# 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:** 19
**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 9, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/361 "2016-03-09T20:09:51Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > To the contrary, my insight would fair exceed their understanding of some scripture. > > I believe in the Roman Catholic Church and have found nothing wrong with their teachings. > > What I am posting here not only matches up with the teachings of the Catholic Church but on some accounts exceeds their teachings. This thread truly is a win in the fight against ignorance. Wow-it’s Pope _Plus!_ ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/362 "2016-03-09T20:11:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Why 75-80? why that specific range? That is the approximate number of human souls in my life that I have talked to Jesus about saving. When I asked Him about them going to heaven, He would not have said that I would make atonement for them if they were not going to be saved. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/363 "2016-03-09T20:12:40Z")
Scott, could you address the questions I raised in this [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19162734&postcount=335)? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/364 "2016-03-09T20:25:29Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > That is the approximate number of human souls in my life that I have talked to Jesus about saving. When I asked Him about them going to heaven, He would not have said that I would make atonement for them if they were not going to be saved. So, you took the ‘friends and family’ plan, - fuck all those others. and again - since they’re already dead - the judgement has already happened, no atonement can work. [QUOTE=Inner Stickler] Each man receives his eternal retribution in his immortal soul at the very moment of his death, in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ: either entrance into the blessedness of heaven-through a purification594 or immediately,595 – or immediate and everlasting damnation.596 At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.597 From [here](http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a12.htm) [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/365 "2016-03-09T20:26:07Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > We are talking about 75-80 souls who are dead and in hell. Let’s talk about the nine-year-old child first, I very curious as to what this youngster knew of being “dead and in hell”. Hell is a state of mind, like when a father figures out why all his kids look just like the mailman. The flesh lives on but the Spirit dies inside. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/366 "2016-03-09T20:26:16Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Christian here. > > Just wanted your opinions on an issue: > > In Acts 16:16-17 it says "And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: > > 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation." > > Now some people say she was demon possessed but to me that doesnt make sense. Demons dont proclaim Jesus. Being that I’m a part time magician I say it was just a trick and she was just practicing ventriloquism. Very similar to how fakes pretended to be channels for spirits and dead relatives during seances. What do you think? My understanding is that she was demonically possessed. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/367 "2016-03-09T20:26:32Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > To the contrary, my insight would fair exceed their understanding of some scripture. > > I believe in the Roman Catholic Church and have found nothing wrong with their teachings. > > What I am posting here not only matches up with the teachings of the Catholic Church but on some accounts exceeds their teachings. This thread truly is a win in the fight against ignorance. Wow - such humility… ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/368 "2016-03-09T21:14:48Z")
> [@umop\_ap\_sdn](#): > > My, that picture is grandiose, and I’ll even go ahead and say it’s beautiful. Imagine a universe where things like that are real. Gods, angels, heaven… whew! How cool would that be? It’d be a very different universe from this one, that’s for sure. It is a real world called the spirit world. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/369 "2016-03-09T21:22:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m not current with the Catholic faith-can someone confirm this? Jesus and Father God had revealed my deceased Catholic mother to me. She is obviously with them in heaven. ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/370 "2016-03-09T21:22:40Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > It is a real world called the spirit world. How many people in this world are in touch with the spirit world in the same way as you are? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/371 "2016-03-09T21:25:44Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Hi there, **ScottRP**! If you’re back for a while, I’d still love to chat with you about your faith. > > Specifically, I’d like to know how your unique set of beliefs and experiences changes how you interact with the world and your fellow humans. You have said that you seek to become more Christlike, is that correct? What, specifically, does that mean? It means to be more kind, loving, gentle, considerate, caring, giving, and forgiving. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/372 "2016-03-09T21:56:37Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > That’s it? 75-80? What exactly did they do to end up there? They failed to have faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/373 "2016-03-09T22:04:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Scott, could you address the questions I raised in this [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19162734&postcount=335)? Jesus can appear to whomever, whenever, and for whatever He wants. He is the Son of God after all. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/374 "2016-03-09T22:13:12Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Let’s talk about the nine-year-old child first, I very curious as to what this youngster knew of being “dead and in hell”. Hell is a state of mind, like when a father figures out why all his kids look just like the mailman. The flesh lives on but the Spirit dies inside. That 9 year old child knew nothing of hell but believed in it. Hell is not a state of mind, I have seen both humans and demons in hell. It is very real. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/375 "2016-03-09T22:19:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > How many people in this world are in touch with the spirit world in the same way as you are? How many people are making the claim? I do not believe that people are going around lying about it. ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/376 "2016-03-09T22:22:07Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > How many people are making the claim? I do not believe that people are going around lying about it. You misunderstand. I’m just asking if there are others who can also speak with spirit world in the same way you do, and how common do you think that ability is. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/377 "2016-03-09T22:24:44Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > They failed to have faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins. What about all the Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrans and atheists? Surely there are more than 75-80 that have died without seeking forgiveness from Jesus. Do they just get a hall pass right to heaven? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/378 "2016-03-09T22:25:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You misunderstand. I’m just asking if there are others who can also speak with spirit world in the same way you do, and how common do you think that ability is. I believe that 1% of all Americans either hear and/or see the spirit world while awake. We all experience it while dreaming. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/379 "2016-03-09T22:30:58Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I believe that 1% of all Americans either hear and/or see the spirit world while awake. Where did you get that statistic? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/380 "2016-03-09T22:39:45Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Where did you get that statistic? dude - he _ **Believes** _ it - you don’t want _actual_ cites do you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=20)