> Welcome to A-vs-C and thanks for your interest. It is interesting
> that you have noted the same phenomenon. It tends to be ignored
> here but it has been apparent to me for many many years and I
> have visited such institutions used to contain these sick people.
> Today we have the benefit of drugs to help with the relief of the
> worst symtoms but many remain effected for life.

> Please do not be offended with my direct answer to your question:

> "Is there any clue in those accounts to prove the reality of the
> experience?"

> That which does not exist in fact cannot in fact be proven.
> Heaven and Hell are notional concepts only, in the mind of
> the believer as it is with god/s.

> Hope to hear from you again.

> On Aug 26, 4:36 pm, "baomeson" <baome...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I believe that this is the very phenomenon of psychological malaise.
> > We can find a lot of people of religious mania who delude themselves in the asylum.

> > -----邮件原件-----
> > 发件人: Atheism-vs-Christianity@googlegroups.com [mailto:Atheism-vs-Christianity@googlegroups.com] 代表 Lawrey
> > 发送时间: 2008年8月26日 下午 11:27
> > 收件人: Atheism vs Christianity
> > 主题: [AvC] Re: Returning from Heaven and Hell

> > Tiny123,

> > It happens only to people who are in a state of psychological
> > malaise, who are able to delude themselves as a result of
> > religious mania. Simply a distortion of reality a cognitive
> > imbalance, a flight of fancy, temporarily stepped off their trolly.

> > On Aug 26, 3:26 pm, Tiny123 <al...@chipndip.co.za> wrote:

> > > I have read several books where individuals like Mary Baxter, Roland
> > > Buck, Marrietta Davis, Jesse Duplantis etc have either visited heaven
> > > or hell, or even both and wrote about it. The Davis account was even
> > > written in the late 1800's. In all these accounts there is a clear
> > > sense of the surround, what is happening and they can write about it
> > > afterwards. I have however not read any report of buddist, athiest,
> > > islam, hindu etc visiting their "paradise" and returning to tell us
> > > about it. Am i missing anything or does this only happen to
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