Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism

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Poll: Are NDEs potentially evidence for the existence of the soul? This poll is closed.
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No	88.89%	24	88.89%
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Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism

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RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism

November 20, 2011 at 8:04 pm (This post was last modified: November 20, 2011 at 8:04 pm by Justtristo.)

I voted no on the basis, that experiences very similar to NDE's have been showed to result from a cut off of oxygen to the brain. I remember some research which was done on people who were subjected to high g forces in centrifuges.

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Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 20, 2011 at 7:43 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Norfolk And Chance - November 20, 2011 at 7:53 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Justtristo - November 20, 2011 at 8:04 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Norfolk And Chance - November 20, 2011 at 8:17 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Minimalist - November 20, 2011 at 8:31 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by IATIA - November 20, 2011 at 9:22 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 20, 2011 at 9:52 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by padraic - November 20, 2011 at 10:40 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 12:28 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 12:55 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Ace Otana - November 21, 2011 at 6:34 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 1:28 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 1:39 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Minimalist - November 21, 2011 at 1:34 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 2:10 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 2:42 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Skeptical_Nurse - November 21, 2011 at 2:43 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Phaedra - November 21, 2011 at 3:05 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Skeptical_Nurse - November 21, 2011 at 2:39 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by IATIA - November 21, 2011 at 2:40 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 2:46 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Skeptical_Nurse - November 21, 2011 at 2:49 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 3:01 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Rayaan - November 21, 2011 at 3:09 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 4:35 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 4:45 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Rayaan - November 21, 2011 at 5:32 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 5:45 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Welsh cake - November 21, 2011 at 6:09 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Norfolk And Chance - November 21, 2011 at 6:14 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Norfolk And Chance - November 21, 2011 at 6:56 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 1:31 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Heather - November 21, 2011 at 2:07 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Norfolk And Chance - November 21, 2011 at 1:37 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 1:57 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 2:41 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Heather - November 21, 2011 at 3:28 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Erinome - November 21, 2011 at 3:00 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 3:03 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Cinjin - November 21, 2011 at 3:36 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 4:34 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 5:17 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 21, 2011 at 5:46 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by IATIA - November 22, 2011 at 12:52 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 1:06 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by IATIA - November 22, 2011 at 1:18 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 2:20 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 22, 2011 at 4:11 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 4:35 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 22, 2011 at 6:40 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by IATIA - November 22, 2011 at 8:12 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 21, 2011 at 5:49 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 21, 2011 at 9:05 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 22, 2011 at 4:46 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 5:00 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 22, 2011 at 5:19 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 5:30 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 22, 2011 at 5:39 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 5:44 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 22, 2011 at 7:10 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2011 at 9:56 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Milky Tea - November 22, 2011 at 1:57 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Willpower - November 22, 2011 at 3:48 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Welsh cake - November 22, 2011 at 4:35 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2011 at 7:20 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Milky Tea - November 22, 2011 at 7:53 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 22, 2011 at 9:31 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by AthiestAtheist - November 22, 2011 at 9:36 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 22, 2011 at 9:38 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Shell B - November 22, 2011 at 9:39 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 22, 2011 at 9:42 pm

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by The Grand Nudger - November 23, 2011 at 10:13 am

RE: Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), Souls, and Atheism - by Epimethean - November 23, 2011 at 11:28 am

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