...but at the very least, my church still believes in the reality of the unseen world and all the beings that live there, and takes them seriously. I grew up in a church where they might've tried to have you committed if you'd mentioned having experiences of those things.
Glad you found something to help deal with your night terrors. I had similar issues with sleep paralysis in my teens and twenties, and wouldn't wish it on anyone! And having experienced similar, you now cannot talk to me about rational, scientific explanations of that phenomenon. It was a real thing, it was malevolent, and it meant me harm. And having seen it, there is no argument or reason that would convince me otherwise. It is shameful that so many churches have lost the capacity to deal with even this relatively common experience! Becoming Orthodox seems to work for me: I haven't had a visit from it in many years now.
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Re: More demonic activity
Date: 2020-08-03 08:52 pm (UTC)Glad you found something to help deal with your night terrors. I had similar issues with sleep paralysis in my teens and twenties, and wouldn't wish it on anyone! And having experienced similar, you now cannot talk to me about rational, scientific explanations of that phenomenon. It was a real thing, it was malevolent, and it meant me harm. And having seen it, there is no argument or reason that would convince me otherwise. It is shameful that so many churches have lost the capacity to deal with even this relatively common experience! Becoming Orthodox seems to work for me: I haven't had a visit from it in many years now.