The Weird Wide Web 14 Jul 2005 10:08 pm
Register here for schizophrenia 101
I believe I’d be at least a little squeamish about this Evergreen Monthly notice even if I were a Christian:
Thu 28: Authors David Paul and Candace Doyle
If you wish to hear God’s voice as a distinct and conversational voice within you, join David Paul and Candace Doyle, authors of “The Journey That Never Was: A Guide to Hearing God’s Voice Regardless of One’s Faith, Religion, or Personal Beliefs.” They will share their personal stories of coming to hear this voice, discuss the barriers to hearing it and help you hear this voice for yourself. 7-8:30pm, free. East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way NE. 206-523-3726 or www.eastwestbookshop.com.
Yes, please, sign me up for allegedly supernatural voices inside my head. Yeeghh.
If you check out their website, you’ll see that the Holy Spirit now has an advice column. No kidding. “Click here to read the Holy Spirit’s reply.” Apparently the Holy Spirit likes to say, “Blessings to you precious one,” and encourages the broken-hearted to “take this time to focus on you.”
on 14 Jul 2005 at 11:35 pm 1.mizducky said …
Heh. I suppose that listening to the Voice of the Holy Spirit speaking inside one’s own head is better, somehow, than listening to the Voice of Ramtha speaking inside some other person’s head. I mean, JZ Knight charged big bux for others to her her head’s Voice. You can listen to your own head for free.
… oh wait, you gotta pay to get trained to hear the voice in your own head? Well. Hell with that, then.
on 15 Jul 2005 at 11:47 am 2.Mia said …
Dear Holy Spirit,
Why you do keep telling me that they’re all out to get me and that they deserve to die in horrible writhing agony? Are you sure the flaying and immolation process is really the way to go? Doesn’t seem that kind and loving to me, but you are the power and the glory forever amen, and all that, so I figure you know best.
Ever your servant and follower,
——-
I’ve been around people who’ve claimed to be “channels” of “god” (and one who claimed to be a channel of someone from the Pleiades (sp)). Most of them seemed to be making it up for themselves as they went along.
on 15 Jul 2005 at 12:06 pm 3.Mia said …
Also, to be more serious, I’ve read the Course in Miracles stuff that this is allegedly based on. “Channeled” or not, it’s basically a bunch of watered down Eastern-style mysticism made palatable to New Age inclined monotheists (Christians). But it’s easier to sell books and workshops than it would be to convince someone to go into months- or years-long silent retreat in service to others or nature. And the whole claim to divine truth thing is, ummm, problematic.
on 15 Jul 2005 at 10:13 pm 4.Cam Sculpin said …
Problematic, eh? Ya think?