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Some also feel God telling them to fly airliners into civilian buildings...and, yeah, I am sure the Catholic priest feels that burning feeling right before he molests a little boy...or maybe the mormon who feels it is okay to have a 13 year old 4th wife... I don't think it is the same.

So you agree that our own personal feelings about something is a poor judge of its goodness or inspiration. That's the first step.

Personal feelings are NOT a good indicator; that is correct.

So you agree that our own personal feelings about something is a poor judge of its goodness or inspiration. That's the first step.

I never said personal feelings however, those are your words. I said the feeling in my heart; the presence of God. Many claim to feel the presense of God but do not. How do you know? You see the fruits of the experience and know that it is God; victory over sin, complete change in thought, desire to serve God... The examples I gave above illustrate that just because someone says they are religious and doing God's work does not mean that they have truly serving God or feeling His presense. I am not coming down on Mormons, Catholics and Muslims. They can very well know God. But those that conduct theirselves as such are not in the presence of God.