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So you think my scenario is less likely than the boy visiting some supernatural realm and seeing the boyfriend?
Who said that the spiritual realm is supernatural? It is part of nature as anything else.
So you think my scenario is less likely than the boy visiting some supernatural realm and seeing the boyfriend?
I agree that if there is anything to supernatural claims, it will turn out to be perfectly natural. However, for now, I think it's fair to use the term "supernatural" to describe visits to Heaven.Who said that the spiritual realm is supernatural? It is part of nature as anything else.
Fair enough. We're assuming that the boy is in the hospital, although this is not stated in the story.
The boy is in his room, sleeping fitfully. His mother has gone out for a break. A friend is sitting with the boy. The phone rings and the friend answers it. She learns that the mother's old boyfriend died earlier that day. Then she has to leave and has no chance or forgets to tell the mother. The boy works the information into his dream and then relays it to his mother.
Checking to see if that covers all the facts in the story ... yup.
~~Paul
The phone rings.
"Hello"
"Hi, is Linda there?"
"No she just stepped out for a second, may I ask who's calling?"
"Yes, this is Mrs. T"
"Oh Hi, Mrs. T. Well Linda stepped out and I have no idea when she'll get back. Can I take a message for her?"
"Well, yea. I mean I was just calling to let her know about Steve."
"Steve?"
"Yes, Steve her old boyfriend… you know the one that lost his ability to walk in that car accident."
"Steve, her old boyfriend the one who lost his ability to walk in that car accident? I'm not sure I know who that is"
"Well he was an old boyfriend of hers."
"Oh ok, well what message do you want me to pass along?"
"Well Steve passed away literally few moments ago."
"Oh goodness! I will let her know. That's very sad."
Perhaps Linda would have called Mrs. F, but found out from another friend first. I'm not sure where faulty memory comes in, but I note that proponents often hate to consider the possibility that memory is not perfect. I wonder why that is?Later the mother returns, the boy recounts his vision, the friend either forgets or leaves, and when the mother tries to call her mutual friends she manages to avoid calling the one friend who called to leave the message, and throw in a pinch of faulty memories on behalf of everyone (remember you can't have a good skeptic theory without a dash of conveniently faulty memory), bake for 10 minutes and voila you have a nice skeptic cake all made from scratch.
I can't get acquainted unless someone tells me. What did you have in mind?Also, as someone who has worked for a Children's cancer research hospital, I would advise you to get a little more acquainted with what a 7 year old boy dying of leukemia actually entails. Maybe then you'd have a little more appreciation for the absurdity of your theory.
Apparently it's easier to assume that a child can visit Heaven than it is to assume the incredibly mundane scenario I proposed.It's much easier to assume that this is just a tall tale that never even happened, then that your theory works.