答复: [AvC] Re: Returning from Heaven and Hell - Atheism vs Christianity

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Lawrey

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From: Lawrey <lawrenc...@btinternet.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:29:23 -0700 (PDT)

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Subject: Re: 答复: [AvC] Re: Returning from Heaven and Hell

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"baomeson",

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
> > christians. Makes me wonder!- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

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