Divine communication. Which of these is the most likely?

You're really asking an impossible question. Who among us is qualified to say whether or not another person talks with God? How is anyone to know whether or not, they themsevles, or anyone they know is qualified to judge?

Of the 5 options you posted, I would say that only #'s (2) and (5) would be most like to have a genuine verbal response from the almighty.

But who am I to say? Who are you to say? As I've posted in a previous answer or question - I don't remember which - some Vedic or Yoga sage is quoted as having stated: "He who knows, does not speak; He who speaks, does not know".

Some people claim to having seen the face of God. I always thought that they were simply bananas. That is, until I experienced the same phenomenon, which was as follows:

Years ago, when I was most deeply into yoga practice and meditation, one night out of nowhere appeared the most indescribably beautiful face imaginable. It was so wonderous, that I could only look at it for a few seconds, feeling totally unworthy of viewing such, and turned away with a feeling that I had somehow trespassed onto a spiritual plane, access to which I had no valid passport.

It was not until several years later, that a genuine understanding came to me - again out of nowere - of what I had seen.

It was my own countenance that I saw, were I a perfected being, which I certainly am not.

Instructive? Yes, I would say that, that was the whole point of the experience.

We all have the potential for perfection. In fact, I believe that's the whole point of life, our existing.

God as we reference the divine, cannot have a gender identity. If he, it, did, it out of necessity would have to be hermorphoditic. Unless one truly believes the Adam and Eve metaphor; which I don't, not to knock the 3 religions that do. They have a right to their own belief.

If my response is not specific to your 5 options, I hope nevertheless, it will give you something worthwhile to ponder.

Metaphysically yours,

Wotan

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I think number 2 is more likely to be the right one, however there are many worthy righteous people that God don't talk to them.

There are a lot of discuss about God between scientist in all over the world, but there are not a real idea about it. Scientist studied about creature and universe. They want to know how universe found. some of them like Steven Hawking believe Bing Bang. Some of religious don't like think about it because it make some problem for them. I believe in Energy because it is every where. I don't believe in hell or heaven. I think Divine communication have a root in psychology. when we are unhappy we need a way that it make relax. In fact I choose" None of the above(5)".

number 2

All of the above may be likely.

Conversations with God, the sequence of nine books written by Neale Donald Walsch, is written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and "God" answers. The first book of the Conversations with God series, Conversations with God, Book 1: An Uncommon Dialogue, appeared on bookshelves in 1995, and quickly became a publishing phenomenon, staying on the New York Times Best-Sellers List for 137 weeks. The succeeding volumes in the trilogy also appeared prominently on the List.

In an interview with Larry King, Walsch described the inception of the books as follows: at a low period in his life, Walsch wrote an angry letter to God asking questions about why his life wasn't working. After writing down all of his questions, he heard a voice over his right shoulder say: "Do you really want an answer to all these questions or are you just venting?"Though when he turned around he saw no one there, Walsch felt answers to his questions filling his mind and decided to write them down. The ensuing dialogue became the Conversations with God books. However, in the interview with Larry King, Walsch admitted that he couldn’t be sure that it was God speaking and that the books could have been the product of his own subconscious.

I like to think that Neale Donald Walsch had a psychotic break.

Answer #2 seems to be the closest to the truth, but then again...no-one is actually WORTHY, except through the blood of Jesus Christ who was slain to pay for our transgressions.

Through that price paid on the cross, not only can we become righteous and TALK to God, but we can also ascend into heaven and be with him eternally when we die.

5) None of the above

The time of verbal replies from God, signs, and wonders as we have read in the Bible, are no more. God doesn't not speak verbally to anyone. We have been in the dispensation of grace and faith since Christ rose from the dead.

5 - There is no verbal reply. How would you grow if it were that easy? Everyone gets a reply. The answers come in what he puts before you. It may be the next person you meet, the lyrics of the next song you hear, the next movie you see, the next show you watch on tv. Maybe the hard part is in believing it can happen and reminding yourself constantly to pay attention, watch and listen.