Pentecostal Injuries (ritual, church, experience, pray, spiritual)

[spiritually inclined]

Yet another peek into the world I've escaped....

http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=8651392


KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- A Sevier County man is suing his former church in South Knoxville, after he claims he was overcome by the spirit, fell backward and hit his head.
Matt Lincoln, 57, says pastors at Lakewind Church should have made sure someone caught him.


His attorney is asking for $2.5 million to cover medical bills, lost income and pain and suffering.


The case stems from a Wednesday night service at Lakewind in June 2007, when a visiting minister was praying for members individually.


"I just closed my eyes. I was just asking God, I wanted to have a real experience. It's like you faint. It's almost like you pass out," Lincoln says.


He also says that wasn't unusual.


"I've fallen out in the spirit before, but have always been caught," Lincoln says. "I always trusted that the catchers would be there because they always were."
This time, he says, was different.


"I hit. I hit full force backwards," he says.


After one year and two surgeries, Lincoln says he still hurts all the time.
"It's pain in the back and it goes down my legs," he says.


Lincoln says he only decided to file a lawsuit when his claim for medical bills was denied by the church's insurance company.


"There's no amount of money that can compensate for what's happened to me. My life is totally altered. There's so much I won't be able to do for the rest of my life," he says.
Lawyers for the church didn't want to go on camera, but say in an answer to the lawsuit that Lincoln was observed that night by other congregants to be on the floor laughing, that he failed to look out for his own safety and that court involvement with the ministry of this church would be unconstitutional.


Matt Lincoln's lawyer expects the case to go before a jury sometime next year.

[3.14]

lol nice prank you almost got me but comeon you don't actualy expect me to belief someone did that?

[fantôme profane]

Ok, I have to confess, when I read this I laughed. I laughed at another persons pain. I am a really terrible person.

Lincoln says he only decided to file a lawsuit when his claim for medical bills was denied by the church's insurance company.

Well of course the insurance didn’t pay up, it was an “Act of God”.

"I just closed my eyes. I was just asking God, I wanted to have a real experience."

Be careful what you wish for.

[spiritually inclined]

lol nice prank you almost got me but comeon you don't actualy expect me to belief someone did that?

Obviously you've never been to a Pentecostal Church. I've witnessed these things first hand, like a guy running around the church with eyes closed. He runs into a pole, splits his face open, and everyone stands around a guy on the floor and prays for him. Insane....

James

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by spiritually inclined

Insane....

Seems pretty close to it.

[Dunemeister]

Just as insane is Christians taking their dispute before secular courts. He should have handled this between him and the church.

[spiritually inclined]

Just as insane is Christians taking their dispute before secular courts. He should have handled this between him and the church.

Okay, the whole situation of going to any kind of court for this is even more hilarious! What is he going to say? The church should have people standing around to protect others from acts of God?

James

[Charity]

I think there would be several things to consider in this situation....First of all do they know that he didn't have some pre-existing back, neck/injury before this particular incident....There are people who would do anything for money....not saying this person did but they need to check it out.... You can't always assume that a church is going to have people available for this particular purpose, and what if more than one person "got in the Spirit " at the same time? The reason he was injured would to me not be so much the fact as why, but the fact that he sustained an injury in the church no matter how the injury occurred. If the Church had insurance and there seemed to be no scam involved then it appears that they should have to pay.....

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by Dunemeister

He should have handled this between him and the church.

Sounds like he tried:

Lincoln says he only decided to file a lawsuit when his claim for medical bills was denied by the church's insurance company.

Seems the church did not want to wheel and deal.

[Mestemia]

Originally Posted by Charity

I think there would be several things to consider in this situation....First of all do they know that he didn't have some pre-existing back, neck/injury before this particular incident....There are people who would do anything for money....not saying this person did but they need to check it out.... You can't always assume that a church is going to have people available for this particular purpose, and what if more than one person "got in the Spirit " at the same time? The reason he was injured would to me not be so much the fact as why, but the fact that he sustained an injury in the church no matter how the injury occurred. If the Church had insurance and there seemed to be no scam involved then it appears that they should have to pay.....

The Lakewind Church must not have "Act of God" insurance.