Posted on 04/15/2008 11:26:25 AM PDT by marshmallow
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An unexplained image in a hospital prayer garden window moved some people to tears and drew groups of people to a hallway before vanishing, according to witnesses.
A crowd inside the Florida Hospital Medical Complex in Orlando snapped photos of the image apparently showing the profile of Jesus Christ crying.
"There was just a whole bunch of people putting their cell phones to the window, so I went over there and I saw a glow," witness Joel Cruzada said. "When you are standing there and there is a flurry of people talking about it, you are like, 'Wow, I'm actually here.'"
Cruzada, who was one of several viewers to send an e-mail about the image to Local6.com, said his ex-wife was recently diagnosed with stage-3 cancer.
"This was just a sign for me to not worry about what is going on in my life and that everything else is under control," Cruzada said. "It was an enlightening experience."
Another Local 6 viewer, Lorna, said she saw the image and noticed that a chaplain was snapping photos and videotaping it.
"I brought some people from my (hospital) unit and they saw it," Lorna said.
A viewer said the image caused "a commotion" in the hallway near the prayer garden.
The hospital is calling it an unexplained image.
An official said as long as the image makes people feel good, that is all that matters, Local 6's Charnel Wright said.
Witnesses said after a few hours, the image vanished.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this developing story.
Your definition of idolatry is flawed.
LOL
That is seriously funny. ;OD
Whatever you do, don’t make the mistake of posting “random internet chick!”
And that’s why I’m (still) Catholic ... if you look only at the people, the Church can appear to be a mess. Really a mess, depending on where you look. But I look past that, and see doctrinal consistency since the beginning, and I see a Divine Founder. That Divine Founder (Jesus Christ) made and keeps the Church as a reliable protector of His Truth, and a trustworthy resolver of disputes. Purely local assemblies cannot serve that necessary purpose.
BEST post of the thread.
If I had better photoshop skills, I’d put together an image of a baby chicken in front of a keyboard ... or maybe a baby chicken with a Cat-5 cable stuck in the back of its neck.
Well, based on the Popes’ record it would seem God wanted to keep His people in darkness. So when the Pope made the decree that we could give him money to keep our dead family members out of Hell, that was not error? When he burned thousands or perhaps millions for saying what I’m saying, rather, what the Bible says, for translating the Bible into English, was that infallible interpretation?
Maybe the new Popes are infallible and those past Popes weren’t. God didn’t do a very good job of preserving His church then, since humanity existed for 1000-1,500 years with no one to interpret scripture for them.
“If I had better photoshop skills,...”
seems to be the best photo of a random internet chick.
At least I think it’s a chicken.
The premise of your question is flawed, and you do not understand the doctrine of infallibility.
I am reminded of an exchange I had with another protestant a few days ago that went something like this:
Prot: Why would you say the Pope is perfect?
Me: Uh, I don't; RCC doesn't teach that; and Benedict would probably laugh at the suggestion.
Thanks, my FRiend!
I’m so glad you’re here.
Yikes!
Geewhiz, that’s the biggest pile of fraudulent verbiage I’ve seen posted yet.
Where DO you get this stuff?
“Purely local assemblies cannot serve that necessary purpose.”
They can and have for 2008 years and survived attacks and intense persecution by Popes and protestants alike.
Is that why there are so many thousands of independent churches with their own peculiar interpretation of what the Bible means?
You do know that the Spirit has one interpretation of the Bible and the Catholic Church is Truth and has been it for over 2000 years.
Oh, I just make it up because I’m a Catholic-hater.
Not.
It’s either a chicken or a wireless router designed by an LSD Freak.
Plausible.
I'm NOT bashing anybody's religion.
Well, maybe Timothy Leary's ...
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