Being 'absolutely sure' that you had an OOB event is a different claim than being sure you had a naked lap-dance
I dunno, Bill. In some instances...relative to the viewpoint of the observer... the similarities may outweigh the differences. :D
just because far fewer folks claim to have had a direct experience with God, doesn't make the claim more or less credible than NDEs or OOBs...maybe God is just capricious and has a wicked sense of humor!
There goes peer review, I guess. The old "consensus of agreement" principle was pretty leaky anyway, but I am not sure what we're going to replace it with...As for capricious Deities, I think we all have a little capricious Deity in us...