What do you think about people who claim to "feel His presence"?

Question

I try not to offend them by laughing in their face, but sometimes it's kinda hard.

Answer 1

I would never laugh at a person that has such feeling. It is not right to laugh at the mentally challenged. I was once a Pentecostal. I could hardly hold my laughter when they got all worked up into a sexual frenzy, start speaking in tongues and had there orgasm right there in front of God and everyone.
Kisses Betty B.

Answer 2

Here's what I think. Back when the Earth was flat, any natural occurence could and almost certainly would be considered "an act of god". Maybe this is the modern day version only instead of a hurricane in a field being passed off as "Supernatural" its a heart-burn or something and then the believer says "GOD, Its God and hes touching my heart" and jump around for a while.

Answer 3

I always laughed at them till this happened to me.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 4

Awwww. Well, I do. It is not a drug or anything. I guess to you, it most likely seems like Santa Claus or the tooth fairy. I understand. However, just because you can not see God, does not mean he is not real. It is like the wind, you do not see it, but you feel it. You know it is there. I would also say this is the way your soul feels God. You do not see it, but you know he it there because you feel him.

P.S. If laughing at this response makes you feel better, go for it. God bless you sis.

Answer 5

We all do. They just acknowledge it. What is frustrating is they think unless you feel what they do, your not in touch with the same God. Hogwash. Many people don't want to acknowledge that God has his own mind and feelings. It's his odd feelings that put them with us in the first place.

Answer 6

You can laugh all you want. I have felt the presence of G-d, therefore I know that it is real.

Answer 7

this is for Don H....so you had that experience...where in your learning experiences have you learned to associate this with religion? I know of no teaching that gives your experience a holy meaning...I believe you had the experience but what does God have to with it?

Answer 8

I think it is some sense of extreme happiness we all may feel sometimes, but they associate it with their god.

Answer 9

I like the eye squinting myself.

Answer 10

Can you feel love?Can you since the presents
of love?God is love.What about hate?Can you
feel the presence of hate?What do you think?