[quote]Hmmm? Try going to any hospital or nurse ward some time. Ask the nurses about near death experiences. Most will tell you about near death experiences by patients. There are numerous books on the subject-by psychologists, doctors, etc. Ever read one?
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You are referring to the Apocryhal books? Lets take a look at the definition of Apocrypha: -
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Greek, apokryphos. from the Greek krypto, the secret or hidden. Protestant Religion: those religious writings deemed by Protestants as non-canonical, and called concealed or hidden because their origin was often unknown, or their authority and authorship was spurious or doubtful. Because of their obscure and dubious origin, they are ordinarily rejected as inspired, authentic or authoritative. Roman Catholic: The additional 15 books in Roman catholic Bibles which they call deuterocanonical, but which were rejected as canonical by the early Church, and by Protestants. Non-Religious In some circles Apocryphal has come to mean any books or writings which are (or have been), rarely seen, hidden, obscure, mysterious, or secretive.
These books were not part of the Masoretic text, and as they are obscure and their authorship is dubious and were added to the Hebrew text (originally they weren't in the Bible, but the Roman Catholic church added it, however the historical Christian religion growing from it understood that they were non-canonical) that Jews considered canonical, they were not used. They were not used because although they were deutoroconical books, it was the Jews to which the Old Testament was entrusted, (Rom 3:1-2, Rom 9:4), and the Jews did not use the Apocryhal texts. We see Jews using the exact same old testament as Protestants use today. Since they were never considered God inspired in the first place, but only included as they were considered useful. In almost all translations of the Apocryha used in those days, basically all made clear mention that it was not canonical.