There are some stories that get propagated around that are blatant lies dedicated to being internal apologetics, convincing people who already believe in what you say to just believe in it more.
Sad to say I was naive enough to buy some of these.
This is the thread for those stories. The stories don't necessarily have to be religious, but they should be the kind that would be propagated by fundamentalist religion.
Here's one I remember.
There was a Christian visiting Asia when there was an entertainer who was whipping himself with a Cat 'O' Nine Tails for the public.
The entertainer was laughing the entire time, as if he was feeling no pain. Disturbed, the Christian began to pray, and the demon possession the entertainer was forced out by the power of God's will and began screaming in agony.
Another one I remember is a pastor (of a pentecostal church for reasons that shall soon be obvious) was sitting in the sanctuary when a foreign woman came up to him with questions. So he answered them as best as he could and ended up bringing her to Christ.
She smiled at him, said she was glad to have met someone who could speak her language in this country, and left. He didn't speak that language, but was gifted with the gift of tongues and understanding for that encounter.
These were taught to me by the Youth Pastor who was teaching sunday school in the pentecostal church I used to go to...
