Posted on 09/06/2023 7:29:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Been there....
Of course!
“They” are all kinds of people, every walk of life, every religious faith—some of which you may approve of and some of which you may not....
They are not “interpreting” the experience.
They are having the experience.
—> They are not “interpreting” the experience.
Everyone interprets their experience.
The Bible is pretty clear that this sort of thing does not happen except through divine authority. I would suspect that almost all of these people are either imagining it or are communicating with demons like the mediums described in 1 Samuel.
Agreed. And unfortunately, it seems as though most of the “Christian media” are not giving these necessary warnings but are instead celebrating people who are either crazy or are being tricked by the evil one.
I just heard a loud noise outside.
I did not “interpret” it.
I had a dream visitation from my father a year and a half after he died. I dreamt I was boarding a crew transport van at the airport and when I got on, he was there. (My dad was a pilot.) There was no conversation, just communication via the eyes, which I understand is how you can interpret a typical dream from a visitation—they usually don’t speak.
The sound was “chirp chirp chirp”.
Maybe I better get the Bible out to make sure I give the proper “interpretation”.....
Lessee...passages on birds—want to make sure it was not one of those evil birds...
;-)
Any of those could be true or false, without even getting to whether it was a natural or unnatural source or spiritual, or demonic. But good try!You judged that it was a current experience and not a memory.
You judged it was not just your imagination.
You judged that you did not interpret it.
You judged it was loud in comparison to other noises you heard.
You judged that it could have only come from outside.
You judged that it would make a good example in a post.
You judged that you did not interpret it.
You are walking around with a lead weight around your shoulders and neck—demanding a Biblical interpretation for every second of experience.
I had that happen. Several weird events that I did ask for.
Not bashing on anyone sharing their experiences, but definitely issuing a warning that folks should not dabble in this stuff. Avoid it.
Nice straw man argument, but false as they always are.
I'm giving you extra credit for shifting the goalpost from your previous argument.
You need to enjoy life—and put down the books now and then.
I do!
Unless you were being sarcastic...
You're not supposed to add them together. You're supposed to subtract each one individually from 100% to give you an idea what percentage of either of the two DNA-certified biological sexes report this experience.
Your accounts are fascinating!
My heart aches for you. I have searched for years in the word to understand what our beloved creatures experience when their all too short lives are over. I very recently feel I have had an answer. I am convinced that the God I serve is perfect and He has perfectly loved everything He created. These little creatures go to their creator for eternity because a perfect God would do nothing less. Judgement is not part of what happens for they have never sinned. Can you imagine your beloved dog in a perfect place in the presence of a perfect God who created him? He is there. May you be comforted.
Every once in a great while, something peculiar like this happens. I get a queasy feeling around certain places or people.
My mother had the uncanny ability to size people up within 30 seconds of meeting them. “Be careful around that one,” she would warn us. Invariably, she was proven right.
My husband can do that, too. Before he even shakes someone’s hand, he knows who they are at their core. He’s been shockingly accurate.
If something in my gut tells me there is danger, even if no threat is visible, I listen.
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