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> Mysticism within the Abrahamic religions should not be such a strange thing to encounter that people would literally question my sanity for holding such beliefs

I think the author misses how rare it is to find highly educated, rational people who literally think they can talk to God. For most Google engineers, talking to the author would be the first time they encounter a person like that.

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You mean “talk” as in be receiving answers in real time? Because I think all Christians believe that you can “talk” to God in some way.

> Because I think all Christians believe that you can “talk” to God in some way.

The noisy ones perhaps. I strongly suspect that only a small, vocal minority believe in actual dialogue with god.

Talking to your deity is normal. Him talking back is not.

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