Regarding poll:
I voted maybe mostly because I have deistic views and I don't rule out the possibility of an afterlife. That being said, I do think the great majority of NDEs are bull shit. Your mind is reacting to your body dying. Perhaps that's all Hell ever was. You were a horrible person and your last 10 minutes of life was "an eternity" in hell. In other words, your mind put yourself there because you knew were a real asshole in life and you your last breath was a horrible experience because you were a douche-bag. Many other people have very pleasant experiences. Many other people report nothing. The most obvious proof that near death experiences are bull shit is how different they all are and how curious it is that a christian goes to a christian "afterlife" and a muslim goes to a muslim "afterlife."
So are NDEs legit? Possible, but not likely.
I voted maybe mostly because I have deistic views and I don't rule out the possibility of an afterlife. That being said, I do think the great majority of NDEs are bull shit. Your mind is reacting to your body dying. Perhaps that's all Hell ever was. You were a horrible person and your last 10 minutes of life was "an eternity" in hell. In other words, your mind put yourself there because you knew were a real asshole in life and you your last breath was a horrible experience because you were a douche-bag. Many other people have very pleasant experiences. Many other people report nothing. The most obvious proof that near death experiences are bull shit is how different they all are and how curious it is that a christian goes to a christian "afterlife" and a muslim goes to a muslim "afterlife."
So are NDEs legit? Possible, but not likely.