(January 29, 2016 at 4:38 pm)scoobysnack Wrote:(January 29, 2016 at 10:56 am)Aoi Magi Wrote:
Quote: If you want you can read countless near death experiences from different religions, cultures, gays, atheists etc. I posted this one because it was one of the more complete ones. The more you read about them, you start to see the patterns, and get the bigger picture. This website has a lot to check out if you wanted to read about other cultures:
(I only wanted to quote the one line! I'm still having trouble getting this quote feature mastered!)
I read about them plenty when I was struggling to maintain some semblance of belief in a deity. I even attended a class on OBE's. But at the end of my searching, I found that I had to relegate these things to the same place the concept of god was going: highly improbable. (Actually, with OBE's, the lack of any real confirmation of success came pretty quickly. I mean, there are folks who claim that they can travel out of their bodies to wherever they want, at will. That's very easily test-able.)
So no, thank you. I accept the medical reasons why people would have similar "dreams" when the neurotransmitters in their brains are shutting down. Apparently with some people these dreams take on a religious significance (depending upon the religion of their parents) and have a psychological impact. I don't accept these stories as proof that an afterlife exists.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein