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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsShe just loves that "New God" smell
Fox & Friends guest claims she smelled God during near-death experience
A guest on Tuesday mornings episode of Fox & Friends told host Gretchen Carlson that she could actually smell the Christian deity figure during a near-death experience thats since inspired her to write a book.
What does God look like? Carlson asked Crystal McVea, author of the new book Waking Up in Heaven: A True Story of Brokenness, Heaven, and Life Again.
I saw an immense brightness, McVea said, recounting the hallucinations she experienced after an accidental drug overdose given by an anesthesiologist stopped her heart. A brightness I could feel, taste, touch, hear, smell, that infused me. Not like I had five senses, but maybe like I had 500 senses.
She added that the Christian deity spoke to her without using words, but she didnt remember the conversation other than her supposed refusal to return to earth when prompted to. When I came back I was only allowed to remember a few things, McVea said.
What does God look like? Carlson asked Crystal McVea, author of the new book Waking Up in Heaven: A True Story of Brokenness, Heaven, and Life Again.
I saw an immense brightness, McVea said, recounting the hallucinations she experienced after an accidental drug overdose given by an anesthesiologist stopped her heart. A brightness I could feel, taste, touch, hear, smell, that infused me. Not like I had five senses, but maybe like I had 500 senses.
She added that the Christian deity spoke to her without using words, but she didnt remember the conversation other than her supposed refusal to return to earth when prompted to. When I came back I was only allowed to remember a few things, McVea said.
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She just loves that "New God" smell (Original Post)
ashling
Apr 2013
OP
She "was only allowed to remember a few things.” But, luckily, just enough for a book.
Gidney N Cloyd
Apr 2013
#10
But is it the true God smell? Somebody get on Christian Mingle and find a lawyer!
ashling
Apr 2013
#14
hay rick
(7,611 posts)1. She might want to kick His tires first. nt
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)2. I'll have to check that out
on Google Nose.
Typing in: New Smell of God
Sniff! Wow! I get what she means.
Ineffable!
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)3. Nothing is ineffable!
if it exists, you can eff it.
displacedtexan
(15,696 posts)12. BEST.REPLY.EVER!
You made my day!
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)4. Soooo, what I want to know is, what was the anesthesiologist using?
You know, just in case I ever need another operation. Except for the stopping the heart part, sounds like good stuff.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)5. It is difficult to comprehend
that while we have split the atom, figured out how to transplant organs, decoded the human genome, formulated quantum physics, the list is endless, we still have charlatans who can make a living peddling this crap.
Chan790
(20,176 posts)7. F**k, I saw a book by one in Target. He was like 5y.o. n/t
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)9. I saw a clip of a broadcast by another youngster....8 I think...
it is truly astounding that some are willing to be so gullible and others so willing to fleece them!
talkingmime
(2,173 posts)6. And just what compelled you to subject yourself to Fox?
ashling
(25,771 posts)8. Its a thankless job, but
its a thankless job
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,835 posts)10. She "was only allowed to remember a few things.” But, luckily, just enough for a book.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)11. Is she going to bottle the scent
and sell it on eBay?
ashling
(25,771 posts)14. But is it the true God smell? Somebody get on Christian Mingle and find a lawyer!
http://www.hisessence.com/
The Company
His EssenceTM is inspired by Psalm 45:8 - "All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia..." The Bible verse refers to the garments of the Messiah when He returns. We carefully combine these fragrances and the result is a scent, which serves as a reminder of His Presence.
The People
Bob and Karen Tosterud currently live in Galena, IL. This idea was all Karen's, and being married to a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of South Dakota, it was natural to turn the idea into a business.
- was that by design or by natural selection ... or did the idea just sort of evolve?
His EssenceTM is inspired by Psalm 45:8 - "All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia..." The Bible verse refers to the garments of the Messiah when He returns. We carefully combine these fragrances and the result is a scent, which serves as a reminder of His Presence.
The People
Bob and Karen Tosterud currently live in Galena, IL. This idea was all Karen's, and being married to a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of South Dakota, it was natural to turn the idea into a business.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)13. Dig your sig pic. nt