Can YOU still be a firm atheist after watching these?

[LastPoet]

Or maybe I'm just an open-minded agnostic?

Oh, be carefull opening your mind so much your brain falls off
Are your life so empty that you need to bask in the prospect of a fantasy world just to feel warm and fuzzy? Reality is much more interesting! Have you delighted yourself with a physics book, or gazing at the stars even with some binoculars? Perhaps understanding the intricancies of chemistry. Its easy to imagine a fantasy, what is hard is looking at misteries and work in them with critical thinking.

Is that really this difficult to grasp? >.<

You may not know this, but you aren't the first person that joined this forum claiming to be an atheist, just to magically convert a few days later. Its not the beliefs you have that are hard to grasp, but why would you lie.

And erm... I thought Corinthians and Mark were both written within 100 years of his death?

I think Minimalist know more about this than me. I'm not that specialized in history, so wait for his answer.

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I watched some vids about DMT too and I must say it's amazing stuff and I think goes a long way to explaining at least the 4 minute NDEs. But what about people who come back after longer periods of being "dead"?

And man I really wanna take DMT lol

In some ways it's kinda sad though.. it seems to be able to trick you into thinking you're seeing the afterlife >.<

I'm sure people who actually die have DMT trips first too. Wow, how scary...

The illusion of an afterlife and then you die? That doesn't sound good >.<

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Drugs alter brain chemistry and can produce vivid experiences to its users, but that's it, just chemically induced sensations and thoughts. Our brains are fallible and easily tricked, that's why we have the scientific method, that is comprised of toold to objectively assess what is true to all of us and what is part of subjective experiences. If you look at the scientific papers on drugs, none speak of the personal effects (if you allucinate about god or an afterlife), the just tell you you suffer allucinations, along with the effects on other organs. Trying a drug to analise its experience is futile, you'd be better off reading literature about the brain.