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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Hospice Minister and watch people die almost every day.  The things they see and hear sometimes take my breath away. I do not believe in the existence of evil entities. I absolutely believe dying people see loved ones who transitioned before them, angels, and often even God. [/quote]

Do they all see things like that, or only the ones who believe in the afterlife? (assuming not all  of your patients do)[/quote]

They don't all have that experience.   Or if they do, many are unable to express it when they are nearing death.  I haven't seen any connection at all between religious belief and experiences during the dying process.  Atheists, Christians, Buddhist, etc. all see or hear similar things, at least in my experience. I think it's interesting that so many people perceive a female God presence near death.  Even evangelical Christians who always viewed God as male often use female pronouns when describing God when they are nearing death. [/quote]

Interesting.  The hospice workers who visited my uncle when he was dying said using that death was near would be when he would seem to be talking to deceased relatives.  I didn't think, and they didn't imply, that he was actually communicating with spirits, just that this is something that they had seen frequently in their work.[/quote]

I would never in a million years suggest or imply to anyone present that the dying person was communicating with a person or spirit.  I'm an interfaith minister, meaning I minister to everyone from the atheist to the very faithful and devout believers.  I make no judgements.  In my mind, it's all love anyway. I'm just sharing my personal experience and belief here.  I believe there are too many similarities in the experiences for it to be coincidence, medical, or drug induced. I truly believe they are seeing what we cannot possibly perceive. I think the veil between those living in this world and those who have transitioned is very thin.  But again, those are simply my personal beliefs and not something I would ever share at work. [/quote]

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