In the 1980s, Howard Storm was an atheist. He was an art professor who was visiting France with his art students when he had a very serious medical condition. His medical condition was ignored by the hospital until it was "too late." Howard describes what happened after he left his body and demons tried to take him to Hell. He describes how he kept hearing a voice, saying "pay for Jesus." over and over again. Howard did go to church as a youth, so he started paying every bit of prayers he could remember. Accordingly he went to heaven and talked to Jesus for many years (according to Howard, time does not exist in heaven). After he returned to his body, he had a very serious time recuperating. However, he completely changed his life around and later became a Methodist paster (I think in the 1990s).
I listen to Youtube videos about Near Death Experiences. There are some fakes, that to me seem to be discernable after you listen to a bunch of them. To me, one way of telling whether they are being truthful is if they completely change their life around. From all documentable details, Howard is truthful: He was an atheist. He was an art professor. He had a medical situation that he should not have lived through. He completely changed his life- he went from a comfortable life as an art professor to an impoverished pastor (The church he was assigned to was on the brink of being closed due to lack of attendance.). Every penny he could give to the church from his very small salary was given back to the church. Etc... .
Howard has written two books; one about his experience in heaven and the other about his life after. Neither books are polished. The books are kind of like a book your uncle would write to a nephew.
I choose to believe Howard.
I completely agree with you, I have followed Howard storm and read his books also. What I wanted to know was why would somebody recommend we ignore him. His is one of the most profound near-death experiences I have read.