Kes152,
This sheep and Shepard thing may have worked 2000 years ago but the world has moved on a bit since then.
God does not have conversations with us in fact he never did. Not one word in the Bible was actually written by Jesus and we have not had even one letter to us directly from God for 2000 according to the reckoning of Christians. The imaginary conversations in the Bible that God is alleged to have had with Adam & Eve, Moses, Abraham, and so on are just part of the imaginative writings of many men.
God does not speak through words. He expresses him/herself through the miracle of nature. You can only learn about an invisible artist by studying the work produced. Nature is and has always been the expression and visible demonstration of the existence of intelligence at work in the universe.
Fully mature humans take full responsibility for their actions. As we sow we reap. Turning to an invented personalized God and simply believing all will be well if we ask for forgiveness, is a cop out. We alone can make a difference our destiny is in our hands. We take the credit and the blame for this state of this planet. God is not a scapegoat and I do not believe that he makes any judgement.
There is no evidence at all to suggest that he interferes of alters anything at all in a direct way. Like all living creatures we develop and adapt and as we do so the life force works along with us.
You should clear that leaven from your head, abandon book reading and look at the progress of nature. All the truth in the universe in evidenced there. When we study nature and work for the good of life, then we are listening to and responding to what you would call, Holy Spirit. Just talking to thin air believing that God is listening achieves nothing.
