Posted on 06/04/2011 11:00:11 AM PDT by marshmallow
Here is one for you.
I had a wonderful cousin who had a vision of the Virgin Mary. Folks around her knew what was happening because they could hear my cousin talking to this whatever. Within a few minutes, she committed suicide. She opened the car door and jumped off a bridge which they were driving on.
This is an open forum. We are all allowed to get on here and comment. Some of us think this book is a stupid hoax and freepers should be intelligent enough to see through it. It’s our opinion and we are expressing it. If you don’t like it, you can always go to Pravda (if it exists anymore) where there is only one point of view.
I also think that people who buy into this book are indulging in superstition - not religion.
P.S.
She was a medical doctor in her internship.
Dear God! In NYC - where I live - the ones who usually do this kind of thing are diabolists or into Voodoo, not Christians!
Like George Bush the Elder, I’m not into the vision thing.
“If you did not have any interest in the subject, dont click the link.”
I rarely do. I do find, though, folks like you don’t solve problems. You create more problems.
Very good book. You know, he said everyone in heaven is in their younger state...no old people there. Makes sense to me.
We may be reaching the end of the discussion.
Call on me anytime you want for backup.
Sadly, in googling around, I find that the only people willing to call this story a hoax are either very gay or left wing sites and two very staunch Christian sites. The gay anti-hoaxers are - as usual - stupidly puerile in their discussion and the left somewhat more intelligent. The best are the two Christian sites that sternly warn folks about dabbling in superstition and - dare I say it - heresy.
I wonder why the right is not dealing with this. I think it’s just not on their radar screen. As usual, they’re missing the bus.
I will! I am now reaching back into a past life for a suggestion as to what to make for dinner. Talk to you.
I know what you are saying.
They are too busy sitting on their fat arses whining as usual...
Come live in Panama. It’s a paradise.
I sit here angry at my country from my computer 1050 miles from Miami...closest point to the U.S. from Panama. Then I have to remind myself I don’t live in the U.S.
book sounds good...I’m going to check it out.
Dieu bénissent
There was no problem until you came looking to make one. You came to a thread with an obvious religious bent, and started posting about “FR is full of religious nuts”.
How about these books?
Unplanned by Abby Johnson
Theophilos by Michael O’Brien
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picolt
The Seal by Father Tim Mockaitis
A Biblical Walk Through the Mass by Edward Sri
The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere
To Hell and Back by Maurice S. Rawlings
Four Witnesses by Rod Bennett
Led By Faith by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Light of the World interview with Pope Benedict XVI
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven by Kevin & Alex Malarky
I haven’t read the books you listed,something to think about.
There is another one I’d like to read by Father Morris...
Ahh so many books...
I like to get them on cd as well, that way I can listen to them in the car...
Did you read this book?
Did any of you read it that are trashing this pastor?
Seeing isn’t believing.
Believing is seeing.
What exactly is a “religious nut”?
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I think I agree with your post. Miracles have a limited outreach and seem to be for specific people. Plus, not everyone who witnesses a miracle will accept it as a miracle. In the end, it comes down to faith.
I don’t know if I completely believe this story of the boy’s “trip”, but I do KNOW that there is a Heaven and a Hell.
I have not read this book. However I have read “Closer to the light” (learning from the near-death experiences of children) and “Transformed by the light” both by Melvin Morse, M.D. and Paul Perry. I was convinced.
He took a very scientific approach to the subject. Both are very good reads.
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