i know this has all been asked but i want to know
what do you think of joan?
what about what she believed in religion?
do you think she seen or heard things?
do you think she was a pawn?
what do you think about her death and later being a saint?
any other input great and thank you
2007-07-09 08:17:48 · 7 answers · asked by laura 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think Joan of Arc is one of the most tantalizing and interesting figures in history. I think she was a hardcore Catholic, but I have a hard time believing that she heard things. She was a brilliant, clever woman and commander, so she may have just said that she heard messages from God to give herself some validity. She was certainly a scapegoat when she was killed, but I oppose her canonization, since she did not live long enough (that sounds awful, I know) to prove and show saintly qualities.
2007-07-09 08:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Joan, seriously.
She is the closest thing to the legendary mystic warriors that exist within documented history.
She transcends religion because the Pagan prophet called Merlin predicted her arrival 300 years before it happened.
In the male dominated world that Joan lived having a female lead a Christian army was unthinkable, but because Merlin's prophecy was so well known the politicians of the time allowed her to do so hoping to get the people motivated for war. Once their goal was achieved they quickly handed her over to the English to be tried as a Witch to satisfy the political expedience of the Catholic super power. They knew the French people would never execute her.
Her life fulfilled the prophetic visions of a legendary occult figure.
Such things could happen today, and certainly people work diligently to help circumstances along to bring about what they expect from their prophetic religious text.
This tragic story is certainly a chilling lesson for the zealots of the modern world.
Blessed Be
2007-07-09 08:33:24 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Gnostic♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like her spirit and how hard she would fight for what she believes, but I to do not believe that certain people should become saints just because the world new them so well, a lot of people have died for thier faith, and had very strong faith, but the world never new because they didnt make a big deal out of thier lives. I hope you understand what I am saying, having a hard time putting words to whats in my head here.
2007-07-09 08:25:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joan of Arc advance into burned on the stake on an identical time as she advance into rather 19. She is considered the right national heroine of France. She led the resistance to the English and Burgandians in the 2nd era of the Hundred Years' conflict. She advance into the "visionary" daughter of a plowman who led French armies to victory over the English at Orleans in 1429, and opened the way for the coronation of Charles VII at Reims. She advance into condemned as a heretic by making use of skill of an English-ruled church courtroom in 1431 and burned. formally rehabilitated later in an identical century, she advance into declared a saint by making use of skill of Pope Benedict XV in 1920.
2016-12-14 03:49:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was a suppressed and oppressed young girl living in the midst of one of the most misogynistic and superstitious countries on Earth. Religious indoctrination and extreme superstition were standard fare, and very many young women had a truly atrocious time, both in childhood and marriage. This social oppression, (and sexual suppression) lead to her `hearing voices` , today a medical problem, then, a "messenger of God". We must also consider the hormonal/puberty factor that leads so many very young girls to have hallucinations and visions , mainly in poverty stricken religious countries .
2007-07-09 08:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i first learned about joan of ark in Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure. i liked her short haircut.
i think she believed in a god but i think she had more of a personal relationship with her faith instead of following an organized faith.
i dont think she saw or heard any supernatural things.
i dont think that anyone becomes a saint, but if the catholics want to say shes a saint thats fine. i dont care.
2007-07-09 08:20:46 · answer #6 · answered by ♨UFO♨ 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
She was wrong. If she had be truely lead by God, she would have supported the legitimate ruler, Edward VI, not the French pretender.
2007-07-09 08:26:56 · answer #7 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋