Maybe the people that really die, don't come back.
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"And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment"
Hebrews 9:27
(hmmm...now what should I believe, Pravda or the Word of God?)
If I made it to St. Peter's gate 17 times and was revived 17 times, well, when I woke up I'd be pissed.
My father-in-law told me about an acquaintance of his that died last week. The old guy lived out in the boonies and was working on his oil stove when the thing blew up and caught him on fire. He ran out into the road and a passing trucker stopped to put him out. He was rushed to the nearest burn center, about 300 miles away.
The old guy had pretty severe burns and died at the hospital. The staff pronounced him dead, toe-tied him and about an hour later he rose up out of the bed, gasped a big gulp of air and screamed in pain. The nurses and doctors rushed to his aid, but he died shortly after.
Or so they thought....
A short time after his "second" death, he did the same thing--rose up out of bed, gasped air and screamed in pain. Again, the doctors couldn't keep him alive and he died--for the third time.
I asked my father-in-law what the hospital considered his time of death, and he said, as far as he knew, that they were still trying to figure that one out--they'd never seen anything like it before.
Very interesting post. I often wonder if death means death until resurrection or if we continue life in a spiritual world. Some recent funeral eulogies offered that the deceased is (was) more alive than ever with those that had gone before them. Then others projected eternal rest until resurrection. Although confused I remain hopeful of a spiritual existence of some sort after we depart our human forms.
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This guy needs an agent, a passport, a visa, and an airline ticket to the United States.
Sets up a Ljubomir Cerbic Consulting Clinic, and he will be a millionaire in a few weeks.
Hello, I'm Ljubomir and I can guide you out of this world.
Been there and done that twice (NDEs). No one can tell me I didn't see what I saw nor can I explain why both times I never quite got to the end of the tunnel and the bright light I saw there. Was it my brain shutting down? I think not since I was out like a light with head injuries at the time. I awoke with a vivid memory of the event both times. Have any Freepers had similar experiences?
I can't even remember where I've been while under general anesthesia, never mind dead.
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What exactly are these processes ???
Some people who happily rose from the dead told they saw some bright light during clinical death and met relatives and friends who were already dead by that moment. Others said they remembered episodes of the Judgment of God. Some patients said they left their bodies but stayed nearby, or traveled somewhere and got to some other reality. Moody's book caused serious confusion among average men as well as among scientists. Does it mean that afterlife actually exists and death is just a transition to a better life? Moody was not the only researcher who conducted similar investigations; other researchers also came to the conclusion that there was no death at all.
Did any of them see Hell ? Equiring minds and such
Pravda and the Russian Communist Party refuse to die despite several attempts to kill them off. I don't see anything spectacular in a particular Russian being unable to die.
I like the story about Professor Samuel Upham, a man of great learning, wit and faith - for many years a teacher at Drew Theological Seminary.
He was very ill, and when near the end, family and friends gathered at his bedside. Sombody said that Dr. Upham was already dead. Another answered: "Feel his feet. No one ever died with warm feet."
Then, Dr. Upham opened one eye and said, "What about Joan of Arc?"
Have a care....
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