# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/441 "2016-03-10T21:24:44Z")
From the Prophet Peter Gabriel, of the band Genesis “Suppers Ready” > [@](#): > > There’s an angel standing in the sun, and he’s crying with a loud voice, > “This is the supper of the mighty one”, > Lord of Lords, > King of Kings, > Has returned to lead his children home, > To take them to the new Jerusalem. From Revelation 19:17 Defeat of the Beast and False Prophet Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”… Eww. So the Angel here is calling for … well it’s clear what s/he’s calling for. I like Gabriel’s version better. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/442 "2016-03-10T21:36:53Z")
[Acrylic painting inspired by God through a dream.](http://i.imgur.com/5bknddG.jpg) By: Child Prodigy Akiane Kramarik entitled, “Pyramid”. \*…In one of my dreams I saw the image of white pyramids beaten by ocean waves and surrounded by live bubbles. Unlike most of my paintings, I had no idea what those symbols meant, but I painted them anyway. Today the meaning still remains a riddle…\* _- Akiane Kramarick_ God is inspiring a modern day artistic genius to paint “live bubbles”. ---
**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 10, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/443 "2016-03-10T21:41:59Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > God is inspiring a modern day artistic genius to paint “live bubbles”. Does god inspire them to create the [Piss Christ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ) as well? ---
**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 10, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/444 "2016-03-10T21:43:10Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Are they showing you photographs of the Holy Spirit? Or any of His works? Are you suggesting that faith is legitimized by photographic evidence? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/445 "2016-03-10T21:46:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Does god inspire them to create the [Piss Christ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ) as well? This looks pretty foul. ---
**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 10, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/446 "2016-03-10T21:48:36Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > [Acrylic painting inspired by God through a dream.](http://i.imgur.com/5bknddG.jpg) > > By: Child Prodigy Akiane Kramarik entitled, “Pyramid”. > > \*…In one of my dreams I saw the image of white pyramids > beaten by ocean waves and surrounded by live bubbles. > > Unlike most of my paintings, I had no idea what those symbols meant, but I painted them anyway. > > Today the meaning still remains a riddle…\* > > _- Akiane Kramarick_ > > God is inspiring a modern day artistic genius to paint “live bubbles”. They;ve also painted soup cans - neither shows that ‘God’ inspired either of them . ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/447 "2016-03-10T21:54:21Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Are you suggesting that faith is legitimized by photographic evidence? God is present throughout earth through His Holy Spirit. Pictures are being taken of His Spirit and some of His works. People are erroneously calling Him and His works spirit orbs, angel orbs, and ghost orbs. This is the real Holy Spirit in the world today. Look into it for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/448 "2016-03-10T21:57:23Z")
To this day, I have yet to figure out just why is it that people speak of things they no nothing about. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/449 "2016-03-10T21:58:53Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > To this day, I have yet to figure out just why is it that people speak of things they no nothing about. Look inward, it’s the same Spirit in us all. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/450 "2016-03-10T22:00:50Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Jesus started the Catholic Church through Saint Peter. > > Mathew 16:18. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I am kind of confused by this. “Hades” obviously refers to the place (“gates of”) rather than the Olympian being. The place was morally neutral: it was where the dead were delivered, to abide for eternity in Elysium (the heroes), Asphodel (the accountants) or Tartarus (the naughty). And, of course, it belongs to a different mythos, so that it should be mentioned in Matthew is problematic as far as the legitimacy of the text. But why would the faithful be storming the gates of Hades? That makes as much sense as Hobbits laying siege to Mos Eisley Harzach outwitting Robin Hood. What would the goal be? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/451 "2016-03-10T22:06:27Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Humans have never been sacrificed to God. This is a practice carried out by satanists. Abraham sure tried. ---
**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 10, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/452 "2016-03-10T22:10:07Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > God is present throughout earth through His Holy Spirit. Pictures are being taken of His Spirit and some of His works. **People are erroneously calling Him and His works spirit orbs, angel orbs, and ghost orbs**. This is the real Holy Spirit in the world today. Look into it for yourself. the irony burns like hell fire. (bolding mine) ---
**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 10, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/453 "2016-03-10T22:11:56Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > To this day, I have yet to figure out just why is it that people speak of things they no nothing about. Yeah, why are YOU doing this? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/454 "2016-03-10T22:19:15Z")
The Spirit of truth is another title for the Holy Spirit. John 14:17. the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him,… **NKJV Commentary;** **Neither sees Him nor knows Him** does not mean merely that the world is not able to visually identify the Holy Spirit because He is spirit. Something more is meant: The Spirit of God is active in the world, but His acts go unnoticed by the world (see 1 Cor. 2:14.). _Not only is the world in general unable to visually identify the Holy Spirit, His acts go unnoticed as well._ ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/455 "2016-03-10T22:23:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Abraham sure tried. Abraham was tested by God to see if he would. That is all. ---
**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 10, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/456 "2016-03-10T22:27:24Z")
Why is it that the fanatics are the ones that require the most proof to bolster their faith? Photos, frequent visitations, personal chats etc.-how weak their faith must be if it needs constant booster shots and confirmation from outsiders. ---
**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 10, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/457 "2016-03-10T22:28:31Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Abraham was tested by God to see if he would. That is all. Did all those men, women, children and animals just go for a swim during the Flood? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/458 "2016-03-10T22:33:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did all those men, women, children and animals just go for a swim during the Flood? And of the billions of souls receiving eternal salvation every year through Christ? ---
**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 10, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/459 "2016-03-10T22:34:17Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Abraham was tested by God to see if he would. That is all. In the Bible, how many have either died by God’s hands, or been killed by those authorized by God? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/460 "2016-03-10T22:41:13Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > The Catholic faith is the truest of them all. I take it that this means you believe the priest has authority to decide if your assertions in this thread are heretical. Have you shown the posts to him or not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=24)