From: bivalve (bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 12:55:31 EST
In considering what criteria validate a revelation, perhaps an example with no personal interest for list members would be useful. Conveniently, I just received one by email. Why is this credible or not credible? What criteria apply? Can they be applied to other examples?
>Dear Brother in Christ,
I am ELDER MASINGA Willmba Ugochi of Demostration Ministry
Nigerian Inc.Worldwide,basically a prayer and
deliverance Ministry.I am equally a retired Managing
Director of Ministry of Aviation,since I recieved my
calling and joined my Ministry,I have been asking God
to purify what remains of my wealth for Evangelical
works and for Orphanage.
On the last day of a special fasting and praying
session in my Ministry,there was a divine revelation
from God that I should invest in your Ministry.My God
is not an author of confussion,contact me immediately
for further discussion. <
Dr. David Campbell
Old Seashells
University of Alabama
Biodiversity & Systematics
Dept. Biological Sciences
Box 870345
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com
That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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