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To: ahayes; Alamo-Girl
If I were you I would be a bit concerned to have to admit my divine revelation cannot be qualitatively distinguished from a psychotic episode or drug-induced hallucination.

Actually ahayes, it is possible for one to distinguish the difference at the very same time it is happening to one. The Presence is unmistakable (and absolutely unforgettable). The problem is, like "qualia," the experience cannot be directly shared with any other person, let alone be validated by the scientific method.

423 posted on 06/11/2007 10:36:13 AM PDT by betty boop ("Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind." -- A. Einstein)
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To: betty boop

Once again, how do you determine that your religious experience is true and my sister’s religious experience is false? There are multiple contradictory divine revelations out there and they all have their proponents saying their experience is unmistakable and unforgettable.


424 posted on 06/11/2007 10:38:52 AM PDT by ahayes ("Impenetrability! That's what I say!")
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To: betty boop
Actually ahayes, it is possible for one to distinguish the difference at the very same time it is happening to one.

This means, I presume, that you've had hallucinations that were not divine revelations. Perhaps you could write a book about how to distinguish them. You could also explain how people who have not shared your "qualia," how to distinguish between others who've had divine revelations from those who have had hallucinations.

425 posted on 06/11/2007 10:41:11 AM PDT by js1138
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