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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: what does it mean to talk to God [a brief attempt at an answer]
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 16:12:11 EST
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Scott Deerwester writes:

> I referred also to claims that an Ubizmologist can say that he
> experienced the same things the I claim, etc.  Asserting that it's
> possible for some person with some set of beliefs can claim to
> experience something isn't the same thing as first or second hand
> recounting of specific experiences that real people have actually
> had.  This is the main point of my article.

Pardon me, Scott, but I have provided exactly that and none of you
exclusivists has seen fit to reply.  In case your memory conveniently fails
you, I recounted my mystical experiences within Christianity, Wicca, and my
current eclectic stance.  My experiences in all three positions were of
comparable intensity and illuminating power.  And yes, one class of
experiences was of the sort usually characterized as "talking with God".

Let me assure you that I AM a "real person"....
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