Posted on 06/08/2015 3:16:45 PM PDT by TigerTown
Decker: There are many near-death stories out there in which people recount being in a tunnel of light, hearing music, sometimes sensing a figure at the end of the tunnel, and then they come back to life. What do you know about what comes next?
Blatty: There are three things that assure me that what comes next is more life: 1. My Catholic faith; 2. my capacity to reason, as follows: Never in history -- never! has there been a universal yearning by all of mankind for something that does not exist. But we have all and everywhere desired perfect happiness. But if death means final extinction, perfect happiness is something mankind cannot have. And, 3. my messages from Peter as detailed in Finding Peter, messages that are not unique to me. All who have lost a loved one can have them. The trick is as expressed by a character in the movie, The Orphanage: First you must believe; then you will see.
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Salmonella flavored should do the trick.
Thank you.
It was, and it made things bearable for his wife, who is still with us.
My father was a very Godly man also. The last few days of his life he saw amazing things that he shared with us too. Very similar experiences for both of our loved ones.
“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” C.S. Lewis
Faith is rational, but not scientific. I have faith in reason.
It’s such a blessing, isn’t it?
I would love to know some of the things they saw.
There is no other true Christian faith...about 1.4 billion agree....
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That’s called Faith.
Well, ok. But the # of Americans supporting gay marriage is at an all time high and rising too. Doesn't make it right. In fact, popular opinion means ZERO when it comes to religion. God will have the final say on that. Actually, He HAS had the final say:
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
You WON'T get to heaven by the words of a priest, or by confession, or by hail mary's etc. But like I said, good luck with that.
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