I can tell you that God was not welcome in the part of Europe I just visited. I couldn't wait to get home again. Yes, the Holy Spirit resides inside of me but I could acutally FEEL the evil around me.
There was this one man who was a street man. He just happened to be wherever we were. He'd scream an pick at the air. His body was filthy. His hair matted to his head. His eyes hollow. I'm telling you this man had demons inside of him. He'd look at us and scream..." You'll never get me I tell ya." It was horrific.
He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language.
You're gonna think me crazy but I wanted to take him and help that poor man. I've since prayed for him but who knows.
Each time we'd see him I'd think of Paul and what he went through.
The demons knew Paul wherever he went and the demons knew me too. I could feel God's protection. At one time I actually thought of holding out my hand and telling those demons to release him but then I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me to let HIM fight that fight. I was no match for them.
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"He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language. "
You were in Europe, and some homeless man mumbled in another language?
ZOMG! It must've been TEH DEMONZZZZ!!!!
*eyeroll*
Gee, you don't need to go to Europe to see this. I see a woman who acts this way most days on my way to the office. It's called de-institutionalization...close the institutions and dump the patients on the street. No demons, just mental illness.
"He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language."
That'll happen when you're in Europe.
Fuck, it'll happen anywhere. Humans speak different languages.
So, as a God-fearing christian, you are no match for demons, but a crazy homeless guy can fend them off just fine?
Makes sense.
<i>He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language.</i>
God, the stupid is so thick you could dull a knife with it.
"He'd scream an pick at the air"
That makes small rips in the space-time continuum. I hope you told him to stop.
"He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language."
Yeah, I work with someone like that. He mumbles in what sounds like another language, but is really English, except he's too lazy to open his mouth when he speaks.
"I'm telling you this man had demons inside of him"
He had THREE demons! He was posting on that BBC website! I warned the moderator but I don't think I was taken seriously!
"The demons knew Paul wherever he went and the demons knew me too."
Well, don't let this go to your head, but you DO play a mean sax, and demons tend to be connoisseurs.
You're gonna think me crazy but I wanted to take him and help that poor man.
Don't worry, that's not crazy at all. Certainly, homeless people who are apparently mentally ill should be helped...
At one time I actually thought of holding out my hand and telling those demons to release him but then I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me to let HIM fight that fight.
... oh wait, you meant 'helped'. All right, carry on.
Europe has crazy homeless people too? Who would have guessed?
Also, I wonder what evil feels like. Is it rough or smooth? Hot or cold? Or maybe it is just an idea, and not something that is real or tangible? Nah, that can't be right.
"He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language."
Those evil foreigners have a habit of doing that.
I'm lost if they don't speak to me in English! (or Czech, Polish, Slovak, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish or Italian)
Europe clipped the wings of religion (with regards to politics) over 60 years ago, and now these evil Europeans have been forced to endure 6 decades of peace on thier continent - this must be stopped! They must be saved!
Go fuck a goat.
LOL!
Yep, Europe is pretty godless in a way. Even in religious countries like Ireland and Italy, you're not bombarded with religion all the time. Or ever, really. (Catholic prayer bell on the television each night in Ireland, I have to admit, but it's just background noise and bothers nobody.)
In Europe NOBODY ever would dream of asking you what religion you were - it's a) your own business and b) irrelevant and c) chances are you're no religion. Whereas in my experience in the US it's almost the first thing they ask ...
But you know what - Europe works pretty well. Ticks along nicely. Very few natural disasters so God must be just letting us get on with it.
@Old Viking
(b) Europeans like it when you ask them, "How much is that in real money?"
I really love that phrase.
"Well säts äbaut 100 Deutschmarks..." :o)
MfG
He'd look at us and scream..." You'll never get me I tell ya."
As bad off as this poor bastard may be, at least vmoon and the Fundy Patrol's minions won't get him. Reminds me of Arlo Guthrie's story about The Last Guy, so far down in the cellar even the FBI won't fuck with him.
At one time I actually thought of holding out my hand and telling those demons to release him but then I felt the Holy Spirit nudge me to let HIM fight that fight. I was no match for them.
I was going to help him, but jeebus went "wink wink nudge nudge" so I says to myself I says; "Hey, they're his demons, screw him, he's the Last Guy."
"You're gonna think me crazy but I wanted to take him and help that poor man. "
See, that's when you ask yourself-"What would jebus do?" And then, you know...you'd help him. Cause that's what-oh never mind.
He'd also mumble in what sounded like another language.
With the debatable exception of the UK, there are NO English speaking countries in Europe, so it's hardly surprising he was speaking another language. What IS surprising (if this happened at all) is that he spoke English to you in the first place.
This is what I'm hearing from this RR asshole: Europe isn't America, so it's evil; poor people obviously don't worship god, so he's possessed by demons; I was going to help him, but my fundy instincts kicked in and I realized that I shouldn't touch evil; does that about sum it up? Fucker.
If you went to Turkey, that might be true, but most other parts of Europe had Christianity as state church not long ago. God is welcome almost anywhere, in a casual "pull up a chair and feel at home" way. Religion is no big deal, it's each person's own business, and we keep it that way.
In what way is it crazy to want to help your fellow humans? That feeling is called empathy or compassion, and is essential for our survival as a species.
Oh dear gods.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness...Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." ~ Mark Twain
.... unless you're a fundie, in which case any learning you might have done if you opened your eyes simply bounced off.
"You're gonna think me crazy but I wanted to take him and help that poor man."
I do think you're crazy, but wanting to help that man shows that you have some sanity (and decency) left. Unfortunately, your idea of "helping" him wouldn't have helped.
this used to be a lot more common than it is now. these people are known as madmen. or depending on how coherent their outbursts are, prophets. they've been slowly taken out of sight and put into mental asylums over the last couple centuries. thus they are uncommon were you normally live. lots of eastern European countries don't have the wealth and facilities to deal with these people and they are just let to walk around.
if you want to see more examples of how common these people are, visit your friendly neighborhood mental asylum, and tell them that all the patients are possessed, and that you would like to help them fight off their demons
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