gb,
Thanks for the kind words. That said, however, I find your response to be gobble****op.
You say I make a good point (thanks) then say that it's different for you and your club because of the nature of the relationship. The point I'm trying to make is that Mormons have personal relationships with the living Joseph Smith, Hindus have personal relationships with the living Shiva, animists have personal relationships with the Great JuJu up the mountain. They all speak with each other. Or not, which is more likely true.
The common denominator is people. People who are convinced that theirs is the correct religion; they have it figured out; everyone else is deluded. They all have the same experiences, only different gods. They can't all be right.
Is it just possible that there is a quality, flaw, condition, penchant of the human mind that makes many of us believe that we can communicate telepathically to the gods whose existence is otherwise profoundly unproven?
Regards,
NSNS