Have you had contact with God?

originally posted by: TzarChasm
One adult in a relationship with imaginary friend who has magical powers is called a psychosis. 20 adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a cult. 20 million adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a religion.

I have often wondered what kind of gain a person could get from sh!tting on a thread like this. perhaps you can answer that for me.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

I think the beings you mentioned were the others, pronounced something more like authors. They refer to them as angels.

I may have met a few, they tend to appear and steer you in the right direction in our journeys. I know others who have seen them then they just disappear. They are beings of energy and they are also called beings of light by some. If you shake their hand, it is like you get enlightened and you can sense their presence. They do not have to materialize to work, they can interact with us through some kind of communication and blind us to finding our keys and when you do finally see them in the first places you look and jump in the car, you find that there was a bad accident where you would have been if you had found your keys right away. Also by not finding your keys, someone you needed to see then stops over whom you would have missed.

The reality we live in is not what we think or believe it is. We must pay attention to learn to figure out things. Bad luck is not always bad luck, it may be something is trying to steer us to see we are on the right path.

I do believe that we also have some sort of guardian angel or some sort of spirit linked to us, a guide who tries to keep us on the right path. This reality we live in is a training session, a school of some sort. If we pass, maybe we get to go to the real reality. What we are in could be some sort of highly sophisticated virtual reality that we could not know we are even in because we live within this reality.

Our reality is formed by consensus of the time, we live in a rat race where certain people through the ages have created a reality that benefits them. Take for instance a painting worth millions, a painting the rich bought for hardly nothing and created a reality by their prestige making it worth a fortune....I have seen artists draw pictures much nicer than these revered paintings and they sell for a hundred bucks or so. But until some people make them valuable they just depreciate in value after you buy them even though they are superior to a million dollar painting. We live in a reality that is no where near real. we live in a Rat race that a rat could not live in. We have had deception thrown at us so much over the millenium that most people think that obsession is normal. Wealth is a perception, you can live without being rich. I can say that I am rich even though I am not because my name is Richard...Some people call me rich but I prefer to be called Rick because I do not want people falsely believing I am Rich.

Yes, there is some sort of supreme collective consciousness in the reality we live in, yes there are the others (authors) of our reality. Is the person you talk to in the store actually a person or some being interacting with our mind, have you ever seen people looking weird at you when you are talking to someone? Are you sure that the person you are talking to can be seen by others? How would we know, the only way you could know if that is a real person is by observing on how others respond and we really do not even know if the others are real either.

I often wonder if our perception of the reality we live in is real but other than mentioning it here or on other sites where i am under a cloak of rickymouse, I do not mention it to people because they may think I am nuts. I think some here on the site may already think rickymouse is a little nuts so I do not care. The beliefs we hold interpret this reality, not one person shares identical beliefs. Everyone is a little nuts about something, if they think they are completely sane then they are loonier than a fruitcake.

WOW, what a story, it breaks my heart to this story and I have often heard it.

I have seen what the "Spirit of Depression" is capable of and it is a nasty demon. It's attacked me as well which is another story....an embarrassing one at that.

I can only speak about Christians, so a real Christian has authority over the spirits in Jesus name. Anyone who has the spirit of depression, lay your hands on them and command it to come out in Jesus name and the person WILL feel it leave. Then give thanks and praise to God. That person changes before your eyes. I have done it many times, each time it works.

I only know of baptized Christians who have this authority.....

My grandchildren get a fever, I rebuke it like Jesus did with Peter's mother-in-law. Within 15 to 20 minutes fever is gone.

I am not a Christian Science person......just a baptized Christian with authority.....

a reply to: network dude

a reply to: DeathSlayer

Not myself,but sorta I guess.

My mother was pregnant and she was due to give birth to me in about a month.
She was young. Like 17 or 18.
My dad wasn’t in the picture. Things were hard for her.

She said she was laying in bed crying and scared about being on the verge of becoming a mother.
Just then she felt someone holding her hand, firmly and she had an overwhelming feeling of euphoria and calm come over her.
Years later when She told me about this, she said that afterwards it scared the hell out of her, but at the time it just felt right.
She always thought it was her guardian angel comforting her saying everything will be just fine.
But I guess it could of been God as well.

originally posted by: network dude

originally posted by: TzarChasm
One adult in a relationship with imaginary friend who has magical powers is called a psychosis. 20 adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a cult. 20 million adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a religion.

I have often wondered what kind of gain a person could get from sh!tting on a thread like this. perhaps you can answer that for me.

I'm the wrong person to ask about sh!tposting. Perhaps you could explain why you are unhappy with my observations.

originally posted by: DeathSlayer


I have met Satan and other demons, worked with exorcists as a demonologist, there is a difference once ou have been exposed to this.

I have met the players too, but in an other context and the attribute you attach to them are not the same. I'd say God is a whole other league although there is one very powerfull posing as such. Was it the golden guy on the throne?

Inside your mold things add up,no doubt. yet you never broke it to see how other molds work?
no doubt you have wast knowledge about your own mold, it's a little like specialisation, if you lack the bigger picture you can do lots of harm.

accusations and verdicts reached from a human understanding and there is no other, even if you take the bible as the word of god it's interpretation and application is still comming from a human understanding.
there is nothing holy about it.
the word might be, but that is only one part of the equation.

I no longer believe in apologetics.

As long as one reaches verdicts about other religions not being true, while proclaiming his to be the truth, not engaging in apologetics seems odd...

I dont need to prove to you anything.

This was between me and God.

That is true and I respect that, I don't need proof, I quite well know who's playing you.... see how that works? I have no clue who is playing you i was just being a religious extremist...

originally posted by: TzarChasm

originally posted by: network dude

originally posted by: TzarChasm
One adult in a relationship with imaginary friend who has magical powers is called a psychosis. 20 adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a cult. 20 million adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a religion.

I have often wondered what kind of gain a person could get from sh!tting on a thread like this. perhaps you can answer that for me.

I'm the wrong person to ask about sh!tposting. Perhaps you could explain why you are unhappy with my observations.

sure, I'd be happy to. In a thread where people are talking about personal stories about God and his power, to have some dickface come in and make the "you all believe in cults and imaginary beings" comment, doesn't really offer you anything in return (that I can see, hence why I asked) and can only upset the members posting. Now their posts in a thread like this is much like church. If you aren't there, it won't really bother you. So knowing that a non-believer has the choice to just move on from threads that aren't "their bag", I'm curios as to what joy or benefit a dickface might get from trying to anger people who were largely minding their own #ing business.

Thanks in advance for your thoughtful reply.

a reply to: network dude

You're unhappy with my observations because the broader picture is inconvenient to your coping process, which is ironic because your coping is a direct result of that picture. That's where your anger comes from, not me.

I don't have any answers to give you. I don't know you and you don't know me.

Maybe Satan has been good to you, it happens. He knows what is in each of our hearts.

He knows I hate him and his minions and he shows me no mercy. Each time he takes a part of me when we fight and it takes months to get back what I lost before the fight. This is why I no longer assist exorcists or the church. The aggression, hate, bitterness and anger is sometimes overwhelming for everyone including the priests. It changes everyone and not for the better.

My faith and my prayers protect me and my loved ones. I can not speak for other religions even though I am aware of their beliefs and practices.

I accuse the accuser. I hate the hater, and I only fear the one true God.

a reply to: Terpene

originally posted by: TzarChasm
One adult in a relationship with imaginary friend who has magical powers is called a psychosis. 20 adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a cult. 20 million adults in a relationship with that imaginary friend is called a religion.

That's too simplistic.

If there is one extraordinary event out of many, you can call it a statistical anomaly or whatever bucket you want to use to dismiss it. If there are many such events, it becomes statistically relevant and dismissing it (whatever this "it" is) is nothing else but ignorance.

Even if you say, for whatever reason and without any foundation other than your own believes based on nothing but convention itself, that there are no extra dimensions or forces than what current mainstream physics defines (which is ridiculous in itself), then you still have to explain this statistically significant effect. What causes these many people to have the same belief patterns all over the world, throughout all known times.

a reply to: Torlin

I agree that investigation is warranted after a certain statistical threshold is reached, but where is that investigation?

originally posted by: Lebanon808
I told God that "TzarChasm has everything figured out" He laughed. a reply to: TzarChasm

I'm not threatened by the insults of cartoon characters, but if that voice tells you to sacrifice your firstborn, I strongly advise against it.

a reply to: TzarChasm


I'm a bit curious to know what made you so bitter, that you feel you have to comment in a thread that you have no interest in and crap on everyone else.

Or is it just your thing to be an asshole.

I want to add to this thread. my experience is not important not many of you would understand.

I like the idea of Good God. Belief is something, belief in good is better.

Belief in bad is stupidity and self destructive.

I think the religions fail the ideology very often.
many strange experiences but not sure to discuss here.

I have a set of experiences memories. so I would have to say yes I have. But these are from a long time ago and the world was a good and better place back then. The memories are shattered like a broken picture.
slowly making sense of them.

i was in prison at the time when it all happend for me id decided to give god a chance i always believed there was somthing out there so id started fasting and praying alot one day i was on my hands and knees praying and i said god if your real give me a sign as soon as i said it there was like an explosion lightning bolt out side of my window smoke the lot so from there i believed a few weeks passed i started doubting the sign so i asked again another lightning hits my window literally as soon as id asked this happend three times in total people saw this and would ask to pray in my cell after this i would also mention that the last two times it happend where clear summer days n ive never seen lightning in those conditions

I saw the light, a bunch of other lights, and another kind light that wasn't like the other lights. Does that count?

a reply to: DeathSlayer

This is a really good thread. I often cast threads and posts that include
my firm belief in the God of the Bible. People ask me for proof I point to
the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. As far as evidence goes the cross makes
Christianity by far the most believable account for humanity bar none.

I was never indoctrinated as some might think. My parents never sent me
to church nor did I ever walk thru the doors of one with them. So I became
curious about a world hearing atheists speak of no God and Billy Graham
preach about God. At ten yo I asked my mother if she believed in God and
she said we were from a Baptist family. But that she always wanted to leave it
up to me. To find my own way to what ever I was going to believe.
She said she just didn't know if there was or not. But she did want to know.

It took me six months to decide that Atheism could not come close to
explaining our existence without making worse sense of it all than the Bible.
I understood what the Bible was saying and saw it fill every hole that
Atheism left wide open.

I have only been more assured along the way ever since. I told my mom
what I had figured out. That the Bible had to be true because it can
account by miracle the miracle of us even being here. And by all accounts
I don't care what anyone squawks out of their mouth our being here is a
miracle. Atheist first have to do away with our existence before they
can do away with Gods existence.

I have never had anything happen or seen any proof that could come
close to changing my mind. Only a lot of effort and denial by science
that will then turn and say it isn't in the business of disproving God.
Even at a very young age I knew that was bald faced lie. I brag about
my unshakable faith....Only.

I do have a good story but this will be the first time I've shared it with anyone
besides family. I'll do my best not to dishonor the fine writers and readers
here. And bring a coherent account of what he did for me. I'll be awhile.

a reply to: TzarChasm

I'm not threatened by the insults of cartoon characters, but if that voice tells you to sacrifice your firstborn, I strongly advise against it.

Come on Chaz you know you're being disruptive why you do'n this?
You must be enjoying it and that my friend is bit psychotic and
where you should reel yourself back in. You're an intelligent
person I know you'll figure it out.

originally posted by: DeathSlayer
My friend this is how God works.

He hates posers and knows when you speak from the heart.

originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: DeathSlayer

This happened about 18 years ago. I was going through a rough patch in life and feeling pretty down on myself.

I was doing some stuff around the house and had turned the TV on just for some background noise. Didn't really pay attention to what channel, just for the sound, ya know ? A preacher named Casey Treat came on and he wasn't one of the Hellfire, Brimstone, send me a $1000 to save your soul type, he just talked. For some reason, I started paying attention and sat down to listen. Maybe because I was going through a tough time and needed a little encouragement.

To make a long story short, I said out loud," Lord, where are you 'cause I could use some help "
A voice in my head said "I'm right here".

Not the deep bass of James Earl Jones, just a voice.

Since that day, I've had Peace in a corner of my soul that is unshakeable. No matter how bad things get, I still have that bit of Peace. I'm not a church goer, I just talk to Him in my own way, just like I'd talk to a friend over coffee. I may be sitting in the back yard having a cigar and just start talking to Him in my head.

No, He doesn't talk back, but I know He's there and listening.

I'm asking for spiritual advice here and if spiritual people think God is trying to speak to me, but I'm not listening.

Lately my dear friend who is the leader of my Sunday School class said God told her when she first met me 11 years ago that I was to be her successor. I thought, no, the job is too much for me and I'm not spiritual enough to do it. (We are in a mega church and the leader oversees the people who have various jobs in our class, plus she keeps our class records for the church, a roster so we can contact each other, and filters prayer concerns by email, a nearly daily job).

My grandchildren that I care for after school are needing me less and less and the leader of the class said next year is your time. When she says God spoke to her, I believe she means it, as she is the kindest, sweetest, and most spiritual person I know but is nearing 80 and wearing out.

My husband is normally very jealous of my time out side of the grandkids and family, and he said yes you'd be great at the job and should take it. What!!! Not like him at all. He is also very very spiritual and knows I am not, I'm a more down to earth person. My very elderly mother also said I'd be really good at the job, what?!, I spend time helping her when not with the grandkids.

Then I spoke to the youth pastor who has been trying to get me to mentor single young adults, my favorite age group. I told him when I taught Univ. I could not speak of God or religion, but somehow students would approach me and say "You are a Christian aren't you.", to which I would reply yes. I always saw and see myself not as a seed planter, or a harvester, but rather as one who tills the soil, I call myself a ground scratcher when it comes to spirituality. I told him I would not be the best spiritual advisor, but am good with life advice, (former PSY, Human Devleopment prof.)

But I have to admit, years ago, before the current leader spoke to me about the Sun Sch job, I had a strong feeling that this is what I would end up doing. Weird, because it is not really what I feel spiritual enough to do, or want to take on. People in our class generally keep their jobs for 10 or more years, taking me close to my 80's.

I feel like God is speaking to me through these people, thing is, is he really - I don't feel worthy, I think I might be perceived as too bossy, I just am not preachy spiritual, but a little ground scratcher, plus it is a very time consuming job - but I am retired.

Do any of you think God is trying to get my attention?

Please don't be snarky or mean
or answer if you aren't a believer because I need true spiritual advice this time, not snark, thanks.

a reply to: DeathSlayer

Well, since you asked.

There's an old Jewish fable about being able to trigger visions if you study and meditate on Torah scriptures hard and long enough. And then came the time when it actually worked for me. I never realized up to that point that the bible has a tutorial. So here's what I experienced.

I had been working on the prophecy of Daniel 11 and I had found a mystery. I had been mentally working over the verse looking for the 4th meaning and then I got it. Being the description of a vision I needed to visualize the verse. So I did and got a really weird picture in my head. So I thought about it and realized it was the correct interpretation of the prophecy so then I may have done something really stupid. I said the interpretation out loud.

And that's when all HOLY HELL broke loose!

Someone could have mentioned the book was a functional grimoire. Oh well, spilt milk and all that. But this is what I experienced.

There was a ding in my ears. A tone like a hearing test. Then it deepened and got quite loud for a second. And then my vision stopped working and all I saw was a gray background. And suddenly I wasn't in Kansas anymore.

It was if I had been snatched out of my body and was being propelled upwards at a high rate of speed. There were flashes and streaks of light and oddly enough numbers. The number 2 to be exact. Really it looked like the old starfield simulation screensaver from Windows 3.1 or ME. This did happen in 2001 BTW. And then the focus of the vision changed.

And then there I was. Just floating in space. Looking at the stars. But. This was a very strange space and some very strange stars. For against the darkness of space I could just see the words of the prophecy in the background. And scattered among the words were the stars. But they weren't really stars they were numbers. Little white number 2s scattered through the prophecy. Showing the points of duality in the prophecy. This and that. Future and past. And so on.

Then after a few seconds of that though it seemed longer then the focus of the vision changed. Suddenly I was back in my body with a really bright picture of the starfield in my head. Made my existing thoughts look like pale shadows in comparison. And it seemed to be expanding in my head. Like someone forcing a size 12 foot into a size 10 shoe.

And then it was over. Leaving me with a strange headache for the rest of the day.

And at the end of it all. On 11-2-2001 I got my "souvenir". Makes a good avatar doesn't it?

a reply to: The2Billies

Do any of you think God is trying to get my attention?

God works in mysterious ways and he has a history of using what appears to be the most unlikely people to do his work.

The best thing you can do is pray about it for more confirmation and see what happens. If it makes you feel more at ease, maybe you should communicate to the people who recommended you that you're willing to give it a shot for a set period of time before whole heartedly committing to it. Speak to them about whether that's an option. You might be surprised or shocked at your God given abilities once you allow him to take over for you. That's the key.