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by Apocryphon 3335 days ago
I wouldn't be too certain about that. There are Christian- specifically American Evangelical Christian- approaches to responding to such voices in a positive way:

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/26/149394987/when-god-talks-back-... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/books/review/when-god-talk...

These Evangelicals seem to be the American equivalent to the Masai who speak to the dead.

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I find this topic fascinating because my experience with Evangelical churches is that there's a marked difference between the visions/messages shared by 'normal' church members and those of the churchgoers who had mental health issues (who are relatively overrepresented in Evangelical churches, in my experience).

The best I can explain the difference is that the 'normal' voices/visions were 1) generally more coherent, 2) often very much a matter of 'letting the subconscious/intuition speak' rather than an explicit voice, and 3) shared in a relatively cautious, painting-a-picture kind of way.

Sometimes I miss the way our 'inner voice' was encouraged and given a place, because quite often I think these messages or visions were quite valuable and even profound.