Posted on 04/20/2024 5:26:29 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Perhaps I should go back and read it again.
thinking you forgot the sarc off /s
There is also the matter of the line between supernatural/divine and preternatural/demonic.
Tucker, having not yet squared himself away spiritually, would not necessarily be able to discern on this level.
For example This Guy decided for himself a while back after much study that Garabandal falls into the latter category. Medjugorje also very problematic.
Been on the verge of throwing Divine Mercy into the same (personal) ash heap. Can’t abide the appearance that “Divine Mercy” fails to strike a balance with, or even minimally contend with, the certainty of divine justice/wages of sin.
So many others, though, truly inspire deeper and deeper devotion. Examples being Our Lady of Fatima (Miracle of the Sun 1917), Lourdes (”I am the Immaculate Conception.”), Knock, Akita, Guadalupe, Zeitoun (Egypt).
On the other hand, it’s wise to blissfully and deliberately ignore the preternatural/demonic. Especially when the latter is appearing deceptively to “ape” the supernatural/divine.
Agree. Listening to the Rogan podcast is much better than the News article.
Interesting recordings of Alex Jones and the idea discussed that not all things you might say originate from inside your mind.
When someone like Mike Johnson can betray us so quickly it makes you wonder what’s really going on behind the scenes.
“So many others, though, truly inspire deeper and deeper devotion. Examples being Our Lady of Fatima (Miracle of the Sun 1917), Lourdes (”I am the Immaculate Conception.”)”
These were discussed in depth in Vallee’s “Invisible College”.
In both cases there were “high strangeness” and variations on the UFO theme that were laughed at it when seen by the first witnesses.
The local clergy rejected them as insane rants in the beginning.
“Discernment” has a lot of Monday morning quarterbacking—much tougher if the event happens to you in real time.
To be totally blunt about it—most homo sapiens have minimal discernment at best. They are way too quick to put their “frame” on what they experience—whether it is religious, scientific, magical whatever.
The universe does not play by homo sapien rules.
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