is a conversation with god 2 way or one way?

Question

i once heard a joke - when one talks to god its prayer when god talks back is schitsophrenia - is it really a joke or could it be schitsophrenia - do people reading the bible call what they read " god talking back" - does god talk back because if he did then what is the bible for -the bible would be obsolete if god actually talked - so in conclusion a conversation with god really isnt a conversation with god its just a one way monologue - and some people have said and implied that after talking to god we have to listen for response?????
my question is this - what response? we cant be both us and god in the "conversation" can we lol

Answer 1

One way, just like a "conversation" with a rock.

Answer 2

interesting question. the thing is, a lot of people make prayer one-way. They pray for this and that, desiring God to give them blessings and favor and blah blah blah. If you want your prayers to be a conversation with God, then you need to listen. Wait and listen for God to speak to you. Be open to whatever he has to say, even if you might not like it.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Perhaps the following definition of prayer will answer your question:

Prayer is....Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a "beseeching the Lord" (Ex 32:11); "pouring out the soul before the Lord" (1Sa 1:15); "praying and crying to heaven" (2Ch 32:20); "seeking unto God and making supplication" (Job 8:5); "drawing near to God" (Ps 73:28); "bowing the knees" (Eph 3:14).



Prayer presupposes a belief in the personality of God, his ability and willingness to hold intercourse with us, his personal control of all things and of all his creatures and all their actions.



Acceptable prayer must be sincere (Heb 10:22), offered with reverence and godly fear, with a humble sense of our own insignificance as creatures and of our own unworthiness as sinners, with earnest importunity, and with unhesitating submission to the divine will. Prayer must also be offered in the faith that God is, and is the hearer and answerer of prayer, and that he will fulfil his word, "Ask, and ye shall receive" (Mat 7:7, 8; Mat 21:22; Mark 11:24; John 14:13, 14), and in the name of Christ (John 16:23, 24; John 15:16; Eph 2:18; Eph 5:20; Col 3:17; 1Pe 2:5).



Prayer is of different kinds, secret (Mat 6:6); social, as family prayers, and in social worship; and public, in the service of the sanctuary.



Intercessory prayer is enjoined (Num 6:23; Job 42:8; Isa 62:6; Ps 122:6; 1Ti 2:1; Jas 5:14), and there are many instances on record of answers having been given to such prayers, e.g., of Abraham (Gen 17:18, 20; Gen 18:23-32; Gen 20:7, 17, 18), of Moses for Pharaoh (Ex 8:12, 13, 30, 31; Ex 9:33), for the Israelites (Ex 17:11, 13; Ex 32:11-14, 31-34; Num 21:7, 8; Deut 9:18, 19, 25), for Miriam (Num 12:13), for Aaron (Deut 9:20), of Samuel (1Sa 7:5-12), of Solomon (1Ki 8; 2Ch 6), Elijah (1Ki 17:20-23), Elisha (2Ki 4:33-36), Isaiah (2Ki 19), Jeremiah (Jer 42:2-10), Peter (Acts 9:40), the church (Acts 12:5-12), Paul (Acts 28:8).



No rules are anywhere in Scripture laid down for the manner of prayer or the attitude to be assumed by the suppliant. There is mention made of kneeling in prayer (1Ki 8:54; 2Ch 6:13; Ps 95:6; Isa 45:23; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60; Acts 9:40; Eph 3:14); of bowing and falling prostrate (Gen 24:26, 52; Ex 4:31; Ex 12:27; Mat 26:39; Mark 14:35); of spreading out the hands (1Ki 8:22, 38, 54; Ps 28:2; Ps 63:4; Ps 88:9; 1Ti 2:8); and of standing (1Sa 1:26; 1Ki 8:14, 55; 2Ch 20:9; Mark 11:25; Luke 18:11, 13).



If we except the "Lord's Prayer" (Mat 6:9-13), which is, however, rather a model or pattern of prayer than a set prayer to be offered up, we have no special form of prayer for general use given us in Scripture.



Prayer is frequently enjoined in Scripture (Ex 22:23, 27; 1Ki 3:5; 2Ch 7:14; Ps 37:4; Isa 55:6; Joel 2:32; Ezek 36:37), and we have very many testimonies that it has been answered (Ps 3:4; Ps 4:1; Ps 6:8; Ps 18:6; Ps 28:6; Ps 30:2; Ps 34:4; Ps 118:5; Jas 5:16-18).



"Abraham's servant prayed to God, and God directed him to the person who should be wife to his master's son and heir (Gen 24:10-20).



"Jacob prayed to God, and God inclined the heart of his irritated brother, so that they met in peace and friendship (Gen 32:24-30; Gen 33:1-4).



"Samson prayed to God, and God showed him a well where he quenched his burning thirst, and so lived to judge Israel (Jdg 15:18-20).



"David prayed, and God defeated the counsel of Ahithophel (2Sa 15:31; 2Sa 16:20-23; 2Sa 17:14-23).



"Daniel prayed, and God enabled him both to tell Nebuchadnezzar his dream and to give the interpretation of it (Dan 2:16-23).



"Nehemiah prayed, and God inclined the heart of the king of Persia to grant him leave of absence to visit and rebuild Jerusalem (Neh 1:11; Neh 2:1-6).



"Esther and Mordecai prayed, and God defeated the purpose of Haman, and saved the Jews from destruction (Esth 4:15-17; Esth 6:7, 8).



"The believers in Jerusalem prayed, and God opened the prison doors and set Peter at liberty, when Herod had resolved upon his death (Acts 12:1-12).



"Paul prayed that the thorn in the flesh might be removed, and his prayer brought a large increase of spiritual strength, while the thorn perhaps remained (2Co 12:7-10).



"Prayer is like the dove that Noah sent forth, which blessed him not only when it returned with an olive-leaf in its mouth, but when it never returned at all.", Robinson's Job.

—Easton's Illustrated Dictionary

Answer 5

Since gods do not exist in reality, if you are hearing voices, it's schizophrenia.

Answer 6

It's zero way

you're talking to yourself, and not even you is listening to you

Answer 7

many ways.

Answer 8

for me a two way