[split] IF you deconverted in midlife, can you help?-NDE Discussion

[Angrboda]

Wait....

All I asked you for was a simple definition of 'resurrection' and instead of providing dictionary definitions like you did with 'death' you choose to filibuster?

From the exact same source you quoted from.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect

resurrect verb
Definition of resurrect

1 : to raise from the dead

Now my point to you was, your definition of death doesn't allow for resurrection "supernatural" or otherwise, because no matter what, a person could never be defined as dead if the condition was reversed.

Got it?

And I pointed out to you that your question was irrelevant for two reasons.

First, the word resurrection even if inconsistent with the medical, legal, and common usage definition of death doesn't change the meaning of what you said. You're free to argue with the dictionary all you like. The common usage of the terms death and brain death include the stipulation that the condition is irreversible. You can argue about the meaning of the word resurrection until the cows come home, it won't change that fact. It isn't 'my' definition, it is the accepted definition of English speakers, and is the operative definition here. Your complaint about the word resurrection doesn't change that. If you want to have a silly argument about the meaning of the term brain death, start a thread about it. We know what you meant by it, because of your earlier remark about absolutely zero brain functionality, and what you meant was to imply something that was factually incorrect.

And second, and more importantly, it was irrelevant because the issue was whether or not describing Pam Reynolds' state when she had her NDE as having absolutely zero brain functionality or being brain dead was grossly misleading and wrong. She wasn't anywhere close to either of those conditions. We know this because Reynolds' NDE includes a report about her surgical team discussing the insufficient size of her arteries, an event which occurred long before her brain was flatlined and while it was still fully supplied with blood and oxygen. So your description in her case was woefully distorted and wrong, and in other cases it's unclear how much brain functionality other veridical NDE experiencers had at the time of their NDE, but it's far from zero, so you are wrong in that as well. With people like Howard Storm, the answer to how much brain function they likely had is a lot. Surveys show that fully a third of people who have NDEs have them without being even remotely near death. As noted earlier, you're simply trying to misrepresent the facts with misleading and inaccurate language.

Got it?