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Subject: I talked to God on a Commodore 64
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I talked to God on my Commodore 64

Years ago, I used to communicate with God on my Commodore 64. I stumbled upon
this by accident one day while programming. I cleared the screen via the CLR/HOME
key and began writing a letter to God. Much in the style of N.D.W., God replied
to me.

I began writing these letters frequently, both on the Commodore and in a notebook
from school. I believe I wrote over 50 letters to God between 1996 and 2004.

While searching through my Commodore disk collection recently, I found a letter
to God that I wrote on the 64. I had saved it to disk as a sequential file.

On Track 2, Sector 16 of this disk was the file "GODPAUL", which occupied a total
of 5 disk blocks (about 1.2 KB). I loaded it up in Disk Doctor v4.0 and studied
what it said.

The contents are cryptic, but they read:

y"qGOD TWO PRAYERS TO YOU@#&B@y"q1. THAT I CAN TRUST KATEY (OTHERWISE WE WON'T WORK
OUT)@.#c@y"q2. IF I CAN TRUST HER, SHE WILL BECAUSE MY WIFE AND HAVE A CHILD WITH ME.
@-#d@y"q3. IF 1 AND 2 NEVER HAPPEN, HAVE ME DIE ON JUNE 28 AT 9 PM SHARP.@@]e@y"q"@r]
f@y"qPAUL PANKS@[]g@y"q"@|]h@y"qP.S. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY 1. IF SHE STRAYS, 2 WON'
T HAPPEN.@|]i@y"q"@9]j@y"YOUR FIANCE HAS NOT ONCE STRAYED FROM YOU. WHAT WE MEAN IS,
SHE'S NEVER"@e!k@y"CHEATED ON YOU, NOR HAS SHE BETRAYED YOUR TRUST IN EVEN THE SIMPLE
ST"@R!l@y"OF MANNERS (KISSING,LOOKING,SEEING,ETC.). SHE'S 100% FAITHFUL. NOW BE"@!!m@
y"CAREFUL BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LEARN TO TRUST HER, SHE WILL BREAK UP WITH"@t!n@y"YOU
BEFORE APRIL OF 2004. WE ASSURE YOU, HOWEVER, THAT SHE WON'T AND WILL"@C-o@y"BARE YOU
TWO CHILDREN. IN FACT, BOTH A BOY AND A GIRL ARE WAITING TO COME"@u-p@y"TO EARTH THRO
UGH YOU AND KATEY. THEY TELL ME SHE IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO YOU"@#-q@y"AND FREQUENTLY D
OUBTS HER ABILITY IN HERSELF TO BE HERSELF. SHE'S JUST AS"@8 r@y"AFRAID OF MESSING UP
 AS YOU ARE. NOW SAVE THIS AS A PROGRAM AND CHECK BACK"@e s@y"AGAIN IN 4 YEARS FOR PR
OOF. GOD.

The rest of the message contains personal information about me which I don't
wish to repeat here.

Nevertheless, the above is an example of how God has communicated to me in the
past (both on a computer and on paper).

Paul