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In reply to the discussion: Ex-FBI Employee Claims She Saw Angels at Flight 93 [View all]Brickbat
(19,339 posts)2. "But what she's questioning in her book is why she was allowed to see them."
To make a lot of money.
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Very few first-time authors make a lot of money, but very few first-time authors get picked up by
Brickbat
Jul 2012
#17
I have recurring dreams kind of like that - I'm faced with some kind of frustrating dilemma
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#21
Ever have a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid...
bluesbassman
Jul 2012
#61
Obviously you have never been trained in clinical psychology or the management of PTSD
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#34
Most Americans don't respond to rational explanations anyway. We're magic thinkers. nt
valerief
Jul 2012
#39
Why do we always hear with any woman in the news that she's a "grandmother" or how many kids she has
ehrnst
Jul 2012
#7
true multi-level delusional blathering, as well as grannie Leonardi shilling for her book
stockholmer
Jul 2012
#8
Spirituality is considered OK if you are crying over a dead tree, or about a rocket hitting the Moon
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#24
Have you actually read her book, or are you judging it as "nonsense" based on something else?
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#29
I happen to be a hyper-rationalist and I agree that there are no actual angels. I also have a degree
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#32
there is no question that in certain circumstances people perceive a lot of things to be real
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2012
#37
Religious-themed epiphanies are not unusual when people are healing from mental trauma. Read this...
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#40
Thanks, and glad to be of help. My up-close experience with a BPD victim in melt-down taught me...
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#58
It's kind of, uh, interesting that you are attempting to attribute logical constructs like "reason"
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#56
Idiot Americans are more likely to believe this garbage than MIHOP or LIHOP
whatchamacallit
Jul 2012
#52
Whatever she saw & whatever its significance, media can easily use it as salve for
patrice
Jul 2012
#66
...Or maybe it's just a book that someone wrote about her experiences with PTSD.
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#68
I thought that is what I was saying. It could be that and it could get used too. Possible? or Not?
patrice
Jul 2012
#70
Given some of the bizarre responses in this thread, I'm sure anything is possible
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#72