Heaven is real! Nonbelievers run in terror.

Sonikku

Lifer
Jun 23, 2005
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Heck I knew this the moment I first bit into a Reeses Peanutbutter cup.
 

Paratus

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Jun 4, 2004
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Wow. This sounds totally legit! My beliefs are shaken!

Whose going to buy his book?
 

WelshBloke

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Jan 12, 2005
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Did you even read his story?

Yeah.


My knowledge of the brain made me quite sure that out-of-body experiences, angelic encounters and the like were hallucinations, brought on when the brain suffered a trauma.

Goes on to have a brain trauma then out-of-body experiences, angelic encounters and the like, but cant work out what brought them about.
 

lxskllr

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Nov 30, 2004
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I'm glad his use is in his manual dexterity, and not research or diagnosis. That keeps him from pissing away money, and injuring people in the process.
 

SAWYER

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OK I have to ask people who are religious. I have always heard how there is a judgment day in the end times, if so then that would mean no one is in heaven or hell yet since judgment day hasnt happened right?
 

SlitheryDee

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Feb 2, 2005
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And the book is just £14.99. What's that, 'bout $25 U.S.?

If your brain isn't working, then your sense of time isn't working very well either. How can you say for sure that you really didn't dream anything except for near the end of the coma when brain function was obviously starting to return? The whole, "I saw it in a dream" story is never very compelling for a number of reasons.
 

Rakehellion

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Jan 15, 2013
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The photos lend a lot of credibility to the story. No one who hasn't been to heaven would post pics like that.

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02ranger

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And the book is just £14.99. What's that, 'bout $25 U.S.?

If your brain isn't working, then your sense of time isn't working very well either. How can you say for sure that you really didn't dream anything except for near the end of the coma when brain function was obviously starting to return? The whole, "I saw it in a dream" story is never very compelling for a number of reasons.

Exactly why I don't believe his story either.

As far as his "proof" that the photo of his sister ended up looking exactly the same as the angel. Let's assume he's being honest and he really does believe the two are identical. Is it possible he was only hazily remembering a generic looking woman as the angel and then filled in the details when he saw the sisters picture because he subconciously wanted it to be his proof? Maybe the sister looked a lot like his biological mother who he might have seen photos of at that point?

Edit: Regardless, I don't believe he really went to Heaven. Just wondering what the rational explanation for his sister looking like the angel is, assuming he isn't lying and truly believes what he's said.
 

Markbnj

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Did you even read his story?

I read it this morning. It's not implausible to believe that everything he described was happening for him, in his mind, in the same way that we experience dreams. His evidence for a more supernatural explanation comes down to two points: 1) that there was no measurable brain activity while he was experiencing these impressions; and 2) that he saw a sister whom he says he had never known.

On the first point I am not really qualified to make an argument, other than to say that time is highly subjective in dreams, and it's entirely possible that everything he experienced took place in a few seconds. It's also possible that our techniques for measuring brain activity are insufficient to detect whatever he was experiencing.

On the second point, it is still easier to believe that he had seen a picture of this woman at some time in the past, or that someone had described her to him, than it is to assign a supernatural explanation to the whole experience.