From: raw@jbr.com   
      
   "Top Poster"  schreef in bericht   
   news:42833ca2_2@news.chariot.net.au...   
   > Hello   
      
   hi   
      
      
   >   
   > This is your Captain speaking   
   >   
   > I'm looking for solid references of true Atheists being "converted" as a   
   > result of NDE's. I'm not taking sides, just curious. In fact what I am   
   > most   
   > interested in is how widespread this phenomenon is. Armed with such   
   > knowledge, it might be possible for us to advance our understanding of the   
   > causes and effects of NDE's.   
   >   
   > If the incidence is low, there might be a reason or reasons that deserve   
   > further investigation.   
   >   
   > If the incidence is high, well, perhaps the non-believers out there should   
   > be doing some more of their own research. If it can happen to one staunch   
   > atheist then surely it can happen to any other.   
   >   
   > I see a great paradox in life and death for the atheists of the world.   
   > Whether it is through their own choosing or not, they "trust" what their   
   > minds are telling them more than they trust anything else. When their   
   > minds   
   > stays "playing tricks" on them as they get older (which of course is their   
   > own assessment of what happens), they will trust, more than anyone else,   
   > that what they are experiencing is the truth. Because of their trust, they   
   > will be *absolutely* incapable of accepting that what they are   
   > experiencing   
   > is a hallucination. Ironically, they will feel the full force of the   
   > hallucinations that they have spent their lives discrediting.   
   >   
   > I remain open-minded.   
   >   
   > TP   
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