okay: Ever since I can remember, my mom has recounted conversations she's had with Jesus/God. She is not a condemning person--she tends to be open minded and she is always helps others..
Anyway-- I don't think she is crazy. But I don't believe in God. I tend to be logical and a caring/sometimes intervening God doesn't make sense.
What would you think if you were in my position? I say I'm agnostic--- If I were to say I was atheist, that would be like calling my mom crazy! What do you think? How can I rationalize what my mom says?
2007-03-09 17:44:54 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
---Clarification: She says God/Jesus have talked to her as well, on several occasions. It isn't one-sided.
2007-03-09 17:53:04 · update #1
Of course God has always come across as loving based on what she says--and he isn't telling her to do anything.
She even has stories of where what he says completely surprises her--so I don't think she is talking to herself and just believes it is God.
It makes me feel like I am the crazy one for not having faith.
BTW--our relationship is not the problem. We get along fine--I'm 21, and I don't live at home anymore.
I just don't know what to think or how to feel about all of this.
2007-03-09 18:21:54 · update #2
If you're an atheist, you can't rationalize what she says, you have to deal with reality. Yes it would be like calling her delusional, because that's what she is.
2007-03-09 18:18:38 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hearing the voice of YHWH has a tendency to make people deaf Biblically speaking. You can't rationalize it, I think she's honestly crazy.
I've heard the voice of God before, for the briefest moment all the questions I had were answered, I lost all strength, became deaf for a significant period of time, and couldn't stop crying (not like sobbing, I just couldn't controll my tear ducts), from that point on my life has been significantly happier, lots of good things have happened, and the bad things just don't seem so bad. But... conversing with God is... out of your mother's league, I'm sorry, even the damn Pope can't do it.< Glad I'm not catholic
2007-03-09 18:00:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"when did i realize i was God? i was praying, and i realized i was talking to myself."
your mom probably just had a conversation with herself, i think most people reason things out in their heads, she might have gone a little further. Just make sure she isn't doing ridiculous things because the voice told her to and you'll both be fine. maybe it's really God, in which case you can get some inside info!
2007-03-09 18:10:24 · answer #3 · answered by ajj085 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people have conversations with a person who is not there or who they imagine to be there in order to think things out (I do, I rehearse speeches or long talks this way). She may just be talking through things and for her, Jesus works. You aren't calling her mad by not believing, you just think differently. Your mom doesn't do things because God tells her (strange things), she just talks with him, let it go. Even if she is a bit mad, so what, aren't we all?
2007-03-09 17:53:28 · answer #4 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Skeptic:
I don't blame you for being atheistic because religion has fallen short of the mark. Thomas Jefferson was a Unitarian. He did not throw God out the window--just thought He abandoned us. He said: "I am not against religion, but against what religion has done."
God has not abandoned us, we have abandoned Him: But, "ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart."
So, Skeptic, do not give up. We do not find Him, He calls us when we are ready, just keep an open mind and be open to greater truths. He reveals Himself through many ways, I found Him by studying Bible prophecy, and wrote a page about it.
And one more thing: If you do find your Best Friend, He will be proud to talk with you just like your mother--it's called prayer.
Blessings, One-Way
2007-03-09 18:31:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well it is possible to hear Him, and many have. We arn't mad either, we're happy people. She isn't crazy, nothing good will make you crazy. If it were delusions she should have scared you by now.
I'm a christian but believe me im factual. I ask questions and those are a lot about His existence. I've seen people who say they've seen Mary, they've seen Jesus. I've seen photographs, of statues crying blood, and one time it happened in our school.
But I've learned that if it scares you then it isn't from God. So most of those experiences and visions aren't real. God manifests Himself as love. Your mother seems loving and that is God's spirit in her, through us, He is alive and through Him we are alive. Give her a chance on this if you want to prove God's existence. I did.
2007-03-09 18:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by <Xariel the Stray> 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The human mind is a very powerful thing. If you believe in something blindly and with enough passion, your mind will show it to you in everyday life. This probably explains the situation with your mom. It doesn't mean that she's crazy, it just means that she believes so zealously that her belief has started to manifest itself as something that she feels is tangible -- after all, how can someone who actually talks to you NOT exist?
After all, if wounds and diseases can appear out of nowhere as a manifestation of the human mind, its not a far stretch to assume that this voice is along the same lines.
2007-03-09 18:03:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I recommend reading "The Varieties of Religious Experience," by William James.
I don't see a way that you can reconcile your lack of belief with her belief that she has spoken to God, as they are opposing views. Either she is really speaking to God and you are wrong, or you're right and, if she is literally hearing voices that aren't there, she may be a bit touched in the head. Sorry, I don't see another way around it.
2007-03-09 17:54:55 · answer #8 · answered by RabidBunyip 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just tell her that you respect that she has come to her beliefs on her own accord, as have you. It's true that intrinsicly, you are calling her crazy when you say you don't believe in god. But she may think you are crazy for not. Just focus on the relationship you two have and everything should work out.
At least, it seems to work for me and my parents ...
2007-03-09 17:49:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First i believe in are history and God. I will still answer you. If you believe what you believe, than your mother is lying or mentally insane. If you believe what she says than you believe in God.
2007-03-09 18:01:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋