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Coffee And Lightning

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As usually happens at my Thursday coffee discussions with my buddies at a l ocal coffee shop , the conversation took twists and turns that one couldn't have predicted if they tried. In this particular case, the conversation started at a discussion of reparations for Native and African Americans, but ended with a discussion of hearing the voice of God. It was a winding path, to say the least. I can't recreate the thread that got us on to that topic, but it was an interesting one indeed. Basically, one of the guys said that if the Bible is the only way some people say we hear from God, does that mean He's not talking to those people, or are they just not attributing a moment, an experience or an emotional reaction to perhaps being the voice of God. The whole discussion started on the topic of the Originalists with regards to the Constitution and went on from there. But the best part about the conversation was how these two guys and I all told stories of our artistic p...