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From Davey & Goliath to Homer and Ned

Steve Tompkins believes God has a sense of humor

Mark I. Pinsky | posted 2/05/2001 12:00AM

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Thurgood's encounter with God "wasn't a mistake," Tompkins says. "It was not a delusion from mixing Clorox bleach and ammonia. … I was going to give him a real conversion experience—born again. I didn't try to second-guess it or minimize it or undercut it. He saw God. He did not ask himself, 'Am I going crazy?' What he said was, 'I saw God. Now what do I do with it?'"

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