Do you think that God should communicate directly to everyone in the world?

[paarsurrey]

Do you think that God should communicate directly to everyone in the world?
If you think God should do that, please explain why you think so.
If you think God should not do that, please explain why not.
Please explain the reasons for your answer.
Thanks, Trailblazer

The proper approach is that what G-d has been doing in the ages. G-d has generally been communicating with the humans via his virtuous/righteous chosen prophets/messengers , yet there had been instances when G-d Conversed with other virtuous/righteous humans like mother of Moses and Mary the mother of Jesus.

Regrds
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Quran
[41:31]
As for those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then remain steadfast, the angels descend on them, saying: ‘Fear ye not, nor grieve; and rejoice in the Garden that you were promised.
[41:32]
‘We are your friends in this life and in the Hereafter. Therein you will have all that your souls will desire, and therein you will have all that you will ask for —
[41:33]
‘An entertainment from the Most Forgiving, the Merciful.’
The Holy Quran - Chapter: 41: Ha Mim Al-Sajdah

 

[paarsurrey]

God should do whatever he wants.

G-s does whatever He wants.
Regards
___________
Quran
[2:110]
Many of the People of the Book wish out of sheer envy from their own selves that, after you have believed, they could turn you again into disbelievers after the truth has become manifest to them. But forgive and turn away from them, till Allah brings about His decree. Surely, Allah has the power to do all that He wills.
The Holy Quran - Chapter: 2: Al-Baqarah

 

[Vinayaka]

The proper approach is that what G-d has been doing in the ages.

The proper approach for whom? For you, maybe. Not for many others.

Why do people substitute words like 'proper' or 'truthful' or 'correct' for 'my'>

So instead of saying 'This is my religion.' they say things like this:
This is the proper religion.
This is the truth.
This is the correct way.

What makes people think their personal way is the one and only correct way for all of mankind?

 

[Trailblazer]

The proper approach is that what G-d has been doing in the ages. G-d has generally been communicating with the humans via his virtuous/righteous chosen prophets/messengers , yet there had been instances when G-d Conversed with other virtuous/righteous humans like mother of Moses and Mary the mother of Jesus.

The proper approach is to accept how God chooses to communicate, period.

Obviously that “way” is the chosen Prophets/Messengers.God has been sending Messengers since the dawn of human history. If God ceased sending Messengers the world would cease to exist. It is God who created the world but it is the Messengers who keep it going. God’s mercy and grace come to us by means of the Messengers, who are Divine Luminaries.

“Can one of sane mind ever seriously imagine that, in view of certain words the meaning of which he cannot comprehend, the portal of God’s infinite guidance can ever be closed in the face of men? Can he ever conceive for these Divine Luminaries, these resplendent Lights either a beginning or an end? What outpouring flood can compare with the stream of His all-embracing grace, and what blessing can excel the evidences of so great and pervasive a mercy? There can be no doubt whatever that if for one moment the tide of His mercy and grace were to be withheld from the world, it would completely perish. For this reason, from the beginning that hath no beginning the portals of Divine mercy have been flung open to the face of all created things, and the clouds of Truth will continue to the end that hath no end to rain on the soil of human capacity, reality and personality their favors and bounties. Such hath been God’s method continued from everlasting to everlasting.” Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, pp. 68-69​

“Every one of them is a mirror of God, reflecting naught else but His Self, His Beauty, His Might and Glory, if ye will understand. All else besides them are to be regarded as mirrors capable of reflecting the glory of these Manifestations Who are themselves the Primary Mirrors of the Divine Being, if ye be not devoid of understanding. No one hath ever escaped them, neither are they to be hindered from achieving their purpose. These Mirrors will everlastingly succeed each other, and will continue to reflect the light of the Ancient of Days. They that reflect their glory will, in like manner, continue to exist for evermore, for the Grace of God can never cease from flowing. This is a truth that none can disprove.” Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 74​

 

[Trailblazer]

G-s does whatever He wants.
Regards
___________
Quran
[2:110]
Many of the People of the Book wish out of sheer envy from their own selves that, after you have believed, they could turn you again into disbelievers after the truth has become manifest to them. But forgive and turn away from them, till Allah brings about His decree. Surely, Allah has the power to do all that He wills.
The Holy Quran - Chapter: 2: Al-Baqarah

Indeed He does, God does only what He wants...

“God witnesseth that there is no God but Him, the Gracious, the Best-Beloved. All grace and bounty are His. To whomsoever He will He giveth whatsoever is His wish. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.” Gleanings, p. 73

“Say: O people! Let not this life and its deceits deceive you, for the world and all that is therein is held firmly in the grasp of His Will. He bestoweth His favor on whom He willeth, and from whom He willeth He taketh it away. He doth whatsoever He chooseth.” Gleanings, p. 209​

“Say: He ordaineth as He pleaseth, by virtue of His sovereignty, and doeth whatsoever He willeth at His own behest. He shall not be asked of the things it pleaseth Him to ordain. He, in truth, is the Unrestrained, the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.” Gleanings, p, 284​

 

[paarsurrey]

The proper approach for whom? For you, maybe. Not for many others.

Why do people substitute words like 'proper' or 'truthful' or 'correct' for 'my'>

So instead of saying 'This is my religion.' they say things like this:
This is the proper religion.
This is the truth.
This is the correct way.

What makes people think their personal way is the one and only correct way for all of mankind?

One aspect of it is that we find from Quran that G-d only Converses with the righteous** persons and never* with the unrighteous people.
Regards
_______________
*[33:63]
Such has been the way of Allah in the case of those who passed away before, and thou wilt never find a change in the way of Allah.
https://www.alislam.org/quran/33:63

**[41:31]
As for those who say, ‘Our Lord is Allah,’ and then remain steadfast, the angels descend on them, saying: ‘Fear ye not, nor grieve; and rejoice in the Garden that you were promised.
[41:32]
‘We are your friends in this life and in the Hereafter. Therein you will have all that your souls will desire, and therein you will have all that you will ask for —
The Holy Quran - Chapter: 41: Ha Mim Al-Sajdah

 

[Vinayaka]

One aspect of it is that we find from Quran that G-d only Converses with the righteous persons and never* with the unrighteous people.
Regards

Yes, of course. I'm in your God's black book.

 

[oldbadger]

Yes, of course. I'm in your God's black book.

Me too.........
Deists............ Yuk!