Congratulations to American Scientists!

[thedoc]

By the way, doc, you can spell "a*s*s" as "ass." I won't tell your guardian.

Wow! you can read, and spell, that's quite an accomplishment for someone like you, I thought you learned everything through hallucination.

[bobevenson]

I thought you learned everything through hallucination.

Well, not necessarily everything. Let me explain. When I was writing "The Ouzo Prophecy," and I finished with the three generally accepted interpretations of 666 by so-called serious Biblical scholars, I was ready to write about my promotional idea that the game of Ouzo was predicted in the Bible, and that's the way I was using the term "prophecy" at the time, not as a divinely inspired utterance. But I sat there for fifteen minutes or more, and couldn't even make a false start. I couldn't just say, "Here's another interpretation," there had to be some kind of bridge from the other interpretations. I felt totally humiliated at having done all that research and not having anything to say. Finally, I became extremely tense, and implored myself to "Write something!" And as soon as I said that, I started to write automatically, without any hesitancy, and I was actually critiquing what I was writing as I wrote because not a single word was coming from my conscious mind. I'm not sure if automatic writing is considered a hallucination or not, but if it isn't, it must be the closest thing to it.

[FlashDangerpants]

I thought you learned everything through hallucination.

Well, not necessarily everything. Let me explain. When I was writing "The Ouzo Prophecy," and I finished with the three generally accepted interpretations of 666 by so-called serious Biblical scholars, I was ready to write about my promotional idea that the game of Ouzo was predicted in the Bible, and that's the way I was using the term "prophecy" at the time, not as a divinely inspired utterance. But I sat there for fifteen minutes or more, and couldn't even make a false start. I couldn't just say, "Here's another interpretation," there had to be some kind of bridge from the other interpretations. I felt totally humiliated at having done all that research and not having anything to say. Finally, I became extremely tense, and implored myself to "Write something!" And as soon as I said that, I started to write automatically, without any hesitancy, and I was actually critiquing what I was writing as I wrote because not a single word was coming from my conscious mind. I'm not sure if automatic writing is considered a hallucination or not, but if it isn't, it must be the closest thing to it.

You previously claimed it was an auditory hallucination ¬_¬

[bobevenson]

I thought you learned everything through hallucination.

Well, not necessarily everything. Let me explain. When I was writing "The Ouzo Prophecy," and I finished with the three generally accepted interpretations of 666 by so-called serious Biblical scholars, I was ready to write about my promotional idea that the game of Ouzo was predicted in the Bible, and that's the way I was using the term "prophecy" at the time, not as a divinely inspired utterance. But I sat there for fifteen minutes or more, and couldn't even make a false start. I couldn't just say, "Here's another interpretation," there had to be some kind of bridge from the other interpretations. I felt totally humiliated at having done all that research and not having anything to say. Finally, I became extremely tense, and implored myself to "Write something!" And as soon as I said that, I started to write automatically, without any hesitancy, and I was actually critiquing what I was writing as I wrote because not a single word was coming from my conscious mind. I'm not sure if automatic writing is considered a hallucination or not, but if it isn't, it must be the closest thing to it.

You previously claimed it was an auditory hallucination.

No, the auditory hallucination was about changing the rules of Ouzo to include doubling and redoubling a bid.

[FlashDangerpants]

Oh. God spoke to you about that? His sense of what's important seems a bit wonky. Did you break God? Admit it, you felon!

[bobevenson]

Oh. God spoke to you about that?

The voice was a deep, authoritative voice that reminded me of that black movie actor who played religious roles. I was in the Waffle House at the Sharonville I-75 Exit in the Cincinnati area about 9:30 in the evening when the voice said, "The rules of the game are now changed. Bidder and non-bidder can double or redouble. The game will be played at a much higher level." I laughed and said, "I've already established that a player cannot double, much less anybody redoubling. What if the game can't be played this new way (and I was sure that it couldn't)?" The voice responded, "Then forget about the game, it's worthless."

[Lacewing]

I was in the Waffle House at the Sharonville I-75 Exit in the Cincinnati area about 9:30 in the evening when the voice said, "The rules of the game are now changed..." I laughed and said, "I've already established..." The voice responded, "Then forget about the game, it's worthless."

Okay, so you were sitting in a Waffle House in Cincinnati talking to yourself with maple syrup dripping off your chin, much to the horror of other diners. And EVEN THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD told you to FORGET ABOUT THE GAME!

[Arising_uk]

The voice was a deep, authoritative voice that reminded me of that black movie actor who played religious roles. ...

Oh dear You're schizophrenic. Hopefully a mild and reasonably benign case.

[bobevenson]

EVEN THE VOICE IN YOUR HEAD told you to FORGET ABOUT THE GAME!

I had determined years earlier that doubling/redoubling wasn't playable for Ouzo, but the voice said this rule change would allow the game to be played at a much higher level. When I asked what if the game can't be played this new way, the voice said to forget the game, it's worthless. I started trying to play Ouzo in my head with doubling and redoubling, but I wasn't really getting anywhere. I went home and continued working on it without success. When I went to bed, the last thing I did was try to play a three-handed game in my head. It was so confusing, I didn't know whether I was bidding or responding. And the last thing I said to myself before going to sleep was, "I've taken this great game and ruined it!" When I woke up in the morning, the first thing I did was try to play the game again. But now, it was like a shroud had been lifted from it. The doubling and redoubling was now totally clear with the game indeed being played at a much higher level. It was as though God and Satan had battled over my mind while I slept, and God had won.

[Arising_uk]

Oh dear, not so benign but pretty full-blown.

[bobevenson]

Oh dear...

Now, I know you've got a girl's name, but you claim to be a man. Let me ask you, is there any man on the face of this Earth who would say, "Oh dear." When the hell are you going to come out of that closet?

[Lacewing]

Okay, Bob... instead of making fun of you right now (which is always very tempting), I'm going to ask you two very simple questions about what you think. Surely you can provide the answers if you still have even a small fraction of the kind of mental awareness required to survive the epic battle you've described.

Otherwise, we can only conclude that the epic battle scrambled your brains, or your brains were already scrambled and that's what produced the epic battle... or, if you avoid these questions by using diversion, we'll know that there was NO epic battle, and that you are a liar as well as being stupid (which I think is the conclusion we've already come to, but maybe you can reverse that now.)

It was as though God and Satan had battled over my mind while I slept, and God had won.

1) So does this mean that you believe your divine guidance is coming from God?

2) What has brought you to the conclusion that other people do not receive divine guidance as significant as yours?

[bobevenson]

It was as though God and Satan had battled over my mind while I slept, and God had won.

1) So does this mean that you believe your divine guidance is coming from God? Why don't you look up the word "divine" in the dictionary and answer your own question?

2) What has brought you to the conclusion that other people do not receive divine guidance? I've never come to that conclusion, but since anybody can make such a claim, it is incumbent upon him to provide mystical certification as I have done.

[Lacewing]

Bob, the word "divine" can refer to any kind of god. So I was wondering if you could answer more specifically what the source of your divine guidance is. Do you actually have any distinct idea... or are you just concluding that your ideas are "divine"?

Haven't you denounced all sorts of other "divinely-inspired/guided" people because you do not accept/believe their "mystically divine credentials" as many others DO? Is your opinion required to assign and/or validate divine credentials? Does anyone other than you on this planet have divine credentials?

Are you limiting DIVINE SCOPE to a very narrow beam that shines on yourself? Does that seem, to you, realistic of DIVINE SCOPE?

[bobevenson]

Bob, the word "divine" can refer to any kind of god. So I was wondering if you could answer more specifically what the source of your divine guidance is. divine: 1. of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being (exactly what the fuck are you driving at anyway?).

Haven't you denounced all sorts of other "divinely-inspired/guided" people because you do not accept/believe their "mystically divine credentials" as many others DO? I'm not aware of anybody else claiming to be a prophet, and if you know of one, I'd like to see his credentials. And if he doesn't have any, he's not a prophet.