responding to our prayers makes us exited and we go crazy

and loose an opportunity to have a conversation with GOD......



hope this helped
mountainsinautumn
2009-09-21 14:08:34 UTC
Funny question!



When we get messages from a deity, they're usually in the form of something happening that you have to interpret. If he's speaking directly to you, you could be a modern day prophet, but more likely you need to see a doctor. Is it a male voice or a female one? (Just in case you're a prophet.) :)
honeybear
2009-09-24 09:02:22 UTC
Nothing is wrong with you. It is a blessing to be able to be in close communication with our Father. May God continue to bless you
2009-09-21 16:12:04 UTC
because the açmayorioty of ppl is stupid and dont belive in abstracts things like spirituality and theoric physics. If ur voices in the head dont carry problems to ytou, be happy and help the world
Katrina
2009-09-25 22:00:01 UTC
I guess God is too cool to talk to people.

so there's no way such a cool cat would be caught talking to a measly human.
?
2009-09-23 08:15:33 UTC
More prophets have spoken than at any time in recorded history, when the mind is unstable.
2009-09-28 04:25:29 UTC
Yes, you are very crazy, listen to me! But not of recovery!
2009-09-24 19:38:25 UTC
I don't think its crazy...

but are u SURE ur talking to god?
megalomaniac
2009-09-28 15:37:10 UTC
Because 'crazy' is a label that some people give to other people whom they want to control.
Jerry
2009-09-26 08:02:02 UTC
no one knows how or what god sounds like...maybe his voice is too powerful for you or us to actual maintain a mental state
2009-09-23 12:17:43 UTC
Who said you are crazy ?

Only you. Only you said you are crazy.

Don't be crazy, please

God speaks sometime us, it is stange, I know, but it's true.

And it's normal people doesn't believe you, isn't ?

So, what else ?
P'quaint!
2009-09-22 23:03:27 UTC
Good Question, Stefano :)



Maybe because others are jealous of the fact that God chose you as His Contact...while others remain mere fans!
Aguaclara
2009-09-26 02:29:59 UTC
Hola Stefano,

Te saludo desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.



Si yo hablo con Dios soy alguien muy devoto, pero si Dios habla conmigo, por qué estoy loco?



Creo que tiene que ver con el ejercicio de dominación que las religiones han ejercido sobre el individuo, desde tiempos inmemoriales.



Desde los distintos dogmas, a lo largo de la historia de la humanidad, se ha obligado al hombre a creer en Dios, de una determinada manera. Y por lo tanto a "hablar" con El de un cierto modo, con rituales que norman esa interacción. Con rezos u oraciones repetidas, similares. Se trata de una forma de control muy definida sobre las personas.



Si en cambio se aceptara, se legitimara que Dios puede hablarnos, ese control de las instituciones religiosas se vería desvirtuado. Ya que cada individuo podría interpretar a Dios de un modo diferente, y eso es justamente lo que no está permitido. A los dogmas religiosos no les conviene en absoluto que el hombre "sienta" a Dios, de un modo libre, singular, único. Yo si me lo permito. No adhiero en particular a ninguna religión. He tomado "lo mejor" de algunas creencias...pero me comunico con Dios de un modo muy mio, muy particular. Y Dios me habla de distintas maneras....muchas veces regalándome el milagro que necesito, haciéndome experimentar una paz infinita, luego de sentimientos tormentosos, a través de un paisaje, de una planta, de un jardín de coloridas flores...de personas especiales, Dios me habla.



Te mando un cariño y te felicito por tus interesantes preguntas en distintos idiomas!
2009-09-23 18:35:59 UTC
i think you would be crazy either way, but know a lot of religious people who would find both situations believable.
Cruela
2009-09-23 11:16:30 UTC
If God speaks to you,you are not crazy.You were chosen.Regards.
2009-09-21 14:27:06 UTC
Both situations are crazy. What god?!
Monika
2009-09-25 19:40:44 UTC
Because no one likes it when people brag.
?
2009-09-24 17:18:28 UTC
i would be really lucky if he speaks to me, and hear his voice
♥αѕн♥
2009-09-21 15:22:35 UTC
Who said that? I wouldn't call you crazy
Dunyah
2009-09-21 20:42:49 UTC
You can scream at yourself in the mirror all day long. Buy if yourself answers, well.......
?
2009-09-29 12:40:17 UTC
what "god" are you referring to??
Shekhar
2009-09-21 20:37:40 UTC
HE is mine , the matter ends there.
Luke
2009-09-27 06:14:46 UTC
You aren't. Unless you are.
Anna C.
2009-09-22 00:43:56 UTC
No crazy but very idiot.
Beans
2009-09-21 15:31:53 UTC
we're crazy either way and anyway.
turandot
2009-09-21 14:35:40 UTC
ciao! Dio non comunica alle masse direttamente, se non tramite segni visibili;più frequente è stata la comunicazione a personaggi singoli, e la veridicità del messaggio da questi diffuso è sempre stato affidato a qualcosa di tangibile per tutti, come le stimmate o il sole che vortica nel cielo.oggigiorno però non vogliamo più leggere i segni, siamo troppo presi dallo stress quotidiano e dalle certezze del nostroorticello per porci domande sull'aldilà e quindi prestarci a leggerne i segni. oggi abbiamo una giustificazione scientifica per tutto.

più spesso Dio ricorre ad intermediari, come la Madonna, e vi sono le apparizioni, che comunque devono essere vagliate dalla Chiesa secondo determinati criteri. quando un uomo dichiara di avere un'apparizione, viene sottoposto a perizie per valutarne lo stato psichico, perchè spesso si tratta di truffe anche dozzinali.

ti invio questo interessante approfondimento.

http://www.lucisullest.it/dett_news.php?id=4123

la stessa Chiesa nel suo magistero pastorale è intervenuta e interviene per compiere una doverosa e rigorosa opera di discernimento per separare il grano dalla pula. Grazie all'antropologia teologica, su cui ci si è soffermati ricavandone dei criteri, si distinguono visioni esteriori (sensibili o corporee), visioni spirituali o immaginative (senza immagini esterne), visioni intellettuali (senza dipendenze sensibili o immagini interiori) e optando per la visione esteriore, cui lega il termine apparizione (che suppone la presenza sensibile) distinto dal termine visione (che non implica la presenza sensibile), si può descrivere in che cosa consista un'apparizione. Posta tale descrizione/definizione delle apparizioni, va notato come esse si situino in alcuni particolari snodi della storia come forte potenziale di risposta ai problemi religiosi (e, per ricaduta, sociopolitici) in essa presenti: ciò costituisce un primo e fondamentale criterio ermeneutico per la comprensione del fenomeno suddetto. Un secondo criterio ermeneutico può essere ritrovato grazie all'articolazione dell'identità e della differenza: le apparizioni, cioè, presentano una sequenza che rimane inalterata (presenza-visione-messaggio) ed elementi in continua mutazione (le persone dei veggenti, la loro collocazione ecclesiale e sociale, le loro modalità di percezione dell'avvenimento, la collocazione delle apparizioni in luoghi e orari diversi). Un terzo criterio ermeneutico è costituito dalla duplice struttura comunicativa che l'apparizione possiede: la forma privata-personale, che rimane nell'ambito della soggettività privata del beneficiario; la forma pubblica-generale, che comporta un messaggio per la società da annunciare pubblicamente, messaggio che pertanto trascende la soggettività privata del beneficiario in quanto diretto alla configurazione storica della comunità cristiana dinanzi all'esigenza di testimonianza della fede. Un quarto criterio ermeneutico è la connessione delle apparizioni con le modalità di comunicazione divina attestate dalla Rivelazione in quanto storia della salvezza: esse ne costituiscono una modalità che, cristologicamente strutturata, non appartiene solo al passato della comunità credente, ma anche al suo presente (e al suo futuro). Il quinto criterio ermeneutico è la connessione dell'apparizione con il carattere escatologico dell'esperienza di fede, in particolare con il segno miracoloso nella duplice funzione di memoria attualizzante dell'attività del Gesù terreno e di attesa fiduciosa della definitiva manifestazione della signoria del Risorto mediante la realizzazione dei nuovi cieli e della nuova terra. Un sesto e ultimo criterio emerso nelle relazioni è costituito dalla struttura incarnazionistico-staurologica delle apparizioni: come nell'Incarnazione e nella crocifissione-morte del Figlio, Dio sceglie ciò che nel mondo è nulla (i veggenti, di norma poveri ed emarginati, soprattutto nelle mariofanie dell'epoca moderna) per fare spazio, nello Spirito, all'annuncio della predicazione (cfr. Matteo 11, 25; Prima lettera ai Corinti 1-4).

ci sono poi le allucinazioni collettive: lì non si capisce bene se ci si influenza a vicenda o se invece si tratta di qualcosa percepito da tutti.

http://www.psicoanalisi.it/psicoanalisi/osservatorio/articoli/osserva1111.html



è comprensibile che il confine tra contatto reale e follia è sottile e confuso.

comunque sia, Dio non parla agli uomini e se lo fa ad un singolo, sarà questi a dichiarare di parlare con lui e quindi dovrà essere sottoposto ad accertamenti. se Dio parla agli uomini con segni indiretti( carestie, terremoti, maremoti) oramai nessuno lo comprende più ,perchè l'uomo razionalizza tutto.


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