You didn't see any proof because headlines are only attention grabbers, not necessarily in line with the article.
On another note, heaven might exist. We still can't explain consciousnesses which is what we lose when we die. Some scientists have tried using quantum mechanics to explain a multidimensional form of awareness. I myself am not decided on this matter and don't take sides because like you I haven't seen proof. But the quantum thing is fun to explore.
I consider these portions of the article "proof", or at least convincing evidence:
"Todd Burpo, Colton’s father, says he was skeptical about his son’s story until his son described meeting a great-grandfather and a miscarried baby sister — something no one had ever told him about."
"She never told her baby about God, Jesus, her near-death experience, nothing. All that happened when the girl was 8 weeks old. How could she remember that?"
How about that they just might be lying? Also, kids will overhear a lot of stuff, and then say things that they think parents want to hear (seeking validation).
The possibility, of course. But look around, there are so many people who claim to have supernatural abilities, yet none of them has ever been able to demonstrate it under controlled conditions like at James Randi's TV show.
So when someone tells about a supernatural event, my default position is that it didn't happen, until there is actual evidence. You might call this close minded but I call it the only sane way to approach things. You can take another stance and just go into the "conspiracy theory" communities and end up believing that the government is out to kill most humans, that the government are shapeshifting reptilians, that the illuminati control the government, that the government is trying to control you with fluoride in your water and toothpaste or with chemtrails or that vaccines cause autism.
There's a balance to be made - between belief and skepticism. If you become too much the skeptic, you no longer have the ability to enjoy simple things like a magic show. Become too much the believer, and things like the Truther Movement hold sway over your life. (Of course, the assignments of "believer" and "skeptic" here are completely interchangeable, depending on from which direction you come at each individual topic.)
Wow, that's harsh. This is the part of the article that speaks to why I submitted it to HN:
"He says science, not religion, resurrected the afterlife. Advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation meant that patients who would have died were revived, and many had stories to share."
Regardless, I don't see why you consider it a "garbage article". It seems well-written to me.
Everyone is free to believe anything they want, but mixing "science" into this article is rather degrading to genuine scientific inquiry. This is an article with an agenda, and that agenda is selling a book to believers. You can find a more appropriate platform to post this on.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 43.1 ms ] thread> Many people are never the same, Moody says. They abandon careers that were focused on money or power for more altruistic pursuits.
Yet every single link in the article leads to a book that is sold for profit. None of them have an ebook free of charge.
Also, I didn't see any proof.
On another note, heaven might exist. We still can't explain consciousnesses which is what we lose when we die. Some scientists have tried using quantum mechanics to explain a multidimensional form of awareness. I myself am not decided on this matter and don't take sides because like you I haven't seen proof. But the quantum thing is fun to explore.
I consider these portions of the article "proof", or at least convincing evidence:
"Todd Burpo, Colton’s father, says he was skeptical about his son’s story until his son described meeting a great-grandfather and a miscarried baby sister — something no one had ever told him about."
"She never told her baby about God, Jesus, her near-death experience, nothing. All that happened when the girl was 8 weeks old. How could she remember that?"
So when someone tells about a supernatural event, my default position is that it didn't happen, until there is actual evidence. You might call this close minded but I call it the only sane way to approach things. You can take another stance and just go into the "conspiracy theory" communities and end up believing that the government is out to kill most humans, that the government are shapeshifting reptilians, that the illuminati control the government, that the government is trying to control you with fluoride in your water and toothpaste or with chemtrails or that vaccines cause autism.
There's no downvote for submissions, but there is a flag button. I don't know if there's a karma threshold for that.
"He says science, not religion, resurrected the afterlife. Advances in cardiopulmonary resuscitation meant that patients who would have died were revived, and many had stories to share."
Regardless, I don't see why you consider it a "garbage article". It seems well-written to me.