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Subject: Re: Re: Merrill, "why he DOES believe..."
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 12:06:10 EST
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> Karen, as Charles Stanley is so fond of saying, listen to me now: A Hindu
> would say exactly the same thing about Krishna.  Members of all religions
> have fundamentally similar mystical experiences, and among the most common
> is that of presence or companionship of a deity.  When I was a Christian, I
> "knew Christ personally", conversed with him, prayed to him, enjoyed his
> splendour.  However, because I was not totally uncritical of mystical
> experience, I came to realize that I would have similar experiences in most
> any other religion, but I would call it by the name "Krishna" if I were
> Hindu, or attribute it to the spirit of some prophet if I were Jewish, or
> call it a direct experience of Buddha-nature if I were Buddhist, etc.
> Subsequent experience in other religions has shown that I was correct.

 	One question. Which Jewish prophet would I be talking to? I've 
 been Jewish a long time and never spoken to anyone ( except humans ).

				Eliyahu Teitz.