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Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Rejects is too strong. Discourages would be better, but there are some things about the mind that we can only know through introspection. You said that there is no conflict, and I think there is a conflict. Although some cognitive psychologist may believe that introspection is a way to understand the mind they do not rely on that for their work. That's why they are cognitive psycologists.

Ok. That's a much more reasonable position. Yes, a burning bush would be quite exceptional, but the actual account in Exodus is very detailed. There are accounts of visions and a whole variety of spiritual phenomena that are not well understood. Like what?

One manifestation of both are dreams and visions. Really? I didn't know that. Have you had these visions and dreams?
Moses on Mt. Sinai is just one of many, many examples of such. The question for Moses is that he we given certain things from God, such as his staff which doesn't fit the interpretation of this professor. So his case doesn't really fit dreams and visions, it seems to be much more special then that. I can see how someone having halucinations might think that God just gave them a stick that happens to be in their hand at the time that they've come off the trip. Have you ever taken halucinagens? I have.