Every atheist I've ever really known can be put into one of two categories.
1. Person who does not believe for rational reasons.
2. Person who does not believe for emotional reasons.
The first part of this NDE testimony describes an individual who fits into category #2.
People who are driven by their emotions really all go in the same category, whether they wear the label of theist, atheist, anti-theist, etc. Their methodology for determining what is most probable is not based on evidence or rational thought, but on emotion and subjective experience. That's why I don't find the testimony of Christians who were saved from atheism very compelling, and ultimately why I'm not persuaded by Howard Storm's experience.
1. Person who does not believe for rational reasons.
2. Person who does not believe for emotional reasons.
The first part of this NDE testimony describes an individual who fits into category #2.
People who are driven by their emotions really all go in the same category, whether they wear the label of theist, atheist, anti-theist, etc. Their methodology for determining what is most probable is not based on evidence or rational thought, but on emotion and subjective experience. That's why I don't find the testimony of Christians who were saved from atheism very compelling, and ultimately why I'm not persuaded by Howard Storm's experience.