RE: Jesus vs Muhammad 2
February 20, 2018 at 7:19 pm
(This post was last modified: February 20, 2018 at 7:20 pm by orthodox-man.)
(February 20, 2018 at 7:11 pm)Lutrinae Wrote:orthodox-man Wrote: However, if I ever find out NDEs are a product of the brain and not the soul, I would probably no longer believe.
If you search, there are plenty of scientific articles proclaiming that it is related to the brain rather than the nonexistent soul.
I know, but let me ask you this, I counted on many sites. I found about 160 accounts of Christians meeting Jesus, and this is what I found for Muslims:
one NDE where a woman sees the throne of God and it says "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Messenger" and one where a woman saw Jesus, Mary, Krishna, Buddha and Muhammad all. I haven't found any personal ones with Muhammad, and I asked NDE researchers. They told me that Jesus shows up in 13% of NDE accounts collected worldwide, and they are yet to come across one with Muhammad. Muslim researchers have a hard time explaining this. I could see Muslims having slightly less expectation to see Muhammad at the second of death, but the thing is, I wonder, if NDEs are fake, why does this tend to be the case? Do 160 compared to 0 give Christianity a clear edge over Islam in general?
(February 20, 2018 at 7:15 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:(February 20, 2018 at 7:07 pm)orthodox-man Wrote: So many people report they feel realer than real life.
Haven't you had a lover before? Things feel SO REAL when you are into them. But later on down the line... not so much. For reasons like this, I say strong feelings are no substitute for logic.
I'm sorry if you don't like my answer. It's the most honest thing I can say about it. FWIW, I don't want you to deny religion because I said so. It's best that you weigh the evidence yourself and come to your own conclusion on the matter. That being said, there is no reason why you can't take my statements about logic being better than strong feelings into account while you continue to examine the possible significance of NDEs.
Keep your mind open to all possibilities, theism, atheism, whatever... then decide on which is most reasonable. That's my meta-advice.
That's good advice, thanks. I just really wonder if the one aspect I am looking into gives one faith an edge over the other.
