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From: shoade@sun1.iusb.indiana.edu (Sean Hoade)
Subject: Re: The end of god
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In article <36p1mi$enn@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> ml330025@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au (Cameron Brown) writes:

>Mytsticism may well be the foundation of all religions, look at the 
>founders of a few (relatively recent) religions and both Jesus Christ and 
>Budda had experiences that could be described as mystical experiences.
>Cameron Brown              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>reluctant mystic.

They could also be described as hallucinations, misunderstandings of physical 
phenomena, or just plain made-up stories, couldn't they?

Sean Hoade
enthusiastic atheist.


