Is there anyone out there who has had an actual religious experience?

Question

Someone who had something happen that totally made you believe? I would love to hear about it.

Please do not be afraid to tell me about your experiences I have had one too and that is how I came to Jesus. I find it heartwarming and so what if unbelievers say an insult, so far it has been positive,

Answer 1

You are invited to:

http://pages.zdnet.com/mikevanauken/mikesinternetoutreach/id109.html

All honest seekers welcome

Answer 2

I've had MANY experiences. I had a co-worker who did not believe. However, one weekend we went to Canada to sightsee. The following morning my friend was white as a ghost; said something was suffocating him in the night; he couldn't move or call out. Said he never experienced something like this before.
Ok; no problem. I'll deal with it.
Well, we also had an odd painting in our room, so I asked one of the motel staff about it? Turned out to be the image of a spirit a medium had seen in the motel, & so she drew it's image, & it was hung in our room!
After breakfast, I returned to the room & dealt with it. My friend entered the room, & his eyes got huge. He exited the room; re-entered; re-exited & re-entered one more time.
"It's GONE"!, he said. "That presence is gone!"
He now believes, too. And my religion is Jewish.
All this experience did was show my friend that the spirit realm is real. It did not show him G-d. There is a difference.

Answer 3

Im Muslim, once I was reading the Quran and I cried from how beautiful it was, millions have cried from how beautiful it was, also once I was praying to God (Islamic way) and I felt that my heart and soul were right in the sky, I forgot everything around me and I felt like I could breathe, it was a connection between me and God, best experience I ever felt in my life.

Answer 4

I’ve had numerous experiences but perhaps the most profound one occurred over twenty years ago. I was in my second year of seminary (working on a M.Div.) and I was researching Neo-Paganism for a class on evangelism. I had read everything I could lay my hands to better understand Neo-Paganism and I had also gotten to know a number of Pagans. I had developed a good relationship with a number of Pagans and I was considered okay. I’d listen to what they had to say and I wasn’t judging them. I also wasn’t trying to ram a Bible down their throats. I’d disagree with them on many things but I was willing to live and let live.

It was spring and out of the blue this one coven invites me to watch their Beltane rite. They let me know that I was only there as an observer and that I was not to say anything or disrupt their ritual. I agreed and showed up with my notebook, pen, and paper to take notes. So I sat down on the side of a hill and watched. I remember sitting there and watching with a clinical detachment as they cast the circle and then began sharing what was going on in their lives. They then started a chant and to be honest I was feeling pretty darn bored.

Then out of the blue what felt like an overpowering wave of love just hit me. I had never felt anything so strong in all my life. It was just pure love and it was pouring into me. I just lay back in the grass and absorbed it. It is really hard to explain the feeling… Utter acceptance, love, safety, wholeness, peace. It was amazing. When it passed the coven was sharing a meal. I quietly pick up my stuff and left, not saying anything to anyone.

I went to chapel the following day and it felt empty, hollow and absurd. For the next three months I tried to get that experience out of me head but it wouldn’t go away. My Christian faith felt dry, boring, unimportant and for lack of a better word, silly.

That summer I quit seminary and began the process on initiation into Wicca. The Goddess has made her love for me known repeatedly over the years. And it wasn’t until five years ago that I understood that first experience. Five years ago I was rocking my son to sleep and he lay peacefully in my lap. Suddenly I felt love flood out of me and into him. It was then that I knew what I was feeling that night was how the Goddess feels for all her children.

Blessed Be
Pabs

Answer 5

I have myself, and heard testimony from countless others saying the same thing. They have too. I do not like to testify on the site, because there will be so many non-religious and such trying to horn in on something they know nothing about.

Answer 6

I HAD BEEN IN A TIME OF WORSHIP FOR ALITTLE OVER THREE HOURS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT AS IF I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM. I FELT THE LORDS PRESENCE AS IF HE WERE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF HIS GLORY FORE I WAS TOTALLY UNABLE TO MOVE. AT THAT TIME I CAME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW HE SPEAKS. I COULD JUST ASK A QUESTION IN MY MIND AND HE WOULD ANSWER IT, GIVEING THE SCRIPTURE TO CONFIRM WHAT HE HAD JUST SAID TO ME.THIS LASTED WELL AFTER THE SERVICE TIME WELL INTO THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. AFTER AWHILE I BEGGED HIM TO LEAVE ME AS MY PHYSICAL BODY FELT AS IF IT WERE GOING TO DIE.HE IS A GENTLEMAN AS HE DID LEAVE.I KNEW I WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME.

HE IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. ANYONE CAN HAVE AN AWESOME TIME WITH HIM IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SPEND THE TIME WITH HIM AND GIVE HIM THE HONOR AND GLORY THAT IS DUE HIM!

Answer 7

Well I can give you a short version of it. I was going to kill myself I had spent a lot of time in Wicca and tied myself to many demons they were watching and waiting for me to die. They were pretty much slobbering to distraction when Jesus came and banished them all he said "come let us reason together" and we walked back to my room. I found my roomates bible and read it (that quote is from Isaih) and kept reading all night. I have followed Jesus ever since and had a pretty great life since.

Answer 8

Mine stirred me away from organised religion, rather than make me want to be more 'entrenched' into it.

I agree that the experience happens pretty universally to all peoples.

My own fit more or less with the Eastern word "Satori", and my subsequent experiences have made me want to examine all perspectives, not just one.

Answer 9

Religious experiences can be intensely personal. I doubt many would be compelled to share here.

Answer 10

i have, and i'm glad that a muslim person responded to your question. religious experience is universal, regardless of which path. unfortunately, not everyone is willing to believe that, so we have wars.

Answer 11

ijust wrote about on ''what religion are you. if you want to read 65 minutes ago