"Seems like a pretty straight forward "guilt" dream. I don't know what else to tell you. I'm glad I can look back on my "church-going childhood days" as something I am more than happy to be past in my life. All the kids…"

"i wish this had cited sources."

"I have a friend like this, though he is more on the "philosophy" end of the spectrum. Nearly everyone finds him annoying, and the only time he can be bearable to talk to is when he is drunk because that is when he lightens up. I…"

"You might like to try playing "spoof" with him.  Tell him you have heard that 5th density beings that arise in 2015.  The year is important because the last two digits are divisable by five.  Just like the last two digits of…"

"I didn't notice this, but I was surprised at Mos Def's character's lack of a good argument for god. haha. Season 6 was AMAZING btw. Can't wait for the next."

"also, "there's some things we're just not meant to understand just yet.""

"I deal with this stuff alot from folks  "Im in music industry and live in CA so.... heh".  The best thing you can do is to be polite smile and ask them where they learned what they learned. Veiwing the source of there…"

"Joe, The point isn't to argue with the delusional. As an anti-theist, and I understand not everyone here is one, trying to get religious people to see a different side is trying to get them to understand why religion is a bad thing in the world…"

"Well, there are some indications of a possible mental illness in how you describe him:  the "talking enthusiastically and quickly," the grandiosity ("talks about people like he is so high above them,") the obsessiveness…"

"Oh, no worries, there's plenty more like him out here on the West coast. As crazy as it sounds, this is some pretty standard woo, and there's plenty of people who have little understanding of science, but believe that they know the secrets…"

"He has some things correct and it isn't part of any kind of religion. You could talk to him about chakras, the pineal gland, cosmic energy and the ascension from 3rd to 4th density beings but a lot of it you're going to either have to ask…"

"As with the word god, the word spiritualism can mean a lot of different things to different people. It is of course better to know more about the topic to discuss it intelligently; however, this person is bringing up wildly fanciful claims without…"

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"Sometimes people aren't misinformed, they are just crazy.  Sounds like this might be the case here.  Just ignore him when you can, and when you can't maybe you can try to make plans to grab dinner on December 22, 2012.  He…"