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Re: Is there a god?

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On 2/29/2016 1:32 PM, HVAC wrote:
>> There is a God, and He contacts people by telepathy
>> >------------
>> >
>> >So the invisible dude in the sky talks in a manner that no one can hear.... Got it
>> >
> John hears. You don't.
> ------------
>
> When people hear words that no one else can hear, from an invisible man that no one
> else can see....Well, that's known as a delusion. (Here's a bit more)

Whether God exists or doesn't exist, or whether he contacts people by 
telepathy or not -- those are all open to discussion.

However, the second someone says, "Well, *I* have had God talk to me by 
telepathy, even if most people haven't," then one has reason to believe 
the person is nuts. Why would God telepathically speak only to only a 
few? And is making those people feel like outcasts God's way of marking 
them as special?

People like John or Ben who feel largely isolated from the world, tend 
to look for reasons they are that way. Being "special" or "set apart" is 
one powerful rationalization scheme.


-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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