God of Abraham spoke to me.Now what?

1st foremost I am not religious at all never believed in God or the message. While sitting down and reading the news I began to see dots and blacked out. I saw golden gates, some sort of light that had many colors, I heard a harmony and then a voice spoke to me. Apparently I am tasked with a job?

When I came to I realized I blacked out only for 4 seconds. Went to the doctors to get an MRI and a CT scan done nothing came up that would be alarming. Blood work checked out and blood pressure was normal, including sugar and other levels.

So... What does one do in this situation? How can one turn to religion if they never believed in the fairy tale?

I am not one of those guys either that sucks up! I always told religious people that if there is a God he is the #1 A--hole in the Universe.

So should I ignore this so called calling for a job to carry out? or Should I convert and go religious and carry out this task?

a reply to: ViciLaw

What exactly are you 'tasked' with?

Also, what were you watching on the news and what other movies and shows did you watch before that? Would any of them have an effect?

a reply to: ViciLaw

began to see dots and blacked out. I saw golden gates, some sort of light that had many colors

That sounds a lot more like a seizure and hallucinations than a visit from god. You may want to go see a specialist before you start any "tasks". It doesn't have to be something as bad as a brain tumor, it could have been just low blood sugar. Not being a religious person, I would exhaust all medical avenues before thinking god was talking to me.

a reply to: ViciLaw

Serious question, would that be sparkly dots, like very bright fireflies flitting around in your field of vision? If so, you might have experienced a visual migraine, they can occur without the accompaniment of pain or nausea. They can also be accompanied by visual hallucinations, visual anomalies and sometimes even aural anomalies. They can make you pass out, my mother has these except hers are also painful. It's interesting that they don't show up in any definitive manner of CT, MRI or PET testing.

Cheers - Dave

a reply to: ViciLaw
If the creator of the universe spoke to you, I seriously doubt you would be asking us for advice, or an opinion. I would think an entity of that magnitude would be quite able to make things crystal clear to you. No interpretation or guess work needed.

If He "spoke" to you and you're still unclear as to what you should do...

...you should probably ask Him, not us.

a reply to: ViciLaw
I don't know what to think of this. To be truthful, your story is a cliche. Golden gates, a harmony before he spoke, and it was all for a job interview?

So what is the task?

What makes you think it was the Abrahamic god? If all you saw was pearly gates then why do you come to the conclusion that it was the Abrahamic god if any god at all?

Sounds to me like you just blacked out for a second and your brain brought an image of what "heaven" is popularly seen to be. Nothing supernatural at all in my opinion.

a reply to: ViciLaw

I'd say medical not spiritual. And you wouldnt be coming here if it was spiritual. We'd be reading about you going to the MSM-CNN and announcing to the world. So far, you haven't and aren't going to, rt?

I'd get a 2nd, even 3rd medical opinion. Hallucinations, seizures, mini stoke, tumors, arachnoid cysts, hypo and hyper-glycemia, feelings of grandeur, chemical imbalances in the brain functions, synapse disorder in firing...something else.

There are many, many things-not spiritually oriented that can cause this.

a reply to: ViciLaw
Usually the idea comes clear but did you LIKE that place?
Is it important to you to see it again?

a reply to: ViciLaw Can't hurt to try, can it? St Augustine hated Christianity until he had his mind blown by a jolt he got hearing children singing "Take up and read."

a reply to: TheLieWeLive

another thread started by an atheist it seems.

Why are atheist hell bent on attacking Christians?

originally posted by: Shadow Herder
a reply to: TheLieWeLive

another thread started by an atheist it seems.

Why are atheist hell bent on attacking Christians?

Obviously Roman Catholic.

Bat sh!t crazy.

originally posted by: Shadow Herder

Why are atheist hell bent on attacking Christians?

Because they don't know a damn thing about any other religion. They shouldn't even call themselves Atheists, because it is completely ignorant to make the generalized "no god" claims they do based on their criticisms of one religion (which isn't even the biggest*).

They should call themselves what they really are: Anti-Christians. But even they can't bring themselves to become so un-PC as to be "anti"-anything.

*Redacted and (somewhat) clarified below.

originally posted by: ViciLaw
So... What does one do in this situation? How can one turn to religion if they never believed in the fairy tale?

Keep on questioning it. Let's say that it isn't just medical and it's a real paranormal experience, what other explanations are there? Did your upbrining have something to do with how you interpreted this experience?

The reason I say this is because I had an OBE when I was young, and very much a christian, and I tried to shoehorn the experience into that belief. Later experiences made me doubt my POV of that early experience. My later conclusions could still be wrong but it definitely took away from the certainty that I felt right after that first experience.

a reply to: NthOther

Christianity certainly is the biggest, it has 2.18 BILLION people, that's nearly a third of the population. Islam comes in at second with 1.57 BILLION.

Not sure where you're getting your info from but Christianity is widely known to be the biggest religion in the world.

a reply to: NthOther
Followers of the Abrahamic religions make up 54% of the worlds population so I have a 2 to 1 chance that if I'm talking to someone about god that it is that same deity, playing the odds makes me comfortable using the "generalized "no god" claims". Don't believe in the others either, which just increases the "comfort zone".

originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1

Not sure where you're getting your info from but Christianity is widely known to be the biggest religion in the world.

Christendom is fractured into a thousand pieces, each claiming their own special monopoly on salvation.

Which Christianity are we talking about? Catholicism? Eastern Orthodox? Evangelical Free? Methodist, perhaps? Dare I say... MORMONISM?. Are they Christians? They certainly think so. Most other Christians don't.

If you're speaking of "all Christendom", then I suppose I stand corrected. But no one has ever been able to come to a consensus on what "real" Christianity is in the first place, so I suppose it really doesn't matter.

But you do see my point in the erroneous extrapolation practiced by many Atheists?

a reply to: NthOther

They all believe Jesus died for their sins. That's the Christianity I'm speaking of. And yes, Christianity is fractured and divided, I'm not so sure that wasn't the goal all along.