jahare
For the THIRD TIME I ask that you place other people’s words in quotations or blockquotes and indicate where it is that YOU are writing and what YOU are saying. For the love of the non-existent God!

Steefen
Writer’s have different styles. Being an unproduced playwright/screen writer, after more than eight years here and at other forums, and after being a college newspaper editor, and a nonfiction book writer who has had to do much exploratory writing before editing for formality, my current style is how I operate efficiently.

Yelling at people because you think you’re an authoritarian. You are going to draft your comments the way I say. Oh, no, jahare. You haven’t paid my membership since I began being a member here. And even if you did, I wouldn’t. You’re not my best friend, we haven’t had discussions over brunch, drinks, dinner, breakfast, in between tennis or racquetball matches, or at cultural events. You’re not a former university professor of mine.

I don’t pray with you.

I don’t meditate with you.

We haven’t been study partners in college towards getting a credential.

Telling me how I am supposed to compose my thoughts, oh, no.

Have we taken a road trip together thinking of things to say and how to say them?

No.

Have we been in a book club together?

No.

Have you even bought a book for me to read?

No. And you’re going to insist I change my efficient style. Catch reality.

Did you pay my tuition or my education loans? No.

Dale Allison
I am looking empirically at six or seven recurring experiences–things that happen frequently even though we do not talk about them that much. Then, I am going to theorize about them.

People censor people who have extraordinary experiences. They can’t talk to other people and do not know other people have had the same experiences. So, my hope is to de-stigmatize those who feel censored.

William James rejects medical materialism and I reject reductionist views on some experiences.

Paul Williams
What about Near Death Experiences (NDEs)?

Dale Allison
Theologians should not ignore NDEs.

Paul Williams
We have crossed the threshhold on NDEs. There should be no more denial.

Dale Allison
Books on Christian Eschatology should not ignore NDEs.

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I really like my book on resurrection. In researching and writing this book, I tried to read everything.

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