Divine Revelation

[FallentoReason]

The whole A/S/K thing is like Big Brother in 1984 where the guy is getting tortured towards the end. I can't quite remember the dialogue but I somewhat remember the point of it all...

Torturer: "what is 2 + 2?"
Victim: "4"
*torture*
T: "what is 2 + 2?!"
V: "FOUR!"
*torture*
...
T: "what is 2 + 2?"
V: "what do you want it to be?"
T: "very good"

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True Christian™: "You aren't believing hard enough"
"Rational" Christian: "I have tried my hardest!"
*no revelation/communication with God*
T.C: "You still aren't trying hard enough"
R.C: "I am trying my hardest!"
*nothing*
...
T.C: "You aren't trying hard enough"
R.C: "I don't have to try. I believe it to happen"

In the case of the Rational Christian, the torture comes from within. Because their overall world view is that God can speak to them, the pain comes from not being able to achieve that dialogue. I know this to be true from my own experience. Therefore, once the frustration is too much, the brain short circuits (like the Victim... who stops thinking mathematically and just wants ANY answer to a logical problem) and viola, you now have flung the door open to all sorts of delusions, like the Victim, because rationality has been left behind.