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.
“fraudulent verbiage”
So the Popes’ haven’t murdered those who preached against their indulgences, idolatry, and authority?
No thanks :-)
Pope Benedict XVI, the Vicar of Christ, the 265th Successor of Peter, Shepperd of the Church founded by Jesus Christ, has arrived in the United States of America.
It’s not my business - it’s a Biblical instruction to point out to people when they worship created things rather than the Creator.
“Is that why there are so many thousands of independent churches with their own peculiar interpretation of what the Bible means?”
Because not every group of people who meet in a building with a preacher is actually a New Testament Church.
“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.”
I’d say the fruits of that religion bears record what spirit it’s of.
Nice view of th RCC from where I sit.
>>it’s a Biblical instruction to point out to people when they worship created things rather than the Creator.<<
Great thought.
How about trying for a thread where people are actually doing that?
None of the Posters here, nor the man who’s wife is dying of cancer were doing what you state.
Perhaps a “Pope in the Pizza” thread would be better served (no pun intended)
>>Pope Benedict XVI, the Vicar of Christ, the 265th Successor of Peter, Shepperd of the Church founded by Jesus Christ, has arrived in the United States of America.<<
And somehow I didn’t see GWB slamming him for the way he worships.
FReepers take note.
>>So the Popes’ haven’t murdered those who preached against their indulgences, idolatry, and authority?<<
Which century are you stuck in?
Doesn't tell me anything about the Church, though.
"Yeah, but bearing false witness against a Christian is already one of them noted."
Yes, it certainly is. But I'm talking about what you quoted in John where it tells us that Jesus did many other things that weren't written down. We'll be told so much when we are in the presence of God some day and I am eager to know about all the wonderful things Jesus did.
I posted this article several weeks back - it’s a rationale look at this issue. RCs have an allergic reaction to such Truth.
http://www.letusreason.org/RC26.htm
Which popes practiced idolatry? I'm not aware of any. Some practiced adultery (and got to be quite good at it), but that's not the same thing.
“..it’s a Biblical instruction to point out to people when they worship created things rather than the Creator..”
Good for you.
It’s also important to look inside oneself and root out the idol one has set up for himself; that god that becomes a self-image rooted in pride and hubris.
That particular god is all but invisible unless you do an examination of conscience.
I assure you, it's not an allergic reaction to Truth.
The article is not about the illness or the people suffering - it’s all about the mysterious, mystical image. I’ll buy you a cup of coffee if, in 3 days, there is not a shrine to the image at that hospital, with ignorant people burning candles, posting pictures, and saying prayers to the image.
“I believe that He founded the Church to preserve and teach the Truths that He revealed.”
To preserve and teach, not to add to/take away from.
“Yep ... yet we have folks presuming to just that, and lecturing other folks when they disagree.”
How can you be sure you are not the one presuming, and that the one you claim to be disagreeable is, in fact, correct?
“How can you be sure you are not the one presuming, and that the one you claim to be disagreeable is, in fact, correct?”
You really don’t see the fallacy in your statement?
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