Visions

[stuck]

I have an ancestor who was in the Kirtland temple with JS was there and said that he looked where JS was looking and saw 6 persons dressed in white wearing baker's hats and mocasins. He said that this vision strengthened his testimony of the temple later on. This is sort of an impressive vision to me, but there's got to be an explanation right? He may have been fasting and had some alcohol (maybe laced with magic mushrooms?) during the sacrament. Also B12 deficiency can result from fasting which can cause hallucinations. For myself I had an auditory hallucination I believe when I was stressing about debating my wife about the church. It was probably caused by the stress I think.

Any of you have an explanation of "visions"?

Thanks

[Red Ryder]

While I agree with your ideas around alcohol and mushrooms, I’m also a believer that some people just make stuff up.

I’ve heard a few whoppers told over the pulpit over the years as well as family stories. Some are just plain made up.

[deacon blues]

Stories/Myths grow in the telling. an example from my family is my dad telling me a guy with a welder showed up on a lonely country road and helped him fix his plow. the story has been retold by other family members as a possible 3 Nephites story. But I never heard my Dad say anything about the three Nephites, only others mentioned three Nephites.

[dogbite]

I'm with Thomas Payne. Until god speaks/shows the same to everyone equally, it's all just hearsay.

And a form of bigotry. Allegedly the Christian god is no respecter of persons so shouldn't play favorites with prophets and all that.

Visions? Part of the religious scam.