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shy
Crypt Keeper
 
Australia
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 Posted - 03 January 2004 : 01:21:04 AM
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In May 1992, Heather Woods, a 43 year old widow living in Lincoln confided in her bishop and showed him the palms of her hands where there were round tender areas of skin which periodically seeped blood. Similar marks appeared on her feet and a livid crescent wound appeared on the skin on her side.
For over seven hundred and fifty years there have been individual Christians who have exhibited on their bodies the physical marks of Christ's suffering. They have had wounds in their hands as if nails have been hammered through; their feet similarly have scarred and bled; some have had marks on the forehead corresponding to those which might have been made by a crown of thorns; others have had a wound in the side as if they have been speared; or stripes across the back as if from scourging. They have carried the stigmata, the marks of Christ's suffering.
It is very difficult to calculate the precise number of stigmatics living at any given time. There will be some whose experiences have not become public knowledge and there will be others, who, having once been thrust into the public domain, have retreated into privacy and who have since died. However a good estimate of current cases would be 25 with the following being amongst the best known: Christina Gallagher from County Mayo; Father Jim Bruse from Virginia USA; Jane Hunt from Derbyshire in England; George Hamilton from Glasgow, Scotland; Cloretta Robinson from California, USA; Julia Kim from Korea; Sister Angus Sasagawa from Japan; Giorgio Bongiovanni from Italy; Angelica Rael from the USA; Domenica Lo Bianco from Italy; Roberto Casarin from Italy; Vera D'Agostino from Italy; Gino Burresi from Italy; Amparia Cuevas from Portugal; Georgette Faniel from Canada.
It is generally accepted that St Francis of Assisi was the first person to receive these strange wounds. His stigmatisation occurred in September 1224 on the Feast of Exultation of the Holy Cross. This somewhat minor festival was, in the thirteenth century, celebrated with considerable fervour. St Francis was at the time totally absorbed in a longing to suffer for and with Christ. As many subsequent paintings have shown his wounds were received, according to legend, in the course of a vision during which a six winged seraph etched the marks of crucifixion on the Saints hands feet with five lines of light.
Various theories can be put forward to explain stigmata's emergence at this time. The first relates to the way in which theological trends, or fashions, come and go. After the Catholic and the Orthodox churches had diverged around a thousand years ago, the Catholic wing began to reemphasise the doctrine of the incarnation. There was a shift in theological emphasis towards the contemplation of the Christ in human form. A new church feast was introduced into the church calendar, Corpus Christi, the body of Christ, and great emphasis was laid on devotion to and contemplation of the physical sufferings of Jesus during his trial and execution. Secondly there was an upsurge in realism in religious art and depictions of the crucifixion, which had previously been stylised and devoid of emotion, became vivid, gorey and bloody. Thirdly the lay people of the church, and women in particular, felt excluded from the mysteries of the Mass when the bread and wine, they believed, was turned into the body and blood of Christ. The church, which the laity increasingly saw as corrupt, only gave priests the authority to celebrate the last supper. Stigmatics enabled many people to marvel at the wounds of Christ in such a way that gave them direct access to the body of Christ in a way which the church could not condemn outright.
The personality profile of stigmatics is similar in many cases to that of people who have claimed to have received marks on their body from aliens when abducted onto UFOs. Given the tendencies towards various forms of self abuse of people with these personality profiles it would be easy to assume that all stigmatics (or indeed abductees) have received the marks by wounding themselves. However it would be wrong to make the assumption that all stigmatics are frauds. The causes of stigmatisation are far more complex. If a person commits some act of self abuse it is a by-product of a medical or psychiatric condition and not a case of wilful deceit. Secondly, it would appear that many people who do harm themselves do not consciously recall doing so. Thirdly there is substantial evidence to suggest that marks on a person's body, once healed, can reappear psychosomatically or spontaneously.
Shy
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Iceheart
Undertaker / Pink Star Lover
 
Australia
1146 Posts |
Posted - 20 January 2004 : 11:19:04 AM
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Yeah well anyone can carry the stigmatic marks - all you need is....
Jazimarnes recipe for creating the most beliveable stigmata marks!
1. Hunt down some hardcore tripping pills
2. Equip yourself with the some nails and good solid hammer, and a rose bush
3. Find a friend who is willing to stab the nails thru your hands and feet, and rub the rosebush over your forehead
4. Pop the pills and get your friend (or pyscopathic mental mate from the local pysche-ward) to apply the weaponary to your body to create the neccessary markings
5. Now run screaming to the nearest church proclaiming you are Christ.
heehee, foooooolproof 
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shy
Crypt Keeper
Australia
1867 Posts |
Posted - 20 January 2004 : 11:50:09 AM
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Originally posted by Jazimarne
Now run screaming to the nearest church proclaiming you are Christ.
Fortunately proclaiming you are the Anti-Christ is a lot simpler!
Shy
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Tiffs
Ghost
 
Australia
108 Posts |
Posted - 12 February 2004 : 10:32:37 AM
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are you the antichrist SHy?
Tiffs XXX
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shy
Crypt Keeper
Australia
1867 Posts |
Posted - 12 February 2004 : 3:47:29 PM
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Originally posted by Tiffs
are you the antichrist SHy?
WHo have you been talking to?
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Iceheart
Undertaker / Pink Star Lover
Australia
1146 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2004 : 3:39:34 PM
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Apparently at some Church in South Brisbane a week ago, a statue of Mary began leaking fluids....I never heard ther actual story, my housemate come home saying he heard them talking about it on the radio.....looking for info, but really, waht is up with these people who bleed from the hands and feet and heads and shit.......is it for real or just exagerated pranks of people who've smoked waaaaaaay too much dope
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I hate your stinking guts.
You make me vomit.
You're scuuuumm between my toes.
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Mazeppa
Zombie
 
USA
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Posted - 30 May 2004 : 4:25:58 PM
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Religious organizations very often do this shit to draw attention to their most holy offering....*puke*  
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Iceheart
Undertaker / Pink Star Lover
Australia
1146 Posts |
Posted - 01 June 2004 : 09:19:36 AM
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*steps away from your puke*
I hope you intend to clean that up RoBat 
I would like to see somebody randomly bleed from their palms...is anyone willing to donate themselves to science and step in my lab?
*evil laugh*
I prefer EVIL GENIUS THANK YOU!!!
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Heaven bent to take my hand, and lead me thru the fire.
Be the long awaited answer, to a long and painful fight.
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
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Posted - 01 June 2004 : 9:39:28 PM
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Hmmmmmmmmmm, donate myself to diabolical evil genius, could be fun. Perhaps next Palm Sunday?
Iceheart's formula sounds effective, but certainly needs X-perimentation to prove.
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Iceheart
Undertaker / Pink Star Lover
Australia
1146 Posts |
Posted - 07 June 2004 : 1:27:07 PM
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Hmmmmmmmmmm, donate myself to diabolical evil genius, could be fun. Perhaps next Palm Sunday?
Iceheart's formula sounds effective, but certainly needs X-perimentation to prove.
Well of course it needs X-peri-men-ta-shon, but why practise to make perfect if nobody is perfect anyway? Well, except for me naturally
Hmmm....perhaps I should get myself sewn back together, have some guy cum on my thighs and then watch it swim up into my uterus and impregnate me, then go lay in front of the altar in some big fancy Christian Baptist Church, moaning til the Pastor finds me and tell him Christ came to me and told me I will bear his Child in 9 months time....then have a doctor come and prnounce me pregnnat with hymen intact therefore confirming my Imaculate Conception.
Then if the Pastor refused to believe me, it will the end of him as he'll be admitting his doubt in that Our Lord will come again to earth, to take those who admit sin and pledge goodness to Heaven and let the scum burn in hell *cough* PARTY *cough*
HAHA!
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Heaven bent to take my hand, and lead me thru the fire.
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Mazeppa
Zombie
USA
884 Posts |
Posted - 08 June 2004 : 06:25:17 AM
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*Hand Raises* I vol-un-teer to be a major part of THIS X-per-i-ment!!!!!! When is next Palm bleedin' Sun-daY!!
signed,
Hole-y Roller
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