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Journal TechnoLust's Journal: (Religious) "Seeing" an evil spirit when I was younger. 24

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90% of the people that read this will likely be long time readers, and know my beliefs. For the rest of you: I am a Christian. I accepted Christ into my life on March 10th, 1986 which was just over a month before my 8th birthday. Many of the people in my church thought I was too young to understand what I was committing to, but I think I understood more than some of them did. I've always had dreams and visions of things that would eventually happen. To be quite honest, it frightened me many times. Very strong deja vu is a common occurence for me.

Eugene requested that I write this, and he said that he was skeptical. I would be to. This is probably the strangest thing that has ever happened to me. I would never have believed it if it hadn't happened to me. I have tried to explain it away, but I can't, I wasn't asleep, and I always know when I wake up from a dream. I wasn't drinking or taking drugs, so it wasn't a hallucenation. I wasn't sudying stuff like this, so I doubt it was something my mind conjured up on its own. Some of you will not believe this (probably some of the Christians won't believe it) and I don't blame you. I wouldn't believe it either, had I not seen it with my own eyes.

I have studied the Bible and read about spiritual warfare. I always thought it was talking about choices. That we were battling to make the right choices. When I was younger, I had a lot of fear. I was afraid of the dark, afraid of heights, afraid of being alone, etc. As I grew older, I grew out of those things, but on occasion, I would be gripped by sudden fear. Nothing really seemed to cause it, and it wasn't like a panic attack, and it was usually when I was alone.

I remember one night, when I still lived at my parents' house (I must have been 16 or so) I was in my room with the door closed. All the lights in the house were off, except for mine and the hall light, and I was the only one awake. I had read something in the Bible, so it was on my bed, but it didn't have anything to do with spirits or demons or anything. It was probably I Corinthians chapter 13, since that was one of my favorite chapters in high school. I had finished reading and was cleaning my room. I remember having an uneasy feeling, and the hair on the back of my neck was standing up. I do not know why, but for some reason, I walked to my bedroom door and opened it, and took one step into the hall. The hall has steps at the end of it, and 4 doors down its length. The bathroom is the first door. My sister's room was the second. My parents' room was the third, and mine was at the end.

When I stepped into the hall, I could see that there was nothing there. But felt something was there. I felt something looking at me. Then it stepped off the steps into the hall and I "saw" it. I can't explain how I saw it, because my eyes not seeing it, but it was there, just as if they were. It was terrifying, but there was almost a beauty to it. Maybe that is because it seemed to be made of fire. It wasn't like anything I'd ever seen. Not like they portray demons in movies, except that it's eyes were pitch black. It didn't walk, it seemed to float, althought it did appear to have legs and arms. I realize now that it was what Christians would call the spirit of fear. I stepped back into my room and closed the door. (I'm not sure what good a door is going to do against a metaphysical being, but it made me feel better.) I immediately opened the Bible and I started reading and praying. Asking God to remove the thing from my house. As soon as I started saying Jesus' name, it stopped moving, and then started reversing. Soon it was completely gone and the peace returned.

I know some of you are going to read this and not believe it. That's fine. I would have a hard time believing it if it hadn't happened to me. As it is, I know what I saw, and I know now (9 years later) some of the reasons I needed to see that.

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  • I have now sat here for close to twenty minutes attempting to collect my thoughts about your JE.

    I read over it at least three times and find it quite interesting actually. I also find it quite interesting that you had an experience such as this and are willing to speak of as you say you are religious. From my own experiences talking about Deja Vu or intuition (my own tends to be pretty strong) I have found that the discussion of such things around religious people can be difficult.

    But going from my own
    • The problem I have with most religious people is just that. I think that the reason many religious people will not talk about things they don't understand is that their faith is not strong. They are afraid that they might be wrong. I'm not afraid to talk about things, becuase I know I'm correct in my beliefs. So exploring other religions and things that most Christians tend to ignore is not frightening to me. If I ever came to the point where I thought Christianity was false, I would admit my mistake a
      • Well either one person out there doesn't believe you are crazy, or else I am just as out of my mind as you are. :) But its nice to know that you are not alone in the world no?

        In anycase I agree, most people probably have intuition to some degree, its learning to heed its warnings that is the difficult part. Actually I have found learning to listen to it when you have a feeling something will be good is one particular thing I need to work on personally. I tend to second guess it far too much, when it com

  • nightmares (Score:3, Funny)

    by Eye of the Frog ( 152749 ) on Friday September 12, 2003 @11:42PM (#6949919)
    ...it seemed to be made of fire. It wasn't like anything I'd ever seen. Not like they portray demons in movies, except that it's eyes were pitch black. It didn't walk, it seemed to float, althought it did appear to have legs and arms.

    Remind me not to read your journal right before bed. There's no way I'm not going to be dreaming about that tonight. bah! Why couldn't it be another hottub story? :)
  • I had a real gushy, over-the-top, "you're so brave for posting your beliefs" post all written out. Then, I read and realised it really sounded like I was kissing your ass.

    So, I deleted it. ;)

    Instead, I'll say: damn the opinions, post what you want. And... thank you for being such an honest and open guy.

  • Thanks for the story. It reminded me of some things from years ago. I've had just enough semi-personal experience to believe it. Don't know if, or how, I'd tell about it. Most of what I've experienced isn't even fully mine to tell.

    I tend to be a down-to-earth person. Engineering degree. I can be a pretty decent skeptic when it comes down to John Edwards (not the presidential candidate) type stuff. But I do know folks who have had a few rare foretelling dreams. I have good friends who have had spiritual war
    • Don't know if, or how, I'd tell about it.
      If you don't want to do it on /., you can send me an email to the address listed in my slashdot profile. I check it almost daily.

      I tend to be a down-to-earth person. Engineering degree.
      I do to. And I have a Chemistry degree. But I think there is sometimes more to knowledge than just raw science.

      I can be a pretty decent skeptic when it comes down to John Edwards
      THAT GUY is the biggest con man. I hated that show. Everything he did, even after the heavy e

  • while I never have seen a spirit to my knowledge, I do know they exist. I don't often tell of my spiritual experiences, because I consider them sacred. It has something to do with not casting pearls before swine. Sometimes people don't believe you or don't take it the right way. Anyway, miracles still happen because God is perfect and unchanging. We are the ones who change.
    • I agree, there is a right time and place for everything. However, I do feel like slashdot is a ministry for me. Many people read this (probably a lot that I don't know about) and it makes them think. I don't want to force anyone to become a Christian, but if I make them think and they end up deciding for themselves that Christianity is the path for them, then I have done God's work.

      And I totally agree, God doesn't change, we do.

  • I believe that you have seen what you have seen.
    Back when I was about 8 or 9 years old My grandparents were living in a rented house while they built their new dream house. Anhow the guest bedrooms where my parents and sisters and I stayed were on the lower storey of the split level house. Nothing out of the ordinary, it was a bright cheery place, except for the fact that I could not walk into that part of the house without the hairs of my neck standing up even in broad daylight. There were several occasio
    • KMAPSRULE, your stories kind of remind me of my situation. Everytime I go upstairs, & it is pitch black, I could swear that there is somebody up there. It's creepy. I admit, though, that my situation is subjective, even by Christian standards. I usually ignore the feeling, or try to ignore it @ least, & just reach for the lights.

      Your stories remind me of a situation that 1 of my Bible college teachers experienced. He told us of how he would walk through a certain pathway by the road. Everytime he w
      • n A way I think that the subjectiveness of this kinda thing is what kept me from telling my parents...And since my father was a pastor I have been indoctrinated with the whole spiritual warfare thing forever...but being the curious type I have always fought against believing things just because others believe them, so maybee I didnt tell my father becasue I didint want the Lecture or the "Praise the lord you have faught the Devil and won" thing to happen. I came to my own crossroads eventually where I chose
      • What are those reasons?
        I guess the biggest reason was that it made me realize that there is more out there than what I can see. It made me pay more attention to the spiritual side of things. Since I had not heard much about this type of thing in church, it made me seek out my own answers, rather than relying on others to tell me the answers.

        One thing that recently happened was when we moved into our new church building. We went over Wed night before the first Sunday we held service in it, to pray ar

  • When talking with my X one night she admitted to seeing as a child beings that frightened her so much that she remembered them a decade later. She would not make up anything like that because she simply had no reason to, she was just recalling a particularly unpleasant memory.

    The weird thing is that the description she gave matches yours exactly.

    I'm sure that no-one is making this up because I've just seen two completely different sources from different places on the globe talk of the exact same ex

  • My personal experiences, i'll only discuss off-forum. However, as a pagan minister-in-training, i will say the following:

    Never underestimate the powers of the basics. Lights, doors, these things make us more comfortable, and when we are comfortable, we are more able to access those places in us where our faith lives. Regardless of what you happen to have faith in, faith is what you use to fight fear.

    Me, i sing. I used to have a band; i've been singing all my life. It's how i conquer stage fright, and how

    • Points for willingness to share personal experience.
      How many DragonPoints do I have to earn to get a date? ;-)

      I'll be looking forward to your emails as always.

      • ...as it appears that you usually have a date... oh, wait- you meant with me?

        it would probably have to be a lot- i don't travel well... besides *grin* i refuse to be one of your journal hot tub conquests!!! i don't want to see my initials in the TL hot tub file.... /grabs me brick and runs for the hills...

        *LOL* i'm quite sure that there isn't room on the technolust schedule for such adventures... on the other hand, the invitation stands: my slashdot family comes to Boston, i show you around boston on a

        • it would probably have to be a lot
          That's ok, I'm patient.

          besides *grin* i refuse to be one of your journal hot tub conquests!!! i don't want to see my initials in the TL hot tub file....
          You make it sound like a BAD thing! Beside, I could always use fake initials. ;-)

          there isn't room on the technolust schedule
          At this time, there isn't, I'm afraid. Although, I might get a wild hair and take a road trip. I thought about going to Boston via Cincinnati. That'd make it about a 2100 mile round trip.

  • When I was a kid, I was really religious. I can't say when this stopped. But it stopped... Right now I know that religion won't enhance my life.

    Do I still believe in a God? I don't know... Perhaps... But I don't like Him the way, I used to. After all, He is never there when I need him.... So I won't be there for him either.

    • He is never there when I need him...
      Would you mind elaborating on that? How do you know He isn't there?
      • Well, the same way you say "God is with you", I can say he isn't there when I need him. You can't neither prove it, nor disprove it...

        Ergo: impossible to elaborate on that.

        I know just He isn't there. <sarcasm>Just look at my good luck. </sarcasm> Tsss....

        • I guess what I meant was, what made you come to that conclusion? Was it one specific event, or just the combination of many things? Would I be correct in saying you believe in God, you just don't think He cares about you?

          I'm not trying to berate you or anything. I just want understand your position.

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