Is there a Christian term for the condition of a person who subjectively feels incapable of experiencing a spiritual connection with God?
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In the realm of philosophy of religion, I'm acquainted with concepts like *divine hiddenness* and the idea of a *non-resistant non-believer*, which refers to someone open to, yet lacking, a genuinely meaningful and reciprocal conscious connection with God (as explained by the author of [this answer](https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/a/104847/66156)) . From a Christian viewpoint, if a person (non-believer or otherwise) is (or claims to be) open to God and yet consistently reports an inability to experience or establish a spiritual connection or relationship with Him—a state commonly described as God being perceived as *hidden*—over a span of many years, perhaps even a lifetime (as seen in individuals self-identifying as life-long non-resistant non-believers), is there a specific term in Christianity that best captures the condition of such a person?
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Nov 12, 2023, 09:04 PM
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