Letter from Roger B. Cook to editor discussing a counter argument to Dov Steinmetz's suggestion (1993) that Moses' burning bush revelation was a near-death experience.
Dying is considered by most people to be a gradual process.Charles II apologized for taking an unconscionable time over it, whereas he probably thought death itself would be instantaneous, like the snuff ing out of a candle.But death is also a process, which commonly starts with cardiac arrest.Some minutes elapse before stoppage of the circulation becomes lethal to the brain.The mind can remain...