Have you ever had a religious experience?

[Dannyblueyes]

I'm filming a short documentary about religious experiences. Has anybody here ever had one? If so how would you describe it? Did it change you? What did you learn from it.

How did it come about? Prayer, Fasting, meditating, drugs, chanting, or was it completely unexpected?

These are the kinds of questions I'm trying to address in this film. I'm looking to talk to people from different ages, backgrounds, and religions. Each idea will be presented neutrally and independently. I would like to hear some stories about this.

To start off, about 10 years ago I was recording vocals with my heavy metal band. About half way through the first session I completely lost my voice. The session gets cut short. Back then though I had a poor technique so every time I lost it it would stay gone for at least two days. This is bad because I have to finish 5 tracks in less than 24 hours or we're fucked.

I prayed frantically to whoever I thought might be listening to get that voice back. I sucked ice, zinc losanges, whatever I had to do. Nothing seemed to work. Finally I took a 2 hour nap a few hours before the last session. When I woke up my voice was clear as day. I went to the studio and finished the project with no problem at all.

 

[melonpecan]

I have.

Had one recently that had to do with a member of this board, (hasn't been around lately, why? ). I was DOWN and when this convo started I could have sworn that God was speaking to me through the internet. It felt so weird, but yet very comfortable.

I am by not means overly religious. Or even religious for that matter. I went to a private Catholic school for six years, (though one side of my family is Baptist and the other Seven-Day Adventist), and after seeing how a church is ran on three sides my personal view of religion, the church system, and the Bible is pretty screwed.

But that's another conversation.

I don't know exactly why this impromptu convo was so reaching to me or why I thought it was God, but it is what it is. When I was little I used to hear the voices of the dead and I was seeing what I thought were their shadows. There are also some other premonition type experiences that I can get into but I have been told that this is the work of the devil, so I won't get into that here.

I've been through a lot of weird stuff that is on the supernatural side that you may or may not call a "religious experience". It's all on how you absorb it.

 

[shanebp1978]

Yes.

An it was for me.

Good day.

 

[DeSiRe]

i was at pappadeaux at the bar getting a to-go order

there was an open seat next to this white lady...and i asked if she was waiting for someone...and she said yes...but i could sit on the other side of her

so her husband comes...who was a black man

he was a coach of some sorts at ou...and we talked about college and stuff like that

they were really nice people...made small talk

when my order came the waiter was like..its already taken care of...mind u my order was like $50.

the couple i was sitting next to was just like...enjoy your meal...God just moved us to bless you...have a great night

i havent had such a sincere and generous random act of kindness...i got to my car...and cried

i went back in the resturant...i was so moved...i wanted to know what church they went to so i could attend

they actually were from oklahoma but when i walked in the resturant the white lady was crying...

i told them what they did really touched my heart and God bless them

it was a really moving situation...i felt like i met some angels or something

 

[don1282006]

a while back me and some of my friends were skippin school gettin high...after the session we stopped at the store before we went back to school..so all of my boys went into the store but me,and i started to ask myself "is gettin high all you want to do with your life"....i remember sayin "what can i do then, i dont have any stand out talents"....then a voice spoke to me and said "i want you to make movies,you have been told you have good writing skills your whole life"....at that very moment i heard that i started to tear up...i just felt a strong feeling that God was talkin to me,out of all the people on the planet..he was talkin to me personally....mind you i never thought about makin a movie ever in my life...and at that instance the whole plot,characters names,etc just popped into my head like it was something that i was workin on for years..since then i realized that was my callin in life

 

[Dannyblueyes]

This is great. Does anyone who's posted live in the Bay Area?

 

[charlie dark]

During sex....I called out Jesus' name!!!!