Comparing Moses And Elijah

In the stories we read about Moses and Elijah, God spoke to them in extraordinary and ordinary ways. God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and then to Elijah by proving he was the real God and then in the silent sound in the cave. God spoke to the two men in ways that they did not expect. These are great examples found in the Bible, but God still speaks to us today in both ways. A religious experience that is extraordinary would be considered dialectical. One example of this would be a Saint. The Catholic Church believes that anyone can become a saint because a saint is defined as someone who makes it to heaven. Now to become a Saint is a much longer process. To become a Saint, the person’s life must be investigated by the local bishop and then the information must be submitted to the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints. Then the Congregation either accepts or rejects the application. Then if accepted, the Congregation has to approve the person. Then there has to be verification that the person has preformed two miracles and then the final approval is made by the pope (CITE). The process to become a Saint is not an easy one and includes two miracles. This is what makes it a dialectical religious experience because the person that has become a Saint has obviously lived a holy and virtuous life. For a …show more content…
Saints are often times the patron Saint of something, so that is a resource for people if they are going through a hard time and need a more specific support. The disadvantage would be that the idea of Sainthood seems almost unattainable to an ordinary person. To me, the extraordinary religious experiences that you read about in the Bible do not seem like they would still happen today. The experiences are extraordinary for a reason, but being an ordinary person they do not seem like anything that could ever happen to