Can Dreams Have Symbolic Meaning or Messages from God?

No.

...im guessing for some people but...i really hope not in my case because if they are then....im going to end up doing very bad things in life........very strange but interesting dreams..

but I'm not saying that they do either.

Most dreams are symbolic of something in your life.

The Interpretation Of Dreams-Sigmund Freud

Insight and Distortion in Dreams-Otto Fenichel

Dream Moods and Theories-Carl Jung

Symbolic meanings? Definitely. Messages from God? who or what is God? One might think they are messages from God, but Carl Jung would argue that it would just be messages from a higher archetype of self. (I would agree).

god who? Gay Opposing Deity?

Gay Opposing Deity?

take the first letter of each word and put it together

OH ...O.O... thats bad

yup

thats awsome i shouldnt agree with you but thats stilll pretty cool....idk..

You bet they can. We have so much going on in our brains at all times, dreams are the only way to let us see what we normally can't

Dreams are messages from God, that gives you hints of what good things that will happen to you in the future. I will give you all example: One of my dreams was to go to Wrestle Mania, and 2 years ago I went Wrestle Mania.

and some people dream of plane crashes...and lo and behold, the plane crashes. NOt all dreams are rosy.

You're right, but those are nightmares not dreams.

...well some........i have no record in my life of ever having any nightmares, but i have had very bad dreams........in one i for some reason decapitated the pope..........it was a very strange dream, and im a christian too so it dosent make any sense to me..

I sometime have strange dreams myself.

we all do, most of my dreams are really strange, but sometimes i get normal dreams... im just trying to understand why but then again i have never really been able to understand myself.....

nightmares are simply bad dreams...you are still in a dreaming state. :)

And no.
They can have a symbolic meaning. But they are not a message from god.

yes

Yes, I read that our loved ones can come to us in dreams when we need them and if we are open to them....This is from the Kabbalah. I know, I personally have had some very interesting dreams where my mother visits and tells me things. A couple years ago, for about a week my mother kept "visiting" my dreams telling me to get my sister to the doctors....I finally called my sister and told her to get a mammogram because Mom was haunting me. My sister did and she had a lump in her breast. ( She was remiss in getting her exams.) Now, when I have a dream about my mother and she is letting me know something...I listen very carefully!! I am open to believing there is more to dreams than meets the eye.....
...here is some interesting info about spirituality and dreams.:

http://www.kabbalah.com/wisdo...

In your dreams.

Yes and no. If you perceive them to be from a deity then yes but it really is just a figment of you imagination.

If God exists and wants to communicate with people, it seems like dreams might be one way. In my opinion, though, it seems like a very roundabout way. I don't understand why God doesn't communicate with people clearly, personally, and directly.

who is listening? Our minds are preoccupied and full of themselves...like a glass that is full of water and can receive no more. Similarly, a mind full of the old cannot experience the new. He may be trying, but no one can hear.

short answer, no, we know what dreams are, its a simple google search

yes dreams can have a major impact on ppl, i've had a few very influential dreams myself. but they are far from something that has a specific purpose

Not often, though, i guess!

It's all in your head

In the Bible they did for some folks.

Yes

Acts 2:16-21 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: ‘ And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,...

********** Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. ******

...And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.

wow thank you great reply!

Both.

yes but I dont think all of them do

Why isn't there an undecided !

i forgot to click the button O.O lol

Oh that's okay ! [:

Nope. I believe in modern day psychology. Dreams are pieces of randomness, our imagination, and things we have seen or experienced. Nothing more.