Talk:Near-death experience
"The relative similarities of NDE accounts imply a biological origin." – Why would that be? Note that I'm not questioning the likelihood of a biological origin, it's just the implication "similarity => biological origin" that I don't get. This is logically equivalent to stating that in order to be of non-biological origin, the experiences would have to be relatively diverse. Why? --I'm bored (talk) 19:46, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
- one study I read back in the late 1970's said that the experiances of many people seemed to fit a pattern of searching past experiance for an answer and reaching a memory of birth. Apparently the brain only reads memories forward , so you would expect segements of past events ('my life flashed before my eyes') and the birth experiance fits with 'I passed into a bright tunnel with a light at the end of it, and a welcoming presence'. If it was a true religeous (spiritual) thing then either many religions got it wrong or you dont experiance the expected thing when you are dying. Some stories though do include angels, dead relatives or friends, God himself, spirit animals etc. so perhaps there is a differnce in pre-death vs actual death and actual death dont come back to tell Hamster (talk) 20:44, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
Near-death, distorted Paul Zachary Myers on the NDE Proxima Centauri (talk) 10:05, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
[edit] Hindu actually saw heaven!
Hindu sees God in heaven!
Former Muslims warning America about Sharia
So, you claim different cultures would have different Near Death Experiences... However, notice how a Hindu and many former Muslims saw heaven/hell! Even a Buddhist Monk saw Buddha in hell! Can you explain this? Because they're from cultures where Christianity isn't common!--GoodFight310 (talk) 17:56, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- These are searches not pages. Google doesn't return the same results for everyone, FYI. Ikanreed (talk) 18:01, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- Different cultures had similar dragon mythology without any communication or similarities. I guess dragons are real too. Trick (talk) 18:11, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think that a more parsimonious explanation would be the existence of the British Empire and Christian missionaries. Not to mention that the reports may not be necessarily accurate.--ZooGuard (talk) 18:16, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- I heard once about a Star Trek fan who was really into the mythos and who saw a Star Trek version of heaven in a near death experience. Can't seem to find a ref on it now though.--Bob"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that." 22:12, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- I think that a more parsimonious explanation would be the existence of the British Empire and Christian missionaries. Not to mention that the reports may not be necessarily accurate.--ZooGuard (talk) 18:16, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
- Different cultures had similar dragon mythology without any communication or similarities. I guess dragons are real too. Trick (talk) 18:11, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
[edit] A pastor
In Nov 2001, One Pastor, Daniel Ekechukwu, Nigeria died in car accident. His dead body came back to life, during Prayer Meeting of Pastor Bonke. After coming back to life he narrated his experience. He said, angels took him to heaven and hell. Every activity of him was recorded. The misappropriation what he did with Church Money also was recorded against him. Lord told, 'I give a chance to go back to the earth,that was refused to the rich man. This episode also you can watch in youtube.— Unsigned, by: 174.25.48.75 / talk 09:11, 29 March 2015
- Of course he did - and I'm pretty sure he also had an uncle who is the ex-President and would like to send you a million dollars if you just advance him a paltry $10,000 to get it... ScepticWombat (talk) 10:13, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- Well, that story has completely convinced me. What sensible person could have any doubts about story like that?--Bob"I think you'll find it's more complicated than that." 10:43, 29 March 2015 (UTC)