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NDE's do seem to indicate life after death.
However, no amount of proof will convince some people that there is life after death...they will discount the NDE experience as merely a scientific phenomena of "oxygen deprivation of a dying brain", or similiar excuse...therefore it is "just imagination"...not a real experience. (And therefore not proof of life after death) This, despite accounts of people who have had experiences of wandering MILES away from where their body lay during the NDE, and being able to describe, in great detail, what they saw and heard at those remote locations. (and what afterwords were confirmed to be factual)
NDE's and the Bible: when the Apostle Paul (and others...John?) had visions, where they didn't know if they were "in the body, or not"....could some of these have been NDE experiences...?
People who have had NDE's almost universally say the experience changed their lives forever. (usually for the better)
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I don't believe in near death experience because the bible doesn't support it..
So Lazarus or all the others Jesus raised had NO stories what their experience on the other side? Just because it is recorded in the Bible doesn't mean they didn't clearly remember what happened outside the physical realm
So Lazarus or all the others Jesus raised had NO stories what their experience on the other side? Just because it is recorded in the Bible doesn't mean they didn't clearly remember what happened outside the physical realm
Those weren't near death experiences, not to mention when they did come back, why weren't they allowed to tell us what they saw and ALL these people who claim to have gone to hell and heaven were allowed to tell us EVERYTHING. Don't you find that a bit strange? and how does that help my walk with the Lord, are we saying the descriptions God provided provided is not sufficient? What can they tell me different from what the bible hasn't already told us?
If the bible doesn't support it then we shouldn't either. It is irresponsible and dangerous theology to fill in the gaps, if God wanted us to know then He would have provided it for us in the bible
Under some circumstances, people do see very strange stuff-- that is a known. For instance, people who take LSD or other psychodelic drugs see all sorts of interesting things. Are we, then, going to conclude that pink elephants exist based on what those who went on acid trips tell us?
I'm afraid afterlife cannot be proven or disproven in principle.
I'm not Christian so feel free to delete, moderators...
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