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To: Win Smith who wrote (11607)	4/16/2001 8:24:33 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

that somebody says they hear God speaking to them can mean many things beside the literal existance of God or mental illness. Oh yeah? What else does it mean. Assuming they are perfectly sincere and are completely convinced they are talking to God. I'm no psychiatrist, but it sounds to me mighty like Delusional Disorder, DSM-IV classification 297.1. Plus probably some other disorders.

To: Win Smith who wrote (11607)	4/16/2001 8:25:37 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

And of course many Gods speak to many people at the same time. Mother Theresa is a Catholic, listening to a Catholic God. There are people in this country who don't even consider Catholics to be Christians, who speak to their God. Followers of Islam speak to their God. Devout Jews are in touch with their God. I suppose they could all be in touch with the same thing, and simply be calling it different things. Or they could be experiencing an inner voice and calling it God. Craziness is usually defined functionally as deviating from the norms- so if lots of people "talk" to God it wouldn't be crazy. In fact if almost everyone talked to God the crazy ones would be the ones not talking, or not pretending to talk.