Anto,
It depends on which nutjob school you subscribe to. There is a branch refered to as the "name it claim it" school of thought that talks about praying for miracles then sealing the prayer with an audible shout of "I receive my miracle!" Quite a powerful session, a bunch of people in an auditorium repeating, "I receive my miracle!"
As for your question about my personal experiences, well that would be a long story filled with all manner of colorful beasties and hallucinogenic landscapes, not all caused by actual hallucinogens. Did I hear the voice of god? Well, that goes with a lot of questions like, did I actually leave my body or speak with demons or any number of trippy stuff that probably just means I have a very creative imagination.
Another explaination would be schizophrenia which I have researched but not actually gone to a psychiatrist. I have taken the MMPI and didn't correlate with schizophrenics so I am left with the idea that I have a fertile imagination. Sounds like you got one too; not a bad thing but something to get a handle on.
I've never understood why people interpret submiting to god's will and giving up your own. That notion seems retarded to me. God gave us free will so we could give it back to him? I've known people to sit alone in their house for hours trying to manufacture a "God's will" reason to do anything. That is one of the most self-destructive concepts in religion today, "Don't think for yourselves, wait for God to direct your actions."
Bible verses aren't evidence.
Rhizo
It depends on which nutjob school you subscribe to. There is a branch refered to as the "name it claim it" school of thought that talks about praying for miracles then sealing the prayer with an audible shout of "I receive my miracle!" Quite a powerful session, a bunch of people in an auditorium repeating, "I receive my miracle!"
As for your question about my personal experiences, well that would be a long story filled with all manner of colorful beasties and hallucinogenic landscapes, not all caused by actual hallucinogens. Did I hear the voice of god? Well, that goes with a lot of questions like, did I actually leave my body or speak with demons or any number of trippy stuff that probably just means I have a very creative imagination.
Another explaination would be schizophrenia which I have researched but not actually gone to a psychiatrist. I have taken the MMPI and didn't correlate with schizophrenics so I am left with the idea that I have a fertile imagination. Sounds like you got one too; not a bad thing but something to get a handle on.
I've never understood why people interpret submiting to god's will and giving up your own. That notion seems retarded to me. God gave us free will so we could give it back to him? I've known people to sit alone in their house for hours trying to manufacture a "God's will" reason to do anything. That is one of the most self-destructive concepts in religion today, "Don't think for yourselves, wait for God to direct your actions."
Bible verses aren't evidence.
Rhizo
