How many here are tired of being thumb down when giving an honest answer to a question?

"The spirit of the Lord touches our hearts to the truth of his words, some will feel that its from the devil and some will feel that it is from God. For the obedient pleasure in the words of God, but the wicked do not, for it cuts them to the core and deny the truth for the way it make them feel."

I don't think you really "get" what most people feel. Like what you say about some people feel something is from God, and other people think that same thing is from the devil… That does not ring true to me. Most people are not obsessed with God v.s. the Devil. And when it comes to people in general, we are not divided up into "the obedient" and "the wicked." I mean, your theory, standing alone, by itself, hangs together, but it doesn't connect with the actual world. So you are not going to find a lot of people able to relate to you‚—except for others living in that artificial world of Christian Fundamentalism.

Thus, you get a lot of thumbs down—from not being able to relate to people as we really are. It's not workable to live in a world that you hold in your imagination.

Here's a concept you might find useful. It's called "Theory of Mind." It's something fairly new that psychologists & scientists are studying. What "Theory of Mind" is, is the ability to kind of know what someone else is thinking or feeling.

With my "Theory of Mind," I'm seeing you (just from what you say) as someone who is not enough in touch with what others are actually thinking and feeling. If you are going around imagining that most folks are spending a lot of time and effort thinking about God and The Devil, or even spending a lot of effort avoiding thinking about them. then you aren't going to be relating well to other people.

They will be talking about something, and you will be looking at them, listening, and not understanding what they are talking about. NO theory of mind going on in you. So if you decide that they must be thinking about what YOU are thinking about, (God, the devil, hell, heaven, words in the Bible) and you answer them from that assumption, they will look at you, knowing you haven't understood them and will probably walk away.

And yes, I AM tired of getting a lot of thumbs down. My beliefs are unlike what most other people's are—I love God and want to be as Godly as I can be, but I don't follow a religion. Many of them were founded so long ago that their literature and teachings have not caught up with what we now know about the world. Many of them were founded by people who were a little crazy. Warren Jeffs, the son of a lineage of Mormons who are now called the FLDS church, is in prison for life. He still rules the church from jail. There are SO many rules in that church and most of them are designed to enslave people, and not lead to human happiness or true love of God. And yet THEY think THEY are the one true religion. How is one supposed to pick the one correct religion when they all say that THEY are the only ones.

I've done a lot of reading and I have come to understand that we, and the Universe, was created by an intelligent force that the human brain in unable to understand. That does not mean we can't get guidance and help from our creator. The basic rule for the Earth is the Golden Rule. And to know what to do in any given situation, you can pray for guidance. You don't have to and you shouldn't go around telling people that they are going to go to hell. Think of that in terms of the Golden Rule. Do you want someone from another religion who thinks THEY have the correct religion, telling you that YOU are going to go to their hell because you don't practice their religion? Of course not.

If you are good and holy, people will be attracted to you and will follow you without your having to say one word about your beliefs. So practice being as loving and spiritual as you can be, and you will see what happens!

Also, study your English. I don't know if you speak another language better than English, but your English needs improvement if you want people to understand you. Take care!