someone asked about going to their church and i answered telling people it was evil and they will be possesed if they do so
i refer to this answer given to a question regarding spiritualist churches
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061024143831AA68yO7&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMhzVSUu5ffr_YbLSkEvCIXQUFiI_i868u6.C7YKIB.y7_GQLdhQjeV15s8MTDJcd90g--#F8EoUjbvUGWpcuLGZJ2viVKZB18o7K_mOeTx9ptBr.A_L_tNbRha
can you not have respect for other faiths ?
2006-10-24 10:49:25 · 18 answers · asked by Peace 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
just wanted to add that i respect all faiths and would reccomend someone going to a christian church if they desired to .. because i am respectful
2006-10-24 10:52:09 · update #1
thats just the thing though .. i have no opinions about yours other than all faiths are beautiful and true to the person
2006-10-24 10:53:12 · update #2
will .. i respect the atheist as much as the next person xx
2006-10-24 10:55:31 · update #3
no disrespect intended waycyber
but Phenobarbitone withdrawel can increase epilepsy ... which may induce possession like symptoms such as in the Emily Rose case
I am sure this is more likely the cause of the demons rather than any healing your aunt recieved for you
2006-10-25 01:19:52 · update #4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenobarbitone#Side_effects
2006-10-25 01:20:50 · update #5
Of course I wouldn't enjoy that. I probably wouldn't mind so much if they worded that more carefully and said something like "according to my beliefs..." but I'm guessing that's not what you experienced.
Pangel you're a very understanding person, unfortunately, not everybody is like you in that regard.
2006-10-24 10:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by daisyk 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
When I was 7 years old I had a nervous disorder that the doctors treated with Phenobarbitone. My parents were told I would be on that for the rest of my life. I spent 3 months at Great Ormond Street and Tadworth hospitals.
An aunt of mine went to see Harry Edwards, a spiritualist faith healer. This was without the knowledge of my parents. The doctor saw an improvement in my condition and took me off phenobarbitone. I had no symptoms of the illness and no withdrawl symptoms from the drug.
However, for the next 14 years I had an "invisible companion" that taught me things and persuaded me down certain courses of action. I experienced telepathy, precognition, astral projection, self hypnosis. I became more and more obsessed with the occult and used magic mirrors and the like. i experienced Telepathic Static. That is, as you become more relaxed, so you become more sensitive, unti it is like being in the middle of a party. Not nice. By the time I was 21 I was fearful of my sanity. This "being" was outside my control. I tried to convince myself it was my imagination, but every attempt failed. If I had not been as secretive as I was, I would have been diagnosed as psychotic and schizophrenic.
I was at a computer college, Control Data Institute in Wells Street, London, at this time. There were two Christians there from St Marks Kenington, a Charismatic Anglican church. They told me that what I had was a demon, and I immediately saw they were right. That evening, this demon pestered me so much, telling me I was going to die, that it was going to kill me, that I almost walked out in front of cars on two occassions. This was October 31st 1978. On November 5th I went to St Marks and, after my first culture shaking experience of Charismatic worship, Nicholas Rivet-Carnac exorcised me and baptised me in The Holy Spirit.
My mind was filled with a blue-white light and I felt free for the first time in as long as I could remember. I felt all the good bits about being drunk. I was totally care free. My mind was my own. It has now been almost 30 years. God has given me an amazingly good life. I have all I need and know I can trust Him to be there whenever I need Him.
RESPONSE:- I have never been diagnosed with epilepsy. The telepathic and precognitive experiences were confirmed at the time sufficient to convince me that they were true experiences. These experiences continued for 14 years after discontinuing phenobarbitone up until my exorcism in 1978
2006-10-24 22:04:59 · answer #2 · answered by waycyber 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People should be respectful yes, but if a friend or someone asked me "should I go to this church?" as the person clearly was asking. Now name-calling granted wrong. But I would say no and I couldn't say anything else and be a good friend to this person. I don't to hurt your feelings but I believe that your beliefs are wrong and it is not disrespectful of me to to believe that. I might respect your right to do something you want, but I don't have to agree with you and I definitely don't have to recommend your beliefs if I think they are in serious error.
2006-10-24 11:06:45 · answer #3 · answered by JumpingJoy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people who attend church become self-possessed I'd say, they sure act like they think they are "it" and have the answer for all of us suddenly, funny how a little bit of religion can puff people up so that they want to take over the whole world...
2006-10-24 10:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what you are saying and clearly it's a sh1tty thing to say, but you also have to think about how they see it. They really DO believe that you're risking demon possession and an eternity in hell; they're being quite geniune about that. Given that the believe that, it would be grossly irresponsible of them not to try to save you from it.
They are, of course, utterly wrong, and you can go where you like.
I'm an atheist (these days) and nobody respects my religion.
2006-10-24 10:53:34 · answer #5 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To me, the answerer sounded concerned about the well-being of the asker.
But I do agree with you. There is probably a better, more respectful way to express such concerns.
2006-10-24 10:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by ☼Grace☼ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would of course find it hurtful and wrong. How could anyone say that about your faith? That is just wrong.We should respect each and every ones faith. Learn and experience first as I am fairly certain some people judge without knowledge.
2006-10-24 10:53:21 · answer #7 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has the right to insult a person's religion or faith-held beliefs, Christian or otherwise. Thank you for your tolerance and understanding of less informed people.
2006-10-24 10:54:57 · answer #8 · answered by Carolyn M 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Respect for all faiths is one thing and warning someone about a potentially dangerous situation is another.
2006-10-24 11:06:00 · answer #9 · answered by todaywiserthanyesterday 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can have your opinions about my church if you wish, and I will retain mine about yours. If you are free to have such opinions, and to express them, then you must conceed that I have these same freedoms.
Respect for another faith is one thing. Believing in it is quite another. And yet a third is allowing someone to be "possessed by evil" if you really think that is what is happening.
If you thought someone was going into mortal danger, wouldn't you warn them?
2006-10-24 10:52:27 · answer #10 · answered by Jay 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋