Personal relationships with deities

[*Deidre*]

Whateverist: I am having the same problem. All my advances are snubbed, I'm getting the "silent treatment"! I guess they are playing hard to get.

I've come to view the phrase as a way of viewing one's faith/beliefs on a personal level. My faith is personal to me, and my 'relationship' with God is one that is personal in terms of how I view God, how I relate to God, how I might see God working in my own life. But, this is a theist view, and normally we view the term 'relationship' in terms of person to person, not deity to person. Or vice versa.

So there is no two-way communication going on, like you would expect from two humans in a relationship?

Well, there is...in prayer. I do feel a connection in prayer.