I point for example where Jesus travels to a foreign area and enters discussion with sorcerers, and the sorcerers all burn their books. This is likely to be the Nicean meetings, which were many years after the lifespan of a person born around 4bce. But the “Story/Memory of Jesus” did indeed travel to Nicea, and did indeed meet with “sorcerors” of other religions, and a final story created and “brought back to the people”.

Yet underneath that, the patterns also line up with alchemical process (part of the preparation of acetate IIRC), and also with what is known as the Path of Ayin (the hebrew letter) Which is the path of Tiphareth to Hod (Beautific State to Glory/fame seeking), represented by the materialistic goals of the world (vs higher emotive and mental relationships). For those who know Tarot, this is reflected by the Devil card. Which also lines up with the imagery used to present that particular part of the story.
Thus one possible meaning the Kabbalist or esoteric student may learn is the spreading of gospel tends to become more material as it is popularised, yet loses it’s mystic truth as it descends from higher “sword of fire” to common minds. The very nature of the work is intended that multiple other meanings can be extracted from it depending on context and skill level of the reader.
Such esoteric paths often seek thoughts and reading/understanding that can’t be explained by surface values. Thus the only way to find what is at the end of the maze is to willingly place ones foot on the path and walk it to it’s conclusion. A bit like finding an advanced science text can be seen, but not read by the student who wants to take a shortcut.

However…why intelligent people would expect such things to be factual/historically accurate is amusing

(as for the conversion Easy. know just the group for you… of course if you spot any members whom this is not true, they of course aren’t Real Scotsmen, and their faith in their Bulletproof White Shirts wasn’t really true. “God” knows his own )

Good to see you’re posting again. hope life is going smoothly or at least rewardingly for you.

“What is action. What is inaction? As to this even the WISE are deluded. Therefoe, I shall teach you ‘action’ ( the nature of action and inaction), knowing which, you shall be liberated from the evil”.

He replied,”I’ll be anything you need me to be.” I had a short talk with him about my mother and several other hallucinations such as talking to father (who’s been dead sinch I was 11). Going to heaven, and experiencing the rapture. They found me walking the streets completely naked in February weather. The ambulance said I was headed to the river several blocks from where saying that I had to meet Jesus there.

The reasons why I question the true purpose of my experience is because it’s been three years and I haven’t had another seizure since. I’ve also been off meds for a year and half.

Forgiveness of sins (difficult to measure)
Bodily resurrection after death (pending)
Oneness with Him (requires rejection of everything contrary to Him, i.e. Love)

The Catholic Church is a hospital for sinners, not just a hotel for saints. The idea that we Catholics are all going to be shiny happy extra-good people is wrong. There is no limit to the evil which any person, Catholic or not, may do. There are widely revered saints who behaved awfully (eg, St. Augustine was a Manichean libertine who fathered a child out of wedlock before his conversion).

Seriously, most of the items on your list (ritual blessings, houses of worship, physical safety [absurd to expect in a Church that grows from the blood of martyrs!], less evil, granted requests, health, wealth, and predictions) put God in the position of being a cosmic/spiritual vending machine, rather than a Father whom you love, and who loves you. God does not make us prisoners of His love, so He isn’t going to keep us from doing ourselves and each other harm. I presume He knows the true good better than I, which would explain the difference between what I ask for and what I get.

And I also presume that He is neither the only moral agent nor the only supernatural being in the universe. Not only are we able to act against His will, so too are the devil and his minions.

Truth be told, I wouldn’t really expect the lives of the saints to convince you. Only God can. If you ask Him to, He will. But take warning:

first, he will give you the truth about His existence if knowing the truth is more important to you than pride, showing off, the admiration of other atheists, or anything else you have or value.
second, the proof He provides can and quite possibly will be specific to you, and convince nobody else.