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Bereavement

PoindexterOglethorpe

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14. There are thousands such stories

Reply to Docreed2003 (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 02:55 PM

Sep 2017

just like yours. All too often they get dismissed. Too bad. That's also why people who have those experiences become reluctant to share them, because they get tired of being told they could not possibly have experienced what they know actually happened.

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"Do loved ones bid farewell from beyond the grave?" [View all] orleans Apr 2017 OP

I am an atheist, but I did have an experience... angstlessk Apr 2017 #1

Interesting reads... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #2

good friend of mine KT2000 Apr 2017 #4

Agreed... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #6

that experience you described is called a near death experience or NDE orleans Apr 2017 #9

There are thousands such stories PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #14

Here's my opinion: Girard442 Apr 2017 #3

you ended your post with "don't you think?" so i'm feeling a bit compelled to respond orleans Apr 2017 #10

Yes, they do KT2000 Apr 2017 #5

I never had a paranormal MFM008 Apr 2017 #7

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I believe Pressumab May 2017 #11

the majority of us lose the ability to see them as we get older orleans May 2017 #12

I almost thought so when my uncle died. no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #13