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Originally Posted by Nea1
I am an agnostic, basically I just don't know either way. Convince me of God WITHOUT quoting anything from the Bible. I promise to listen ( or read!) with open mind.
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I have recently started posting in other sections besides cd auto, and cd Los Angeles, and I am amazed at all the different subject matter open for discussion.
I turned to this section looking for a particular topic of discussion, and found not one that deals with the afterlife.
You asked in your original post, which I quoted here, to find something that would convince you of God.
Well my friend, I have something that not only proves the presence of God, but will also explain the reality of an after life.
Some believe in life after death, while others do not.
I can only speak from knowledge I have obtained over the past twenty years.
I feel this will be a long post, but you asked to be convinced, and after reading this, you may well be.
"Electronic Voice Phenomenon" ;I don't know if you are versed in that term, but a goggle search, along with the name Sarah Estep will enlighten you as to what I am posting here.
When My partner died just under twenty years ago, like all who have lost a loved one, I became distraught, and it wasn't until I had a discussion with some friends one evening, and the subject of the afterlife came up.
I had never given any thought to what happens once we die., and frankly the conversation made me feel uneasy.
During that conversation one of my friends suggested I read a book titled, "Life after Life" by an author named Raymond A. Moody jr.
I thought about our conversation for a few days after, and decided I would purchase this book.
To say I was intrigued would be a gross understatement.
Half way through the book, he told of a woman in Maryland who was experimenting with recording voices of people who had passed on.
Her name was Sarah Estep, and her findings are published, and also documented on broadcast television.
In the book it explained how, if the novice cared to try and experiment with voice recording, just how to get started, using simple equipment outlined by Ms Estep.
I purchased the equipment which consisted of an inexpensive cassette recorder, and microphone.
I would need an electronic device such as a radio,or tv, and I would be set to experiment.
You may think at this juncture,, what is the point in all this?
You asked to be convinced, and explaining this system is what will convince you.
Now to record, this is what I had to do.
First, turn on the radio, or tv, and tune it to a blank station that was not broadcasting.
In the case of the radio, all one would hear is a soft hissing sound, then with the volume placed at it's lowest point, nothing.
For my recording sessions, I chose the radio.
The radio is turned on, but NOT connected to the tape recorder in any way.
I learned that the radio was merely a conveyance method for the voice to travel, so it had to be in the same room as the tape recorder.
In essence, the radio was "picking" up the voice transmission.
The tape player is turned on, and that is when the questioning begins.
The first thing I learned from Ms Estep's experiments was patience.
One must be patient to gain results.
The objective was to ask a question while taping, wait ten seconds, then ask another question, wait another ten or so seconds, and ask again.
While taping, one does not hear an answer to these series of questions, the answer, if there is one, can only be heard once the tape is rewound, and played back.
The questions I asked are also heard on playback.
It took me nearly a week of recording before I had my first response., and as true as I am sitting here posting this, the voice from beyond the grave was now on my recorder.
When I first heard it, a cold chill came over me, and the hairs on my arms stood up.
I sat there is amazement, and a bit of freight.
I had done it, but how?
The voice on the tape was of a woman asking for help.
I later learned from talking with Ms.Estep on the phone, that what I had experienced was rather common.
I need not go into that, but the way this system works is what can be termed as nothing but divine intervention.
Bear in mind, the recorder, and radio were NOT connected in any way, but somehow, the voice was picked up by the radio, and transferred to the recorder, and placed on the tape.
I tried recording without the use of the radio, and it did not work.
If you have a logical explanation as to how this occurred, I would like to hear it.
When the day arrived that I did hear the voice of my partner that passed, he had been gone for three months.
There are no words to describe my feelings at hearing his voice,I was overcome with joy, and tears. but safe to say, from that point on, and for the next few years, I recorded his voice, and that of many others.
As I stated at the beginning, this would be a long post, and there was no way to shorten it, and show you what the power of God is all about.
How else do you explain the way this is done, especially when there are no direct electronic connections between components?
I have much to tell on this fantastic subject, but for now, my point was to do as you asked, and convince you that God is there, and he does work in mysterious ways.
Bob.
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Oh My Lord! Save us all, nea1! Puh..Leeeez?
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This is right up there with those supposedly true-to-life drill-hole sounds from hell. You have heard that one, have you not? No?
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