Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "Trump rally attendees everything that's wrong with this country" video.

  1. On God talking to people: First, in history, the only two I can think of are Joan of Arc and Nat Turner. Joan, most everyone knows about; but Nat Turner is an interesting case. He led a slave rebellion in August 1831. For a fascinating read, I suggest looking further into his story. What's intrigues me here is that neither Nat nor Joan spoke to God. Instead, they said an angel came to them. "Angel" is Greek for "messenger." It was the word used to describe the riders for the old Persian pony-express-style mail system, in the 6th century B.C. But, in the Bible, just as other secular words took on more divine meanings (e.g., lord, christ [which means "anointed one"]), angel then became "God's messenger." So God didn't just speak to people, but sent a messenger. What that would mean, literally, I don't know. Insanity, perhaps. Or maybe one's inner voice, conscience, instinct. I get the feeling such a thing shouldn't be taken literally. Because, if we do take it literally, we see how crazy and dumb it looks. In the Bible: As far as I can remember offhand, God spoke to Adam, Cain (who killed Abel); and then no one until Noah; and then to Abraham, and whichever of Abraham's descendants took over the "royal line"--i.e., the genealogical line that led to Jesus. Apart from those descendants, in the Old Testament, God spoke only to Moses. In the New Testament, Jesus' mother Mary was visited by an angel. However, God did speak to Jesus' father Joseph "in a dream." Which is just like what that crazy woman said. I offer this just as some perspective into the weird, fascinating world of "God talking to people." I'm not saying I believe any of this, or condone it.
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