The Holy Trinity
June 12th, 2018 at 4:55:08 AM permalink | |
Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
I don't see how you can separate the emotional aspect of religious ecstasy through the centuries. The first great awakening happened when the population of Colonial America was still less than one million https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Great_Awakening The second great awakening followed in the 19th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Great_Awakening |
June 12th, 2018 at 6:37:00 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Neither do I. One of the guys I shared a house with in college was an understudy to the pastor. He said privately that they told him that 90% of the "signs of the spirit" were just people being caught up in the experience by their own emotions and not from god. p.s. Alison Krauss is one of my favorites. I love her version of that song. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
June 12th, 2018 at 10:39:03 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Yeah, this all sounds strange to Catholic ears. I did have a couple of experiences with what we call the Charismatic Movement and they were always interesting and strange experiences. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
June 12th, 2018 at 10:49:33 AM permalink | |
aceofspades Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 83 Posts: 2019 |
Now you know what your theories sound like to EvenBob and me |
June 12th, 2018 at 10:56:47 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
The god religions, Xtionity, Islam, Mormonism, are all about emotion. It's why the Catholic's have Jesus still nailed to the cross when you enter their church. They want a gut wrenching emotion out of the congregation. It's why members give their testimonies. How horrid and wretched their lives were before they saw the light of Jay-Sus.. The god religions pander to the base emotions people have, it's their bread and butter. Buddhism and Hinduism are much more intellectual. They're in it for the long haul, for your reincarnated soul over the eons. The god people are always having a fire sale, better act now, it's almost too late, hurry hurry hurry.. Yawn.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 12th, 2018 at 4:29:13 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
What goes on in the charismatic churches would look quite strange to members of the traditional Protestant denominations too. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
June 12th, 2018 at 5:00:47 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Remember it is you guys who are presenting emotional arguments with little basis in reality, not me. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
June 12th, 2018 at 5:02:48 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
Such a general statement you have to know is wrong even as you are writing it. I do love it so much when you tell me what and why Catholics believe or do what we do. It is so cute.
This is something that no one has ever said ever, except of course Evenbob. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
June 12th, 2018 at 5:20:55 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
LOLOLOL! Yeah, right, I'm overcome with emotion that there is no god. Seriouly, you do this all the time. State things as facts that are categorically not true. Does that really work, don't people see right thru your charade? If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
June 12th, 2018 at 5:28:08 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Have you ever attended a Xtion worship service? The congregation often sways back and forth with the music, clapping their hands and raising their arms over their heads. Some have their eyes closed and are almost swooning with emotion. They cry out 'thank you Jesus, thank you lord' and and are quite caught up in the moment. Ever see an exorcism? It's an emotional roller coaster, what a performance. And that huge image of Jesus that's bloody and still hanging on the cross as you enter a Catholic church, it's there to grab at your heart strings, to make you feel emotionally wretched. All the god religions are like this, with raw emotion you have nothing. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |