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Originally Posted by Rufio
Haven't read other peoples posts but if they're an overly religious family with their own church then they might just be trying to capitalize on what happened. What could be better for your church than having a "church official miracle" happen to your son?
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Nah, I don't think it was diabolical like that...when you're deep into a religion, it is easy to plant things into memory or to do things you think are supernatural. I attended a church once where it was "cool" to speak in tongues, and suddenly EVERYONE could speak in tongues! AMAZING! Yet at another church, no one ever did. The people that spoke in tongues didn't think they were faking, they just got into a frenzie and got carried away.
And there have been some really interesting findings in planting memories. When we are little if we hear a story over and over we start to remember it like it actually happened. And we can get to a point where we will truly remember an action that we never actually did.
If this kid grew up in a religious household, especially with a pastor for a dad, ideas of heaven are easy to "remember". Now, I'm one of the people that voted that something supernatural DID happen. I don't think he was in heaven, but I do think the brain is amazing and think perhaps this kid did have a spiritual experience, but that his limited knowledge chalked it up to being in heaven.