I seldom argue about religious beliefs--my own or those of others--because it's a personal thing to people. 'For instance' is not proof. And maybe therein is the beauty: I don't need proof for my beliefs. That may make me short-sighted in the view of some folks, but that doesn't matter to me.

I was nine when I died on an operating table. My recollection is of a bright, pure-white light, and of traveling along the light very, very fast. I felt a 'presence' or 'nearness' to something. I don't know what it was, but I felt it was good. My mother determined later with the doctor that I had been given too much gas, and the crew doing the operation worked real hard to get me back here. Truthfully, I was happy where I was, where ever THAT was.

Anecdotes don't prove anything to anyone. But then, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone. It happened, and I know it. That works for me.