what have people come to?

Liudmilla · Post by **Liudmilla** » Thu 4 November 2004 9:47 am

http://www.local6.com/news/3887764/detail.html

I mean how stupid can you get?.................Milla

Schultz · Post by **Schultz** » Thu 4 November 2004 10:30 am

This man obviously has some problems. We should pray for him, that's for sure.

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Thu 4 November 2004 11:57 am

Saw the video of it on the news this morning...crazy.

George Australia · Post by **George Australia** » Thu 4 November 2004 6:06 pm

'Prelest' or' Spiritual Delusion' can be a cruel phenomenon with terrible consequenses as we see from this sad news story.
Prelest can happen to any one of any denomination. We are all, to some degree, in spiritual delusion or prelest- that is, we all hold some beliefs which are erroneous (e.g. "the more I fast, the worthier I am"). Prelest happens in degrees.There is a monk on Mount Athos who sincerely believes that there is no Priest worthy to celebrate the Liturgy and give him Holy Communion, so he has been waiting for decades for an Angel to come and Commune him.
I don't think we should be so smug as to pray for others in prelest, believing that we are free from it and need no prayers.

gphadraig · Post by **gphadraig** » Fri 5 November 2004 4:45 am

Is he anyone we know on the forum?

Schultz · Post by **Schultz** » Fri 5 November 2004 9:29 am

George Australia wrote:
I don't think we should be so smug as to pray for others in prelest, believing that we are free from it and need no prayers.

I did not mean to portray any arrogance by my post and did not mean it in this light. Of course we all need prayers, but this man was, at the very least, mauled by a lion. He does not need our ridicule, but our prayers. I apologize to everyone if I came across smug in this regard.

George Australia · Post by **George Australia** » Fri 5 November 2004 9:57 am

Schultz wrote:
I apologize to everyone if I came across smug in this regard.

And I ask your forgiveness for misinterpreting what you were saying.