# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/81 "2016-03-03T04:38:48Z")
You joined our merry crew in October 2014 yet made your first post just this evening, some seventeen months later. Seems . . . somewhat . . . how shall I say . . . odd. Don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/82 "2016-03-03T04:45:28Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Psychological?..hmmm…ok. I try to be like Jesus. Apart from witnessing, I teach some scripture as well. And obedience to God makes me a better person in the world. But you’re an investment banker by day? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/83 "2016-03-03T04:49:08Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I’ve noticed that the humans lose their family and friends. They are scattered throughout the netherworld. Without God, we lose our loved ones in the afterlife. Mathew 12:30. He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad. > [@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 find this to be a most loving thing that Father God and His Son do for their people. Genesis 25:8. Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, and old man full _of years_, and was gathered to his people. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/84 "2016-03-03T04:52:02Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > You joined our merry crew in October 2014 yet made your first post just this evening, some seventeen months later. Seems . . . somewhat . . . how shall I say . . . odd. Don’t you think? I pride myself on being different from the norm. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/85 "2016-03-03T04:56:48Z")
Pride is a sin. We are here to glorify God, never ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/86 "2016-03-03T05:00:00Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > But you’re an investment banker by day? Married and retired with two kitty cats. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/87 "2016-03-03T05:02:56Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Psychological?..hmmm…ok. I try to be like Jesus. Apart from witnessing, I teach some scripture as well. And obedience to God makes me a better person in the world. No psychology, I’m just wondering what practical effect your experiences have on your life–this life, of course, not the next one. Would you mind providing specifics? How does your relationship with and obedience to God change your behavior? What do you do in your life to be like Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![ScottRP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ScottRP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottRP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/88 "2016-03-03T05:05:13Z")
> [@Strinka](#): > > How do you know your vision wasn’t of a fallen angel? Fallen angels have the same powers as angels in heaven. They also see through the many eyes of the Holy Spirit. And can see into the future as well. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/89 "2016-03-03T05:13:10Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > The photographs below are of the Holy Spirit. These photographs have been a mystery to mankind for decades. Wrong again. Almost 10 years ago, they were already explained, and many times before this article from Skeptical Inquiry was published too. [http://www.csicop.org/si/show/nonmysterious\_orbs](http://www.csicop.org/si/show/nonmysterious_orbs) > [@](#): > > Most orbs are simply round or oval white shapes, though they may take a variety of forms. There is not one blanket cause for all orbs; many things can create the phenomena, ranging from insects to dust. In a series of experiments, I was able to create orb photos under a wide range of circumstances. The easiest way to create orbs is to take a flash photograph outdoors on a rainy night. The flash will reflect off of the individual droplets and appear as dozens of white, floating orbs. (The effect is most pronounced in a light rain, though even a little moisture in the air can create mysterious orbs.) CSI Senior Research Fellow Joe Nickell (1994), in his own studies, found that flashes reflecting back from camera straps are a common source of orbs, as are unnoticed shiny surfaces that can reflect a camera flash. > [@](#): > > Not content to simply declare my orb a sign of the supernatural, I searched harder for a solution. Sure enough, closer investigation revealed that the orb was in fact a tiny piece of dust or lint that clung to the remnants of a spider web (see figure 2). It was a very unusual place for a web, and, had I not traced the long, nearly invisible line to its arachnid anchor, I would have rejected a web as an explanation. But it was a very long strand and just far enough away from the walkway that all but the tallest passersby would not run into it. It was very difficult to see, and only apparent when a dark color was held up in the air behind it for contrast—or when caught in a flash photograph. > > Orbs may seem otherworldly because they usually appear only in photographs and are usually invisible to the naked eye. They are often unnoticed when the photo is taken; it is only later that the presence of a ghostly, unnatural, glowing object is discovered, sometimes appearing over or around an unsuspecting person. To those unaware of alternative explanations, it is no wonder that orbs spook them. Most ghost investigators will admit that at least some orb photos are of mundane phenomena and are not necessarily ghosts. Still, they insist, there must be some orbs that defy rational explanation, though none has yet been found. But even if that is true, no one has proven that anything but photographic and optical mechanics can create orbs. ---
**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 3, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/90 "2016-03-03T05:21:31Z")
I heard the voice of God the other day. But then I decided to swap out my Motörhead CD for something more progressive and mellow. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/91 "2016-03-03T05:34:32Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Its funny. I started reading the OP but got so bored I fell asleep. > > My wife was watching one of those musicals only she likes in the other room… and while I was asleep, I had the wildest dream… > > _cue dream sequence special effects_ > > \*I dreamed last night I got on a big white 757 > And by some chance I had brought my bible-thump along > And there I stood, and I hollered, “Hallelujah Baby!” > And all the passengers knew something was wrong > \*\*(Some Thing Was Wrong!) > \*\* > For the people all said > Sit down, sit down you’re Havin’ a Stroke! > And the people all said > Sit down, sit down you’re Havin’ a Stroke! > > And TSA will drag you outta here > in Tach Gear (for Docs in white coats) > Sit down, sit down (Sit down, sit down) > Sit down, sit down you’re Havin’ a Stroke! > > Now I sailed away on that little 757 > And by some chance found Jack Chic pamphlets in my fist > And there I stood nicely passin’ out Salvation > But the passengers now were Truly Pissed > **(Quite Truly Pissed!)** > > For the people all said > Sit down, sit down or you’re outta this place! > And the people all said > Sit down, sit down or you’re outta this place! > > Toss your ass right out at 50,000 feet > (so you can figure out if you’ll see god’s face) > Sit down, sit down (Sit down, sit down) > Sit down, sit down or you’re outta this place! > > Now as I laughed at those passengers on a 757 > Two great big men came and tossed me overboard…! > And as I fell, and I hollered out, “Oh dear god save me” > …And the wind whistled at me 'cause it was Bored > **(So Ve-ry Bored!)** > > For the people had said > Sit down, sit down you’re Havin’ a Stroke! > And the people had said > Sit down, sit down you’re Havin’ a Stroke!" > > No one wants to hear your book of fear > From Yester-year, you silly Jamoke! > Sit down, sit down (Sit down, sit down) > Sit down, sit down you’re Havin’ a Stroke!\* Funny. I was actually thinking of the real version today for some reason–maybe Jesus wanted me to. [Lyrics](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/louisarmstrong/sitdownyourerockingtheboat.html). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/92 "2016-03-03T05:45:03Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > He had left the flock to find lost sheep. His appearance on the wing of an airplane dressed as a shepherd meant the deliverance of many souls. Glory be to Christ. Wait, was it a cargo plane? A Fed-Ex jet? ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/93 "2016-03-03T05:47:51Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > I have had relationships with both fallen angels and angels in heaven. I can easily tell the difference. > [@ScottRP](#): > > Fallen angels have the same powers as angels in heaven. They also see through the many eyes of the Holy Spirit. And can see into the future as well. So, how could I tell the difference between someone who thinks they’ve had a vision of god but was actually just seeing fallen angels and someone who has actually had a vision of god? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/94 "2016-03-03T05:52:29Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > :eek: No, I have witnessed hundreds of spirits in the unhappy, evil condition of hell. 😃 Enjoyed it that much, did you? Nice. 😛 Anyway, if you weren’t in hell while you were witnessing all these souls that WERE in hell, where were you? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/95 "2016-03-03T05:54:28Z")
> [@simster](#): > > first one looks like a blown up hair folicle > > I like the ‘motionless’ part of the second picture - becuase, otherwise, the picture would be in motion and it would be a video of the holy spirit. > > THe third one is a fricking painting - > > How does either of the first two uniquely, and objectively, identify the objects pictured as the ‘holy spirit’ ? > [@ScottRP](#): > > Notice the similarity between the motionless photograph and the painting. They’re both – not moving… ---
**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 3, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/96 "2016-03-03T06:04:29Z")
How do you determine when to use red letters and when to use blue letters? ---
**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 3, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/97 "2016-03-03T07:51:16Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > Primarily, hell is the state or condition of being without God in the afterlife. The spirit is evil. I want to better understand what you mean here. I assume that “spirit” is a synonym for “soul”. You seem to be saying that we are simply evil and can only be not-evil by the means you prescribe. So, if that is what you mean, please explain why you think we (our spirits) are evil by nature. And try to do better than the “original sin” premise, because that one fails on the face of it. Once you have done that, explain what this “evil” is, and try to do it objectively, in a way that does not rely on God to define its opposite. Thanks much. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/98 "2016-03-03T08:29:05Z")
Can He or can He not hit a curveball? ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/99 "2016-03-03T09:00:46Z")
“Jew” is an ethnicity. ---
**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 3, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774/100 "2016-03-03T09:27:19Z")
> [@ScottRP](#): > > This is a photograph of the [Holy Spirit descending like a dove](http://i.imgur.com/u1NzHvh.jpg). I can only seem to view a tiny thumbnail of the picture which could be anything, but looks a bit like a picture taken in low light with a moving light source in it that could be a flashlight. > [@](#): > > Here is a photograph of the [Holy Spirit motionless.](http://i.imgur.com/FXRAW5Y.jpg) This one is exactly the same as hundreds of ‘orb’ photos touted by ghost and UFO enthusiasts. It is typically caused by illumination of dust motes in the air, being captured out of focus (bokeh) blobs of light. The patterning/texture of the blobs is caused by the properties of the lens system. > [@](#): > > Here is a painting of [Saint Andrew with the Holy Spirit upon him.](http://i.imgur.com/pDBtjDX.jpg) Here is a painting of a unicorn: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ea/53/d9/ea53d9876fe97fcd1f612e0c178fef55.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/ea/53/d9/ea53d9876fe97fcd1f612e0c178fef55.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-amazing-encounters-with-jesus-christ/747774.md?page=6)