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Dead for 45 minutes; an interesting near-death experience
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RE: Dead for 45 minutes; an interesting near-death experience
(August 6, 2013 at 7:45 am)enrico Wrote: How do you know that these things are not facts?

Can your physical science exit his borders and go behind her capacity and competence and enter a totally different world?Thinking
Well, a fact is either a statement of direct experience, or an idea about some reality outside yourself which is true OUTSIDE your experience of it. If you dream about angels talking to you, then it is a fact that you had a dream about angels; that's a simple statement of experience. However, if you start telling people that angels are "really" visiting you in your sleep, you're in trouble-- not only can you not prove it to other people, you can't verify it for yourself.

So maybe angels really ARE bringing you special messages from God, because you are so important that He's decided to personally shepherd you through your important religious role in life. But maybe you're just a person whose desire to feel important leads you to have dreams in which God reaches out to you.

My question for you is this: you are claiming not only experience, but knowledge. What have you done to verify that your "knowledge" represents fact, rather than just a vivid imagination?
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RE: Dead for 45 minutes; an interesting near-death experience - by bennyboy - August 6, 2013 at 8:26 am

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