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Near death experiences

slipknot0129

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Near death experiences take my fear of death away. They show that there is more to life. Life continues on. It's nothing but love on the other side.
 
slipknot0129 said:
Near death experiences take my fear of death away. They show that there is more to life. Life continues on. It's nothing but love on the other side.
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No, what it shows is what happens when your brain is deprived of oxygen, and contradict the theory of the soul. If anything you should be more afraid.
 
slipknot0129 said:
It's more than simply something happening in your brain.
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Why should we believe anything you assert without evidence, particularly as you have a proven track record as a liar?

slipknot0129 said:
I'm a theist.
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slipknot0129 said:
why do most people think there has to be a god for there to be a afterlife. im a atheist that knows from experience that theres a afterlife. atheism is only the disbelief of there not being a invisible man in the sky. so you can believe there is a afterlife and still be a atheist. i got everything i need to exist forever.its hard to mixed the physical world with the spiritual world.
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slipknot0129 said:
It's more than simply something happening in your brain.
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You have no evidence for this claim.

- We know that depriving brains of oxygen produces exactly these symtoms (having the impression of floating above your body, tunnel vision, lights, etc.)
- People of different religions or beliefs see different things, so you can't use those who agree with you as evidence that your belief is correct.
 
slipknot0129 said:
Near death experiences take my fear of death away. They show that there is more to life. Life continues on. It's nothing but love on the other side.
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How do you provide yourself a near death experience when you get fear of death? Just curious :D

ETA: ninja'd by RoboTimbo, in a way
 
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Argumemnon said:
To be fair to Slip, I think that "atheist" was a typo following the other "a".
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For a start he hasn't said this. Secondly, the next sentence goes on to say "invisible man in the sky" which backs up the atheist claim, I reckon. I will of course withdraw my claim in light of any evidence to the contrary.
 
Hokulele said:
If random assertions help you sleep at night, yay?
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Yep. Not being anxious or depressed does more for your wellbeing than being right.
Doesn't mean the things one tells oneself to sleep at night necessarily hold up under scrutiny though.

Believe in anything you want, but don't expect others to take your word for it.
 
slipknot0129 said:
Near death experiences take my fear of death away. They show that there is more to life. Life continues on. It's nothing but love on the other side.
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The key about "near-death" experiences is that people who experience them and live to tell of it have never died. They are not near-death experiences at all- they are near-unconcious experiences. Which create certain memories due to the physical effects on brain function of oxygen deprivation, etc.

At best "near-death" experiences might lessen your fear of dying, not of death. It is likely that if one falls into unconsciousness before dying one will have these illusions. But as to showing that life continues on after death (an odd phrasing, yes?)- absolute crap. That would require documentation that someone who had actually died (fully died, as in the Monty Python parrot sketch), and came back, could tell tales of "the other side."
 
Giordano said:
The key about "near-death" experiences is that people who experience them and live to tell of it have never died. They are not near-death experiences at all- they are near-unconcious experiences. Which create certain memories due to the physical effects on brain function of oxygen deprivation, etc.

At best "near-death" experiences might lessen your fear of dying, not of death. It is likely that if one falls into unconsciousness before dying one will have these illusions. But as to showing that life continues on after death (an odd phrasing, yes?)- absolute crap. That would require documentation that someone who had actually died (fully died, as in the Monty Python parrot sketch), and came back, could tell tales of "the other side."
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It's proof that the afterlife exists.
 
JayUtah said:
How so? None of the NDE participants actually died. They can provide no useful information about what might occur after death.
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If nothing happened after death, then people wouldn't be having near death experiences.
 
slipknot0129 said:
If nothing happened after death, then people wouldn't be having near death experiences.
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Again, this is illogical.

NEAR-DEATH means you are not dead yet. You're still alive. Experiences occuring while you're alive aren't evidence of life after death per se. Otherwise eating a sandwich would be evidence of the afterlife.
 
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