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The Case for Heaven

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I started to read this book when my mother was dying. I can honestly say it is one of the only things that pulled me through when she died. I know that my mother is safe and happier now than she has ever been before.

Thanks Mally Cox-Chapman!

I read this book as a very dear friend was dying. While I still felt great sadness at the loss, I no longer felt any fear for her- I just knew my wonderful friend Grace was in a place/state of all-encompassing love. The cross-cultural reseach was very readable and astonishing at times, and the anecdotes were terrific and powerful (especially the "red shoe on the roof" story.) The lessons learned that these people "brought back" stuck with me... a powerful book

Hi- I read this book when I was just 11 years old and I loved it. It was spritually uplifting and enlightning. Thanks Mally

I just lost my Mother, and read this book. She was a friend of Mally Cox-Chapman, and had this book for years, but I never read it until I lost her, and it was such a comfort. It corroborated many stories I've heard over the years, but best of all looks at the NDE from an unbiased perspective and covers many ranges of cultures and beliefs. I felt after reading it there is true evidence that there is a loving, comforting world waiting for us beyond the physical one we're in now, regardless of your ubpringing or current beliefs.

This book was very comforting to read. It is thoroughly researched and yet the writing style makes it feel like a friend is talking to you. Cox-Chapman believes that near-death experiences are telegrams of love and reassurance, and she is very persuasive in bringing that message to her audience.

This book has given me great comfort through several losses in my life, most notably my father's death. It tells story after story of skeptics examining experiences that can only be explained by the existence of an after-life. When we are grieving, and wondering "where a loved one has gone", it is comforting, even enthralling and exciting, to contemplate this "evidence" of hope. Grounded, well-researched, accessible and written with great heart, this book is a must-read, and must-own.

Earlier this year, I lost someone very close to me in a tragic automobile accident. Although I am already a devout believer in Heaven and the Afterlife, this book helped to provide much comfort and potential answers to questions that had been resonating inside my head.

There are many accounts given in The Case For Heaven, some similar and some very different, which play upon the common theme that there is something significant beyond our mortal world. Whether it's in the starry skies, a black hole in time, or another dimension completely, there is suggestion given by all of the interviewees who returned from their NDE's that this place exists.

My favorite accounts were from the gentleman who was unconscious for the entire time that he was in the Operating Room and experienced his NDE while on the table. Watching the doctors attempt to resuscitate him from a corner of the room, he was later able to physically describe surgeons he had never seen before that were in the room during the operation.

Another was the patient in the hospital who traveled several floors upward during her NDE and even described a red shoe on the roof of the building. Later on, when the roof was actually searched, there was the red shoe.

Now, naysayers and hardcore non-believers might cite the laws of physics, lack of physical/empirical evidence, and effects of anesthesia in an attempt to refute or debunk the notion of Heaven or an Afterlife. Still, not all of these experiences fell under the influence of medication and citing the two stories from above, there is no logical explanation which would refute what these two people experienced.

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone seeking comfort and solace during the loss of a loved one. Every account in this book supports the notion that our souls transcend from our bodies when we die to another time/place/dimension not of this world -- a place of joy, tranquility and peace... Call it God's Kingdom, Heaven, God's Garden or whatever you choose....

"The Case for Heaven" is a thoughtful and well-written addition to the body of literature dealing with near-death experiences. The stories that the author details are moving and convincing. The chapter on physics is fascinating. A great book for questioning people who want more than just anecdotes.

I read this book during a very depressive period in my life when i was actually thinking of committing suicide. After reading he NDE encounters and comparing them to others I have read about, I was amazed at the similarity between the stories. Because I was so depressed I was interested in what the theology that "the light" would have towards the NDE suicide. The theology towards suicide within this book matched other explanations of stories about the suicidal NDE, yet the visions and relations to what was important to each individual of other experiences differed throughout the book. The NDE for suicides also compared to those in other books I have read. It gave me hope that although suicide is NOT an accepted way to reach the light there is still hope for those who would be given another chance to redeem themselves for trying to destroy the life that God had given them. I will not give away the path that is offerred to the nde to redeem themselves, but to me it offered the peaceful thought that even though I had thought about doing something completly abdominable to the light, it was able to still love me completely, understand me, forgive me, and offer me a a path to redemetion and a better life once I returned to my earthly existance.

The stories are emotionally life changing

Chapter 6 really stood out to me, because I thought the author did a great job explaining the physics of how NDE's might be possible, and also the possibility of other demensions.

This book did not convince me that the NDE is a true "out of body" experience.

After hearing/reading testimonies of people such as Howard Pittman, Pam Reynolds, Don Piper, etc., it is hard to take a book too seriously that includes stories of...for example...women who may or may not have died for a few moments while giving birth and had hullucinatory-sounding experiences, or other cases where the person did not require resuscitation. Not saying it is not possible. It is just not convincing enough for me.

That said, I did enjoy the book, and would recommend it if anyone were to ask me if I thought it was worth reading.