Quote:I don't think science will ever answer that question. Why does the universe exist?< This question is impossible to answer through science.
It is a loaded question, so invalid anyway. The questioner assumes there is a reason for the universe existing.
Quote:Actually, we do have other sources. It's universal among historians(Christians and non-Christians) that Jesus was crucified by the order of Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate, as predicted in the Bible. How do you debunk that?
I've seen no good evidence to suggest that Jesus (or Christus/Chrestus as he would have been known to the Romans) ever existed, let alone was crucified at the cross. The Josephus reference was likely inserted at a later date (By Eusebius, but Minimalist can tell you a lot more about how little evidence there is for the existence of Jesus).
Quote:What is some people are honestly telling the truth? Out of millions of cases at least a few of them would be telling the truth. It isn't a small sample, it's a whole lot of people. A whole lot of people saying the same thing.
Some prominent atheists have has NDEs and changed their minds about the afterlife.
As for your last point, many of them end up in the hospital and your point really isn't any hard evidence anyways.
One question,
Do you wish there was an afterlife?
There is no reason to suggest any of them are telling the truth. I'm just going to say they're all bullshit until proven otherwise.
To answer your question, I don't give a shit if there's an afterlife or not. I doubt there is, however.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien