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Date: May 17, 2017 10:07PM
caffiend Wrote:
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> commongentile Wrote:
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> > My personal belief is that these types of
> > experiences, whether it be a deceased husband
> or
> > wife appearing to a spouse, the Virgin Mary
> > appearing to Catholics, appearances of Satan,
> > demons, or Jesus, etc. are most likely mental
> > projections generated by individuals' conscious
> or
> > unconscious underlying beliefs.
> >
> > And of course, a fundamentalist
> > Christian might believe that when someone sees
> > Jesus, it is really Jesus.
>
> To the first part, which I excerpted, I agree. I
> think the cultural milieu a person has been
> involved in is more likely to induce such
> experiences. Thus, Catholics see Mary, Jesus, and
> canonized saints, Mormons see relatives, and those
> in Sanateria see any number of mystic beings.
>
> To the second part, I respectfully take exception.
> Such visions are really not a part of the
> Fundamentalist and Evangelical culture, and run
> contrary to elements of theology they share.
> Should such a Protestant claim some spectral
> experience, I would look for previous involvement
> in a vision-accepting belief system, psychological
> issues (e.g. narcissistic attention-getting),
> and/or confused doctrine.
>
> It's interesting that Mormons don't report visions
> of Mary or some saint, and Catholics don't report
> visions of JS or EL-ron Hubbard or Mary Baker
> Eddy.
>
> Incidentally, Christian Science founder
> (foundress?) Eddy was quite involved in Spiritist
> circles during the time she was writing Edition 1
> of "Science & Health," and once "channeled" her
> very beloved, but deceased, brother Mark Baker.
> More suprisingly, the "voice" that came out of her
> was very masculine, and told the other people in
> the seance not to believe her!
Yes! My wife's aunt saw the Blessed Virgin in her empanada..