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Featuring a woman who had a near-death experience. And she's breathlessly telling us that she was in Heaven, she was there, and it's real.
Which is great, as far as it goes. But why doesn't anybody ever come back from Hell or the equivilant to warn us of the consequences of our behaviour? That'd convince me to change my ways! I mean, it wouldn't, but if I were inclined to believe that these people saw what they thought they saw, then sure, I'd change my ways.
My disbelief in the... objective reality of these people's experiences... right, that - it's not meant to be construed that I think an afterlife is absolutely impossible. I'll reserve judgment until I'm actually dead, how about that?
I just think that, well, supernatural entities are bound to be picky, and restrict the afterlife to those who are actually in a post-mortal state. And some of them are going to end up where the bad folks go. It just stands to reason, doesn't it?
Which is great, as far as it goes. But why doesn't anybody ever come back from Hell or the equivilant to warn us of the consequences of our behaviour? That'd convince me to change my ways! I mean, it wouldn't, but if I were inclined to believe that these people saw what they thought they saw, then sure, I'd change my ways.
My disbelief in the... objective reality of these people's experiences... right, that - it's not meant to be construed that I think an afterlife is absolutely impossible. I'll reserve judgment until I'm actually dead, how about that?
I just think that, well, supernatural entities are bound to be picky, and restrict the afterlife to those who are actually in a post-mortal state. And some of them are going to end up where the bad folks go. It just stands to reason, doesn't it?
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Date: 2005-12-18 07:18 pm (UTC)