An atheist began caring for the dying. What he saw changed his view of faith — and the afterlife

CNN ^ | 18 Aug 2025 | John Blake

[DUMBGRUNT]

A friend's phone rang, and I noticed he was crying. I knew his mother had late-stage Alzheimer's, and I offered condolences. He said, "This is a blessing."

Years later, my wife's mother passed from Alzheimer's. and it becomes much clearer.

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow, And soonest our best men with thee do go, Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery. Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell, And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then? One short sleep past, we wake eternally And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

[AppyPappy]

For subscribers only

[cuz1961]

CNN trying to clean up its image.

Won’t work.

Everyone will know it’s just camouflage.

Great testimonial though eh ?

[Nea Wood]

Yeah, I’d love to read it, but I’m not going to subscribe.

[I Drive Too Fast]

https://archive.is/ZChHr

[cuz1961]

Although I only got to read what was posted here

Cuz I’ll slit my own throat before I subscribe to them

/-)

[I Drive Too Fast]

click on the link i provided.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[DUMBGRUNT]

NOT a subscriber, and it comes up for me???

[cuz1961]

Thank you.

I changed my mind.

This is just an add for new age.

The guy didn’t obtain salvation
He just became a pantheist

[cuz1961]

No wonder CNN published it.

[I Drive Too Fast]

You can read the story by clicking the link I provided in post#5. You can also go to the original post and click F9 to see the entire story.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Formatting disappeared, the first time?
Let’s see if two is a charm?

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

[libertylover]

Yeah, I’d love to read it, but I’m not going to subscribe.

Subscribe??? Hell, I won't even click into it.

[Nea Wood]

Thank you kindly for that link! Very interesting article. I appreciate it!

[Robert357]

thank you for the link

[PGR88]

Archived version

https://archive.ph/MH11g

[JudyinCanada]

What a lovely post. I read it and I’m not a subscriber. Thank you for posting.

[PGR88]

A deathbed vision is an experience in which a dying person, while awake, interacts with mysterious visitors, deceased relatives or spiritual figures.

My father's brain was fine until the end. His heart was failing and he was in pain due to broken bones from a fall, but he was perfectly lucid.

Days before he passed, he started to ask questions like "who are those children singing on the lawn outside my window?" and after staring into a corner for 5 minutes, he said - "I was talking with that woman wearing white over there."

[BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan]

Thank you for posting the link.