# My Amazing Encounters with Jesus Christ **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774 "2016-03-02T22:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/181 "2016-03-04T07:51:38Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Don’t think, because if you think, you may not see it. lol 🙂 Ri…ight. So God gave me this squashy organ in my head just to stop my ears scraping against each other? ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/182 "2016-03-04T07:58:23Z")
Here’s a question for you, **ScottRP** : do you believe that there might exist such a thing as [hallucinations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination) with a biological rather than religious explanation, i.e. which are not visions or voices from God or demons? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/183 "2016-03-04T08:03:29Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Skeptical Inquiry is an unreliable source because they base their information primarily on what others have told them and not on their own research and experience. My claims are based on my personal experience and research. Here are a number of testimonies of people who have seen orbs with their naked eyes. > > [Bright White Orb Of Light](http://www.faceless39.hubpages.com/hub/White-Ball-Of-Light) If you look at any point source and let your eyes go out of focus, it will appear as a circular blob (with a pattern of specks in it). Also, some people who claim to have seen ‘orbs’ are probably just telling lies. How can you tell? Some people claim to have seen Bigfoot. There are people out there who claim to have seen ‘Roswell Rods’ with their naked eyes - despite the fact that the phenomenon is demonstrably a photographic artifact. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/184 "2016-03-04T08:04:46Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I prayed to Jesus that He would not leave me here to be evil like these people. He put my deceased mother behind me. And the most loving scent of her holding me in her bosom as a small child came over me. He was letting me know that I would be with my mom and that He would deliver me from this evil condition known as hell. > > I asked Jesus who these spirits were persecuting me. He told me through the Spirit of truth that they were the dead in hell. I could see that they were lost and inquired about them going to heaven. Jesus sent down the Holy Spirit stopping in front of me and pointing at me. He was telling me that I would make atonement for them. And that He would forgive them of their sins, salvage and deliver them into heaven. **Our Victory Song** 1 Corinthians 15:54-55. \*\*\*“Death is swallowed up in victory.” "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"\*\*\* Jesus had reached out to save a wretch like me and the dead in hell. Now that’s LOVE!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/185 "2016-03-04T08:09:21Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Ri…ight. So God gave me this squashy organ in my head just to stop my ears scraping against each other? There are many lies in this world. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/186 "2016-03-04T08:36:42Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > Here’s a question for you, **ScottRP** : do you believe that there might exist such a thing as [hallucinations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination) with a biological rather than religious explanation, i.e. which are not visions or voices from God or demons? Here is the truth about psychotic disorders. Research merely “implies” that it is a brain disorder. This is no more than an educated guess. And was derived from the fact that most patients showed a chemical imbalance in the brain. This chemical imbalance is caused by drug abuse which is the number one cause of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in the world today. Some drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine enable a person to experience the invisible spirit world. These drugs are sins that bring evil spirits into one’s life. If you speak to a satanic worshiper who summons evil spirits into their lives, they will tell you that this is true. If you hear of a paranoid drug user claiming that he or she is being followed by the FBI, they are merely being deceived by the devil. It has been known for thousands of years to have been the devils that have driven a person mad. And this is still true today. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/187 "2016-03-04T08:41:21Z")
> [@simster](#): > > A picture of smurfs… really? Children love Smurfs. And Jesus would love what they love. It is your choice, do you want to be a good Smurf or an evil Smurf? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/188 "2016-03-04T08:41:59Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Without God, we are the devil in the afterlife. Awesome. I’m sold. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/189 "2016-03-04T09:06:59Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Here is the truth about psychotic disorders. Research merely “implies” that it is a brain disorder. This is no more than an educated guess. And was derived from the fact that most patients showed a chemical imbalance in the brain. This chemical imbalance is caused by drug abuse … No its not. Schizophrenia can manifest in people who have never used illegal drugs, including in young children. You’re saying that an eight year old has been secretly snorting meth or something? ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/190 "2016-03-04T10:26:02Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Some drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine enable a person to experience the invisible spirit world. These drugs are sins that bring evil spirits into one’s life. Can you give a complete list of these sinful, evil spirit-summoning drugs? Surely, it would include alcohol. What about nicotine? Or caffeine? I once experienced very vivid auditory hallucinations (followed by an almost complete loss of hearing in my right ear for a couple of weeks) after a prescription of amoxicillin to cure pneumonia. Is amoxicillin (and other antibiotics) diabolical? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/191 "2016-03-04T10:46:40Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > No its not. Schizophrenia can manifest in people who have never used illegal drugs, including in young children. You’re saying that an eight year old has been secretly snorting meth or something? I said most cases are drug related. Evil spirits can and do pass from one individual to another. A person with these spirits in their lives, dies. And the spirits go into the life of the child who they are familiar with. It is not complicated. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/192 "2016-03-04T10:48:25Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > Can you give a complete list of these sinful, evil spirit-summoning drugs? Surely, it would include alcohol. What about nicotine? Or caffeine? > I once experienced very vivid auditory hallucinations (followed by an almost complete loss of hearing in my right ear for a couple of weeks) after a prescription of amoxicillin to cure pneumonia. Is amoxicillin (and other antibiotics) diabolical? Not that I am aware of. Perhaps you should check the PDR. lol Seriously thou, you could probably look for psychotic symptoms under the side effects to discover the one’s with “diabolical” potential. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/193 "2016-03-04T10:51:44Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > There are many lies in this world. I agree. It sounds like you’re advocating a method of filtering them that you believe is better than _thinking carefully about them_? If so, may I ask how you decided that method was better? I mean, without thinking that it’s better? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/194 "2016-03-04T10:56:05Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I agree. It sounds like you’re advocating a method of filtering them that you believe is better than _thinking carefully about them_? > > If so, may I ask how you decided that method was better? I mean, without thinking that it’s better? I have seen the truth for you. You needn’t think about it. Just believe. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/195 "2016-03-04T11:48:40Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I have seen the truth for you. You needn’t think about it. Just believe. You can’t trick me, Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/196 "2016-03-04T12:26:39Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I have seen the truth for you. You needn’t think about it. Just believe. When the master returns, I’m not going to be the one that says “I knew you were a hard man, so I hid my brain in a hole in the ground” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/197 "2016-03-04T12:48:57Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I have seen the truth for you. You needn’t think about it. Just believe. You have seen the truth for others, so they don’t have to look for it-just trust you? What religious sect do you belong to, again? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/198 "2016-03-04T12:57:13Z")
In any case, how does one decide to ‘just believe’? Am I supposed to sit here making grunting and straining noises until I’ve successfully forced a belief into my mind? I think it’s more likely something will come out of me, than in. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/199 "2016-03-04T13:23:05Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I said most cases are drug related. Evil spirits can and do pass from one individual to another. A person with these spirits in their lives, dies. And the spirits go into the life of the child who they are familiar with. It is not complicated. So your god punishes innocent children because of the sins of adults? I want nothing to do with such a sadistic and callous god. God is omnipotent so he controls the evil spirits as well right? ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/200 "2016-03-04T13:27:12Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Then I became agnostic and got lost for 35 years. I began hearing, seeing, wrestling with the unseen and witnessing powers of the invisible spirit world. Evil Spirits had come into my life as a consequence of my sin. This is a very personal question, and you should by no means feel obliged to answer it, but are those 35 years of being “lost” in your CV some Christian code for a history of drug abuse? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=11)