Religion hurts :(
November 25, 2016 at 9:13 am
(This post was last modified: November 25, 2016 at 9:15 am by Torin.)
Hi guys,
today i want to cover something that happened recently in my life, so the story is little wacky and for some of you may seem weird but here goes nothing.My family is religious(Roman catholics) and one of my grandmothers brother, claims himself to be a spiritual healer.The story of how he becomed one, is quite common among people like him.When he was younger he was alcoholic.I dont know much about his past, but i know for sure that he was drunkard.So as the story goes, one he day saw, holy Marry near his bed, she told him to stop what he was doing, and after that revelation he felt that he has some powers to heal, and see ghosts, and demons (i know this sounds crazy, movie-like scenario but bear with me guys, i am totally serious about this)
So basically my family and relatives believe in him, when i was little i too believed.It was normal thing, and if one got sick, or something was bad with our health, we would call him and he would heal us(of course we used some kind of medicine, we werent't that crazy to relly only on him
).Sounds crazy i know, i know! Basically he heals by saying prayers.And even when i becomed an atheist, if i endup in some kind discussion about god, or mystical things.They always back up their argument by saying what about him, he is real evidence! (spiritual healer)
But several days back his kidneys stopped working, and his family propabably believed that he will heal himself in no time.My mom said that he felt sympthoms long before.But he still was healing himself.And obviously without medical treatment, he hitted point of no return.And now he has to wait for donor, and every two days do dialysis (or something like that)
The point of the story, that even whem such man, man of god, spiritual healer, becommed sick, and could't heal himself, should raise some doubts about his alleged powers.And when i got the news, i got angry why they didn't took him to the hospital, or to the doctor at least, when he felt some kind of strange feeling in his body.My mom still tried to say that he got tired of healing, or demons that he fights everyday beat him.I was like ,,NO he got sick because, no one took him to the real proffesional doctors,and real treatment"
But she refused to listen.It is a pitty that even though he was a little weird in that sense, he was a good and decent man.If he would had acted beforehand, his kidneys would work.But know he choosed otherwise.
I never encountered something like this in my real life, but this event, showed me actual evidence what neglect and believing in superstitions, hallucinations can do to a man, it can destroy you.Sadly this tragical event, made my beliefs(about atheism) stronger than ever.
Have a good day
today i want to cover something that happened recently in my life, so the story is little wacky and for some of you may seem weird but here goes nothing.My family is religious(Roman catholics) and one of my grandmothers brother, claims himself to be a spiritual healer.The story of how he becomed one, is quite common among people like him.When he was younger he was alcoholic.I dont know much about his past, but i know for sure that he was drunkard.So as the story goes, one he day saw, holy Marry near his bed, she told him to stop what he was doing, and after that revelation he felt that he has some powers to heal, and see ghosts, and demons (i know this sounds crazy, movie-like scenario but bear with me guys, i am totally serious about this)
So basically my family and relatives believe in him, when i was little i too believed.It was normal thing, and if one got sick, or something was bad with our health, we would call him and he would heal us(of course we used some kind of medicine, we werent't that crazy to relly only on him
).Sounds crazy i know, i know! Basically he heals by saying prayers.And even when i becomed an atheist, if i endup in some kind discussion about god, or mystical things.They always back up their argument by saying what about him, he is real evidence! (spiritual healer)But several days back his kidneys stopped working, and his family propabably believed that he will heal himself in no time.My mom said that he felt sympthoms long before.But he still was healing himself.And obviously without medical treatment, he hitted point of no return.And now he has to wait for donor, and every two days do dialysis (or something like that)
The point of the story, that even whem such man, man of god, spiritual healer, becommed sick, and could't heal himself, should raise some doubts about his alleged powers.And when i got the news, i got angry why they didn't took him to the hospital, or to the doctor at least, when he felt some kind of strange feeling in his body.My mom still tried to say that he got tired of healing, or demons that he fights everyday beat him.I was like ,,NO he got sick because, no one took him to the real proffesional doctors,and real treatment"
But she refused to listen.It is a pitty that even though he was a little weird in that sense, he was a good and decent man.If he would had acted beforehand, his kidneys would work.But know he choosed otherwise.
I never encountered something like this in my real life, but this event, showed me actual evidence what neglect and believing in superstitions, hallucinations can do to a man, it can destroy you.Sadly this tragical event, made my beliefs(about atheism) stronger than ever.
Have a good day
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