RE: Question about the whole NDE concept and Dr. Jeffrey Long
November 17, 2016 at 1:52 am
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2016 at 1:56 am by Alex K.)
Welcome Violeta! Have you done an intro thread yet?
The fact that they are similar regardless of culture (if indeed they are and the claim is reliable) is most easily and obviously explained by the fact that we are all the same species with roughly the same physiology I don't understand why it should be surprising that we experience similar phenomena in similar conditions.
I am willing to bet that Mr. Long has not convincingly debunked that NDEs are hallucinations in the widest sense. Can you give a short summary of his argument concerning this point so we have something to discuss?
That "hallucinations cannot feel that real" is just an arbitrary assertion. When the brain is under extreme conditions, all kinds of things can happen that you don't know in normal day to day life. The NDE is very different from a normal hallucination too in that the experience is likely not in real time but constructed after the fact, only seemingly spanning the period of time when the brain was down, because its internal clock assigning a relative time to experiences is not working properly.
The fact that they are similar regardless of culture (if indeed they are and the claim is reliable) is most easily and obviously explained by the fact that we are all the same species with roughly the same physiology I don't understand why it should be surprising that we experience similar phenomena in similar conditions.
I am willing to bet that Mr. Long has not convincingly debunked that NDEs are hallucinations in the widest sense. Can you give a short summary of his argument concerning this point so we have something to discuss?
That "hallucinations cannot feel that real" is just an arbitrary assertion. When the brain is under extreme conditions, all kinds of things can happen that you don't know in normal day to day life. The NDE is very different from a normal hallucination too in that the experience is likely not in real time but constructed after the fact, only seemingly spanning the period of time when the brain was down, because its internal clock assigning a relative time to experiences is not working properly.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
