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There are a lot of "opinions" but that's all they can be is opinions. The definition, as already stated, is defined but the explanation of what causes the feeling can't be proven. From a Christian perspective this is the case as well because obviously this is not something addressed in the bible. However, from a biblical perspective, there can be hypothesis made. The bible clearly describe situations in which dreams have foretold the future. Not apart from God but by the power of God even in those who may not believe in God. Remember how Daniel responded to Neb. when he asked if he could interpret his dream. Neb. was opressing the people of God, yet, God gave Neb. prophetic dreams that Daniel interpretted. Better yet, Daniel said God interpretted but gave him the interpretation. That detail isn't critical to this hypothesis though. The important thing is that God has given people prophetic dreams. Let's say someone had a prophetic dream. They may have drempt about the exact place or situation they find themselves yet know they've never been their or observed this in person, hence the feeling of Deja Vu.

Another more scientific explanation but still not "proof". Some scientists believe this feeling is brought on by small siezures. You have a small quick siezure and immediately find yourself "coming to" so to speak in a situation that seems famiar because you were there and conscious only a few seconds ago but the quick siezure causes you to lose the "feeling" around the situation and place you find yourself.

On the dream issue, many Christians today tend to discount the possibility of prohetic anything today. This is more so in conservative fundamental denominations. However, I am a conservative in my Christian beliefs and have served in biblical counselling ministries relating to marriage. I've taken a number of seminary classes at conservative schools and I tended to feel the same way about any of this taking place these days. When I was married 17 years ago, my wife began telling me when we would be somewhere we both knew we'd never been before, that she dreamed about this place or that. I thought I'd married a lunatic. She began describing to me places and events she dreamed about. She seems to be able to tell which ones are more likely to be a real place. Low and behold she would desribe a place in great detail and in many cases I've seen the place. She will know when it's coming too. She has told me about a place in detail, and then sometime later we'll be driving along in a place we've never been and she'll say "you remember when I told you about _____?" and then say "It's somewhere around here." She starts looking around and boom, there it is. Her sister was married a few years ago and we couldn't make it to the wedding. She had a dream about the wedding and called her sister on the phone, told her not to tell her anything about the wedding and proceeded to describe the road going to where it was held, the building it was in, the inside of the building and a few things that happened at the wedding that wouldn't have been normal things to occur at a wedding. I tend to think anything foretelling anything about the future or correctly identifying places we've never been are from God, whether the person having the vision knows it is or not. I also tend to think there is a purpose for having these visions and that purpose serves God. With the kind of dreams my wife has we can't really see what the purpose might be but it could just be the way God made her and at some point it will serve a purpose. Deja Vu could very well be recollection of a vision or dream.

2006-07-02 07:55:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

I don't know why you need a Christian leader to answer this. It's not a religious term.

The term déjà vu is French and means, literally, "already seen." Those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that shouldn't be familiar at all. Say, for example, you are traveling to England for the first time. You are touring a cathedral, and suddenly it seems as if you have been in that very spot before. Or maybe you are having dinner with a group of friends, discussing some current political topic, and you have the feeling that you've already experienced this very thing -- same friends, same dinner, same topic.

On the other hand, the déjà vu experience may be due to having seen pictures or heard vivid stories many years earlier. The experience may be part of the dim recollections of childhood.

However, it is possible that the déjà vu feeling is triggered by a neurochemical action in the brain that is not connected to any actual experience in the past. One feels strange and identifies the feeling with a memory, even though the experience is completely new.

2006-07-02 06:29:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

"The term déjà vu (French: "already seen", also called paramnesia) describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously. The term was created by a French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book L'Avenir des sciences psychiques (The Future of Psychic Sciences), which expanded upon an essay he wrote while an undergraduate French concentrator at the University of Chicago. The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eerieness," "strangeness," or "weirdness." The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to a dream, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past."

Christian leaders study religion and are know what they have studied but they are human and make mistakes like all humans.

You spelled déjà vu just fine. According to Wikipedia, "the experience seems to be very common; in formal studies 70% or more of the population report having experienced it at least once. References to the experience of déjà vu are also found in literature of the past, indicating it is not a new phenomenon. However, in laboratory settings, it is extremely difficult to invoke the déjà vu experience, making it a subject with few empirical studies."

2006-07-02 06:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Why do you need a Christian leader to explain that. Why don't you just go to the dictionary???
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The term déjà vu (French: "already seen", also called paramnesia) describes the experience of feeling that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously. The term was created by a French psychic researcher, Émile Boirac (1851–1917) in his book L'Avenir des sciences psychiques (The Future of Psychic Sciences), which expanded upon an essay he wrote while an undergraduate French concentrator at the University of Chicago. The experience of déjà vu is usually accompanied by a compelling sense of familiarity, and also a sense of "eerieness," "strangeness," or "weirdness." The "previous" experience is most frequently attributed to a dream, although in some cases there is a firm sense that the experience "genuinely happened" in the past.

The experience of déjà vu seems to be very common; in formal studies 70% or more of the population report having experienced it at least once. References to the experience of déjà vu are also found in literature of the past, indicating it is not a new phenomenon. However, in laboratory settings, it is extremely difficult to invoke the déjà vu experience, making it a subject with few empirical studies.
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* 1 Types of déjà vu
o 1.1 Déjà vécu
o 1.2 Déjà senti
o 1.3 Déjà visité
* 2 Scientific research
o 2.1 Links with disorders
o 2.2 Pharmacology
o 2.3 Memory-based Explanations
o 2.4 Neuronal Theories
o 2.5 Parapsychology
o 2.6 Dreams
* 3 Related phenomena
* 4 Popular references
* 5 See also
* 6 References and notes
* 7 External links

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Types of déjà vu

2006-07-02 06:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by † PRAY † 7 · 0 0

It's a sense of having been somewhere or having done the same thing in the past , that occurs at the moment while you are doing it. It's kind of an eerie feeling like knowing that you have been in the same space and time before.
I've heard it explained, it was because you had lived before, or existed in a parallel universe. But It happens to some on occasion.

2006-07-02 06:35:09 · answer #5 · answered by Little Tree 2 · 0 0

Christian or not, a leader would tell you that dejah(sic) vu is the feeling of having previously experienced what one is experiencing. Christian or not, a leader would tell you that dejah(sic) vu is the feeling of having previously experienced what one is experiencing.

2006-07-02 06:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by professionaleccentric 5 · 0 0

Deja vu is not a Christian concept. It's French for "before seeing", where you think you have already done what you are currently doing. It's just a miss-fire in your brain.

2006-07-02 06:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0 0

deja vu is a very mysterious thing. its when you feel like youve done the exact same thing in the same place before. but not at the same time. some people say youre tapping into what someone else did at the same place. even scientists cant explain it... MyStERY...

2006-07-02 06:29:37 · answer #8 · answered by paulthesquirrelroxmysox 2 · 0 0

No it is not a missfire in your brain, in fact I see things that are going to happen to me before they do...sometimes
As you may know we have a subconscious spirit and sometimes this will connect to our minds and soul as it is often given messages.
Also if re read something we do not understand but is true...in time this will also be fed back to our souls

2006-07-02 10:31:51 · answer #9 · answered by creativedynamic 2 · 0 0

hi Dude. "because you Christians..." I experience a mild generalization there, no longer ALL Christians imagine atheists worship the devil, me myself, being a faithful Christian, do not trust atheists pray to the devil. Atheism is , contained in the summarized version, "no longer believing in God" proper?. yet that would not unavoidably advise that in case you do not position self assurance in "a" then you definately promptly trust and worship "b". there are a great number of Christians available that particularly of preaching the Gospel of "strong information" and residing how Jesus pronounced we could consistently stay (love one yet another etc), they do the full opposite, they rebuke and condemn others. they are quick to communicate about "you're an atheist, you'll Hell" lol ironic proper?? Hahahaha. nicely to me that's complete garbage, Hate The Sin no longer The Sinner. i do not hate atheist, i do not rebuke them, i don't think of they worship the devil merely because they don't worship God. as a way to respond to your question "NO, i don't think of atheist worship the devil" And P.S if you're an atheist and also you do worship the devil then that is somewhat fantastic, it is your decision, all of us have free will and freedom of decision...that would not make both one better than the different.

2016-10-14 01:34:56 · answer #10 · answered by debbie 4 · 0 0

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