The “God told me” modality, when you can pull it off, allows statements to be made which invite absolutely no disagreement. This is of course very very useful in the right context.
This is not my experience growing up fundamentalist Christian in a country/society where atheism is unthinkable.
The God told me modality doesn’t invoke such carte blanches in general. It’s not a free pass to do anything. Very religious societies wouldn’t actually work if this was a thing that actually happened.
This is not my experience growing up fundamentalist Christian in a country/society where atheism is unthinkable.
The God told me modality doesn’t invoke such carte blanches in general. It’s not a free pass to do anything. Very religious societies wouldn’t actually work if this was a thing that actually happened.