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MineralMan

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34. I suppose lots of things can lead to "visions" and "apparitions."

Reply to marylandblue (Reply #31)

Mon Oct 1, 2018, 11:49 AM

Oct 2018

The troubling thing to me is taking such things seriously and assigning merit to them. For me, the ready acceptance of such "visitations" by the body of the Church is puzzling. Troubling, too, since they serve to increase believers' reliance on unreliable and evanescent "evidence."

My question of someone who has seen a "vision" or something of the like is to ask if they're OK. Such things can be symptoms of a number of disorders that should be discussed with a healthcare professional.

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Many religions, and Christianity in particular, speak of a deity as [View all] MineralMan Sep 2018 OP

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