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Fingerprints of God: Evidences from Near-Death Studies, Scientific Research on Creation & Mormon Theology

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This book is riveting in so many ways that it's unfortunate that it's written primarily for Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). But without the vast supplemental material that revealed religion contains, the author would be hampered in his ability to show the brilliance of latter day revelation. Indeed, critics of the church are so used to dismissing those revelations that they miss out on the great pearls that have been given us.

The book promises and delivers the "interwoven patterns from each of the paths pointing to an inescapable conclusion - that proofs of God's existence are everywhere." Not only are accounts of people who have had near-death experiences (NDEs) examined, the reality of those experiences are not ethereal, disassociated accounts, but are as real as experiences that happen to us in our daily lives. I agree that Gibson's book "strongly confirms the existence of God and His influences in our lives," and he does a brilliant job of tying it all together, from the creation and expansion of the universe to the complexity of Man. Instead of Joseph Smith's foundational revelations collapsing under the weight of modern science, they instead show a remarkable agreement between those revelations and what we now know, including the eternal nature of both God and Man.

Gibson's book will not convert hardcore atheists, but he should give them something to think about. And critics of Joseph Smith's visions and revelations may want to reassess their opinions in light of what is now known. There are not as many Near Death accounts as I'd hoped, and the book is more scientifically based than some may expect, but to me it was a pleasant surprise. The quality of materials of this book are first rate. I would like to see it updated in light of new discoveries, but it's more than adequate as is. It's definitely a "keeper."