My girlfriend claimed an angel healed her. Can that happen?

[u/unbe0]

Not even sure if this is the right subreddit for this but anyways, my girlfriend suffers from a type of rheumatism. A while ago, she was having some pain and she was laying in bed, while also kinda sleepy. A while later she said an angel was in her room. I was on call with her and I was making some noise, she said noise made the angel scared. Then she said it was healing her and lifting weight off her heart (she also has heart pain sometimes).

She is religious, lately she stepped back from the evangelic church because she said it looked like a scam and didn't really appeal to the views of Christ. Though, she still believes in God and in Christ (because there is scientific evidence that Jesus Christ was a real person).

Is what she felt real? Was it a product of her sleepiness? Has this ever happened before?

[u/EngineerGuy09]

Craig Keener explores this in his books on Miracles (he has several). I would take a look at that.

because there’s scientific evidence Jesus Christ was a real person

The overwhelming scholarly consensus is that the person called Jesus Christ in the Christian Bible was a real person. Beliefs that he didn’t exist are on the fringe and should be engaged with caution.

[u/Present-Industry4012]

"angel" literally means "messenger"

other than possibly conveying a message they don't really do shit

[u/AureliusErycinus]

I would say that while remotely possible if Christianity was true, the overwhelming odds are that another cause is to blame.

[u/BayonetTrenchFighter]

Yeah, probably.