God bless him, and I love my dad so much! But when I mentioned that these were all the enemies of Christ and that there is no account of believers being so affected by the Spirit, he could offer no further defense of the practice, but held that it was not harmful and in fact very beneficial to receive a touch by the Holy Spirit.
It is my experience that when the Spirit of God touches me I am more aware than ever before, not less, and that this touch happens when I draw near to God in worship, not seeking an undue spiritual experience. And it happens at God's own discretion and pleasure, not at my expectation.
Catholic Soldier, I once met a lady while visiting a friend and she said something interesting about this. She attended a charismatic church and talked about how so many would be "slain in the Spirit" during their services, but oddly when these same people were visiting another church with a hard concrete floor and not the plushy floor they had at their church, no one fell down at all! Hmmm, it makes me a little bit suspicious! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" />
