Do you believe in STIGMATA Options

[heyyfrankie]

Stigmata n. - Bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain corresponding in location to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus, usually occurring during states of religious ecstasy or hysteria.

I heard that it is real. and i was looking through my Guinnes Book of World Records, and there is a record for it. the title of it is "Longest Time with Stigmata". or something like that. and the record was like a month. the movie was kinda wierd.

i don't know if it is real. i'm not very godly, so "

so do you believe in it?

[heyyfrankie]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I respect that, but re-read what you wrote.

Why would a person that loves you and is really close to you inflict wounds upon you? Last time I checked wounds equal pain in most cases and a nail through one's hands is pretty painful. Again, why would a loving God that just wants to be close to his children inflict pain upon them because they are so close? Jesus died on the cross so that we didn't have to go through the pain he went through. Its in most Bible teachings and stigmata just goes completely against that.

i understand what you are saying, but i honestly don't know why he/someone would do that. but i did get a little information...
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The stigmata is the spontaneous appearance of the wound marks of our crucified Lord on a person's body. These marks include the nail wounds at the feet and the hands, the lance wound at the side, the head wounds from the crown of thorns, and the scourge marks over the entire body, particularly the back. A stigmatic (i.e. the person suffering from the stigmata) may have one, several, or all of these wound marks. Moreover, they may be visible or invisible, and they may be permanent, periodic, or temporary in appearance.

Some skeptics would attribute such wound marks on a person to some pathology or even to a psychological condition without considering any notion of the supernatural. Of course, the Church too strives first to ascertain that the origin is not of natural causes, and looks for supernatural evidence to prove that the stigmata is truly a sign from God. Moreover, the Church would also want to insure that the stigmata is not a sign from Satan to cause some spiritual frenzy and lead people astray. Accordingly, since the stigmata is a sign of union with our crucified Lord, the genuine stigmatic must have lived a life of heroic virtue, have endured physical and moral suffering, and have almost always achieved the level of ecstatic union with Him in prayer.
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i don't understand it either. it is very interesting and weird. some parts are hard to believe. well, most parts.