What if you had an experience with God when you were in perfectly good health and not fasting or under the influence of any type of drug? I have a couple. One converted me back from atheism, and the other one is just a story that happened a long time ago at my parish.

I had been an atheis for about 3 months. I was just like all of you and had all the same arguments. Then, on Easter day, my parents dragged me to Mass because they thought it'd be a "Good thing" for me to go. Well, for those of you who are not familiar with the Easter Mass in a Catholic Church, we renew our baptismal vows halfway through the service. Everyone who has been baptized takes a lit candle in their hands and the Preist says our vows and we repeat them. Well, when everyone took their candles and started saying their vows, I noticed something very strange about the candles. Every one of them had a strange aura around them. It was like a red-gold aura. The flames of the candles, not the people. This became more and more noticable until we finished that part of the Mass, at which point all the auras disappeared. While I saw the auras I also felt like there was something inside my head that doesn't belong there. It wasn't unpleasant just...strange. That day I converted back to Catholocism.

A long time ago there were about 10 people having a bible study thing in the basement of the parish I go to (Saint Marguerite's). About an hour into the study, all the lights went out. This is normal, sometimes the power substation gets struck by lightning or a strong wind disconnects some wires and puts us all in the dark for awhile. Well, the only source of light they had was a lighter someone happened to have in their pocket. They went looking around the church for a candle, and the first one they came across was the Baptismal Candle. These candles are very precious and are only supposed to be lit in important ceremonies. Well, since they didn't want to go stumbling throughout the church looking for a lesser candle, they just lit the Baptismal Candle. As soon as they lit it, the entire main part of the church (where you hold Mass) Lit up from the light of that one candle. It was just as if all the lights were on, but all the light fixtures were black. Pretty strange. That light lasted until the power came back on, when it suddenly vanished. A huge space lit up by one candle...Explain that one.