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marylandblue

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31. You also have to add in the tradition of fasting and long hours praying
Mon Oct 1, 2018, 09:44 AM
Oct 2018

Very pious people who fast and pray all night may experience visions due to lack of food and sleep. The vision is thought to be a sort of "reward" for their good works and proof of their saintliness.

uh. Moses Brainstormy Sep 2018 #1
Yes, I suppose not. Not Adam nor Eve, either. MineralMan Sep 2018 #2
nor Abraham Brainstormy Sep 2018 #4
It's possible Moses and Abraham existed marylandblue Sep 2018 #11
There were no Jewish slaves edhopper Sep 2018 #19
Part of the Moses story was based on the Story of Sargon of Akkad. marylandblue Sep 2018 #21
the portrayal of slavery in Egypt in the Penteteuch edhopper Sep 2018 #22
In what way does the portrayal of slavery in the Bible marylandblue Sep 2018 #23
We are getting into some wide ranging archeology now edhopper Oct 2018 #24
Yes it is wide ranging archeology marylandblue Oct 2018 #25
We must also remember how much of the early Bible stories edhopper Oct 2018 #35
We are told it's all "metaphorical" Major Nikon Sep 2018 #18
Blind man's bluff: "I believe it because I can't see it." live2011 Sep 2018 #3
Hold on a second... TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 #5
Can you see and touch your cat? Then it is real, and must MineralMan Sep 2018 #6
There's a reason Major Nikon Sep 2018 #20
That's exactly what my grandmother said Butterflylady Sep 2018 #7
Very astute of you as a child. MineralMan Sep 2018 #8
whole earth populated by one incestuous family Brainstormy Sep 2018 #15
This fixation on a deity distracts us from the actual profundity and Mystery of nature DemocracyMouse Sep 2018 #9
"Produndity" - I like that. It evokes the word "dunce" for me. MineralMan Sep 2018 #10
"Nobody has seen any deities " Sucha NastyWoman Sep 2018 #12
Our Lady of Fatima Cartoonist Sep 2018 #13
Oh, for pete's sake! All sorts of people see visions. MineralMan Sep 2018 #16
People talking to God Ron Obvious Sep 2018 #14
Henry IV Part 1 is my favorite Shakespeare play of all time. MineralMan Sep 2018 #17
Recently spent some time in cilla4progress Oct 2018 #26
Mysticism and Visions Have a Long History in the Catholic Church. MineralMan Oct 2018 #27
yeah.... well it's a lot simpler Locrian Oct 2018 #28
Well, ingestion of substances is not required to "see things." MineralMan Oct 2018 #29
dreams are not really the same Locrian Oct 2018 #30
You also have to add in the tradition of fasting and long hours praying marylandblue Oct 2018 #31
I suppose lots of things can lead to "visions" and "apparitions." MineralMan Oct 2018 #34
Earth shattering zipplewrath Oct 2018 #32
I made no claim of that kind. MineralMan Oct 2018 #33
Came up out of long ago favorite. aka-chmeee Oct 2018 #36
Hey, I'm a real cool cat, for sure. MineralMan Oct 2018 #37
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