Evidence of NDEs

[Angrboda]

Where did the idea of an afterlife originally come from? It's curious to note that elements of NDEs resemble our expectations of the afterlife. When combined with the fact that 1/3 of all NDEs occur in situations not even remotely related to death, one has to wonder if NDEs themselves are the source of our imagery about the afterlife. Surely people have been having NDEs for as long as there have been people if 1/3 don't require any near death experience. So it's possible that NDEs are both the source for our ideas about the afterlife, and the evidence for it. It would be simply a circular proof then.