Stupid things religious people say

[Fake Messiah]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

‘Why don’t you wish me a happy birthday when I won’t tell you when my birthday is?’

Boru

[Ferrocyanide]

My interpretation is different.
If you don't nail down something, someone will likely come and push or pull on that something. I've seen those heavy mailboxes toppled over, I have seen bent signs (10 cm by 30 cm metal sheet metal), I have seen Stop signs folded into a taco shape (aluminium sheet metal), stop signs and other signs completely uprooted.
One moment, you see some sneakers on the ground, the next moment, it is in the air, hanging by the power lines.

[Fake Messiah]

There is a new book about exorcism heavily promoted by the National Catholic Register, and shit hits the fan pretty fast:

The Exorcism Files: True Stories of Demonic Possession by Adam Blai provides a window into that world within a Catholic framework, revealing startling experiences with the demonic.

As an appointed peritus (expert) of religious demonology and exorcism for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Blai trains exorcists nationally and regularly participates in deliverance ministry. His credentials in the ministry of deliverance and exorcism are anchored in Scripture and theology, with extensive learning under experienced exorcists in the U.S. and Europe.

Blai has also assisted at more than 1,000 exorcisms, seeing firsthand that a possessed person can have secret knowledge, an ability to speak languages he never learned, amazing strength and adverse reactions to anything blessed.

Before getting into the stories, Blai notes that Scripture warns us against divination and other occult practices: “Don’t turn to ghosts or consult spirits by which you will be defiled” (Leviticus 19:31).

Some of those who have ignored God’s commands and opened doors to the other side have become part of Blai’s exorcism files. He starts by detailing the Catholic understanding of devils as fallen angels, and the history of exorcism before the founding of the Church.

There is the story of Matt, who sold his soul for rock ‘n’ roll. The young, disheveled man warned Blai, “Don’t come near me. I don’t want to hurt you.”

Blai asked if he wanted help. “His croaking noise turned into an animalistic growl, and he shuffled in my direction. Snarling and shaking his head side to side, he stammered out, ‘Stay away from me. I can’t control it! Yes, I want help! Help me!’”

A female cousin had introduced him to black magic, and he began touring with a dark metal band. After seven years of that lifestyle, he was broke, possessed and tortured by demonic nightmares.

“Matt’s case was blessedly fast,” Blai explains in the book. He dramatically improved after one exorcism, but a second one was needed when it was discovered that one demon had been hiding. “Matt still calls me once a year or so to let me know he is doing well,” Blai relates.

During his early training, an older exorcist invited Blai to be part of a team for an ongoing exorcism of a possessed woman. The team included the woman’s husband, a psychiatrist nurse, the woman’s primary physician and the exorcist. No holy items could be kept in the house because they would literally disappear. The woman also understood several languages, although she spoke only English.

https://www.ncregister.com/news/the-exor...other-side

[Mister Agenda]

And all those cases were thoroughly documented and the evidence available to the public. /s

[Fake Messiah]

DeSantis Suggests He Personally Prayed a Hurricane Away From Florida

Speaking at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem on Friday, as part of his multi-day visit to the country, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recalled his visit to the Western Wall during a separate trip in 2019.

“The only thing I can tell you” DeSantis said, “is my prayer in 2019 was that we would be spared the upcoming hurricane season in the state of Florida.”

At that time, when [Hurricane Dorian] was on that track, people were saying, ‘well, God must not be listening to the governor because we may be getting rammed here … The storm was headed our way, it slowed down, it turned all the way, 90 degrees and went north and never impacted our coast. I’m chalking it up to the prayer I put in the Western Wall. People can offer whatever rationale they want,” he added.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/po...234725991/

[Fake Messiah]

[Fake Messiah]

Bishop destroys Kant

[Fake Messiah]

Vatican Creates New "Observatory" To Find Evidence Of Virgin Mary Apparitions

Created by the Pontifical Marian Academy Internationalis (PAMI), the new “observatory” will study mythical Marian phenomena like Virgin Mary statues weeping tears, in the pursuit of “concrete evidence” to support their existence.

"It is important to provide clarity because often presumed messages generate confusion, spread anxiety-inducing apocalyptic scenarios or even accusations against the pope and the Church," Father Cecchin said in a press release.

A Marian apparition is an apparition that takes the shape of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus in the Christian faith. There have been many reported sightings, with some officially “authenticated” by the Church and deemed “worthy of belief”, and others remaining not. It is the latter that the new observatory will attempt to focus on.

There have been seven sightings across history that have been approved by the Holy See, and a further 14 have been approved by a local ordinary. Few of these “sightings” have occurred in modern times, with the last sighting approved by the Holy See occurring in 1984, in which 150 people in Venezuela saw the ghostly embodiment of the Virgin Mary.

As for the evidence used to approve such sightings, there isn’t really any. Most of the sightings involve many people, but this has happened regularly across history and certainly does not point to authenticity.

https://www.iflscience.com/vatican-creat...ions-68600

[Fake Messiah]

I Love Lucy Star Recalls Miraculous Salvation Story

As a child actor, Thibodeaux recalled how I LOVE LUCY nearly ruined his life until God came to the rescue.

“My friends began to do drugs, and so I began to just get in with them and do that. I wanted to be cool,” he said. “I knew there was a supernatural world. And I began to dabble in Ouija boards and reading books about warlocks, and just fantasizing about those kinds of things. And my life, from that point on, really began to take a downward spiral.”

“I began to be tormented by these voices. These were demonic voices that were telling me to kill myself.

“I prayed and I fell into a trance, or a vision—I don’t know of any other word to explain it. There was this light in the distance that got closer and closer to me. As it got closer to me, I could see that there was a man, and that person revealed himself as Jesus of Nazareth. And I said, ‘Jesus, I’m not worthy of You to appear to me in such a way.’ And I said, ‘What about this sin?’ and ‘What about that sin?’ Jesus responded to me and He said, ‘That’s why I died’.”

https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles...story.html