Near death experiences?
 

Some have negative experiences such as of hell while some have positive such as of heaven. Thoughts?

Religious or ex religious people have these experiences.

I known an atheist woman who was dead and brought back to life. Her experience was like sleep.

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Check this one out. He calls upon Jesus.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlA0X...feature=fvwrel

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Yeah, I read were alot just describe a "nothingless" state.

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I knew a man who died on the operating table. He described floating above his body and looking down at himself on the table, and he began to feel flames licking at his feet and said he knew he was on his way to hell. This was at a time when he was attending our church.

That's all I recall of his story; I was a teenager when he told it during a testimony at our church so I don't remember any details beyond that. The man was a very gruff and quiet individual, not given to wild stories and tall tales. He was someone I would never imagine telling a lie or embellishing the truth. He has since passed away.

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My brother, who avowed himself to be atheist, claimed he died and saw nothingness.

However, after I questioned him more about it, he said he woke up and had a tube in his throat. He had epiglottitis, which is an inflammation of the epiglottis — the flap at the base of the tongue that keeps food from going into the trachea (windpipe). It swelled so large that it was unable to open to allow air into his windpipe when he inhaled. He ran out into the cold North Dakota air and that reduced the swelling enough to save his life.

Most likely what happened to him was that the medical team had to put an endotracheal tube in his windpipe to allow air passage. Most people fight very hard when they cannot breathe...or when someone is shoving a tube down your throat...so they had to sedate him in order to get it in. Of course there was nothingness for him. But he thought he died and the medical team brought him back.

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That's a scary testimony Pendragon. A thoughtful one too. He was attending church when this happened....

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The key is NEAR death experience. Not death experience. If they were dead they would be as sleeping.

Near death they get a glimpse of heaven or hell. At death they sleep. LOL.

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Some are saying its a memory thing. I guess like dreams can feel real.

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I read where culture comes into play. For example a buddist might have NDE relating to their relgion.