“I just do what God tell me to do. He speaks to me. Literally. In my head.” — Ted Cruz I respect someone who says “I try to figure out what God wants me to do.” Or “I try to listen to the voice of God that speaks within each of us.” But declaring that God speaks to you “literally” in you head and tell you what to do? That means, either (1) That you are Prophet receiving direct verbal revelations from God; (2) That some Being (demonic or extraterrestrial) is speaking to you and you are mistaking that being for God; (3) You are lying; (4) You are insane; (5) You have mistaken your own thoughts, assumptions, opinions, judgements, and prejudices for the Voice of God. There is a world of difference between “trying to understand and obey the will of God as best I can” (which implies personal limitations and a humble acknowledgement of one’s own fallibility) and “I just do what God tells me to do” (which implies personal infallibility and omniscience).
“I just do what God tell me to do. He speaks to me. Literally. In my head.” — Ted Cruz I respect someone who says “I try to figure out what God wants me to do.” Or “I try to listen to the voice of God that speaks within each of us.” But declaring that God speaks to you “literally” in you head and tell you what to do? That means, either (1) That you are Prophet receiving direct verbal revelations from God; (2) That some Being (demonic or extraterrestrial) is speaking to you and you are mistaking that being for God; (3) You are lying; (4) You are insane; (5) You have mistaken your own thoughts, assumptions, opinions, judgements, and prejudices for the Voice of God. There is a world of difference between “trying to understand and obey the will of God as best I can” (which implies personal limitations and a humble acknowledgement of one’s own fallibility) and “I just do what God tells me to do” (which implies personal infallibility and omniscience).