In article <sgrsq2tuvsq0rkl5d1vuqkim8cfd6dbrf0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jyeshta <whatever@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:21:16 -0700, Crowfoot <pagemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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> >In article <bbOdndLJi9uA6zDYnZ2dnUVZ_oSnnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "LostAlone" <lostalone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> well?
> >
> >Yeah -- I just haven't had an NDE recently, and I guess nobody
> >else around here has either.
> >
> >C
>
> I always check this group everyday.
>
> By the way, on the recommendation of another poster well over a year
> ago, I bought the book, "At The Hour Of Death", and I hate it. I just
> can't even get through it, it is so dull. The only thing about it
> that is striking is the differences in the reactions of people from
> India, and people in the USA, of death bed visions. The people from
> India mainly find them terrifying, while people from the USA find them
> comforting. This is extremely odd, isn't it? You would think that a
> culture that believes in reincarnation would not be terrified by the
> prospect of death.
>
> That was one of the reasons I stopped reading it; the reactions of the
> people from India was too disturbing for me.
>
> When I bought the book, I expected a collection of death bed visions.
> There are some, but they are sandwiched between, in my opinion,
> extremely boring accounts of how the whole project had been done.
>
> If you are looking for a book that presents only accounts of death bed
> visions, this book is not recommended. It is both boring, and
> disturbing - a total waste of my money.
Wow -- that's surprising! Not that it was boring, but that
the India-respondents were so negative. Was it just India and
the US, or are other countries represented? How old is this
book? I think I'll go find it and browse it in the bookstore (on
your dis-recommendation! Thanks).
C
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