tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post2985842879542230997..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: The Case For (and Against) Life After Death: Near Death ExperiencesLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-44356666227598436402017-10-31T07:23:21.253+00:002017-10-31T07:23:21.253+00:00If these NDEs are veridical, then how is it they d...If these NDEs are veridical, then how is it they differ so much? Read the link provided criticizing them. You will find the Hindus report their afterlife, and the same can be said for all world religions-even Cargo Cultists (I found that one especially amusing). Do we all go to different afterlives based on preexisting beliefs? If so, I guess that disbelief in an afterlife is a self-fulfilling prophecy to the disbeliever.mcc1789https://www.blogger.com/profile/14617311408171673829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-15323397322966849252014-05-07T16:34:03.785+01:002014-05-07T16:34:03.785+01:00" ... why isn't this movie entitled "..." ... why isn't this movie entitled "Heaven and Hell Are For Real"? Why don't the people who have had near-death experiences report going to Hell? Is the message here that Hell is not for real?"<br /><br />Hello,<br /><br />You ask two questions in the above quote, only the second of which I will address, and, in a somewhat broader context. [While bracketing any issue of the reality of either the report or supposed experience]<br /><br />But a pretty well known example comes from the "Ecclesiastical History of the English People" by Bede, circa 732 AD; and concerns the reported experience of a Northumbrian (same as Bede) family man by the name of Dryhthelm, about 40 years before. It's found in Book V Chapter 12, along with two somewhat similar stories of visions of hell just before death.<br /><br /><br />http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book5.asp<br /><br />" I began to think that this perhaps might be hell, of whose intolerable flames I had often heard talk. My guide, who went before me, answered to my thought, saying, 'Do not believe so, for this is not the hell you imagine.'..."DNWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-70226832341483223322014-04-21T20:26:03.214+01:002014-04-21T20:26:03.214+01:00I agree with DL. How can an impaired brain have hy...I agree with DL. How can an impaired brain have hyper-real experiences. I've found two good sources of info. the Skeptiko podcast and 35 Near-Death Experiences on kindle. It includes the Burpo story and some other kids as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-2229771447176178942014-04-21T17:28:38.558+01:002014-04-21T17:28:38.558+01:00A nice objectively written article. Some have tri...A nice objectively written article. Some have tried to dismiss them as some sort of brain hallucination, and yet the experiences do not seem to indicate the same guidelines for hallucinations. <br /><br />One of the things that has always puzzled me about NDEs is the clear fact that many of these experiences happen at a time when medicine (science) tells us the brain is unable to have a dream state much less have an ability to be cognizant of their physical surroundings. Some cases have been reported where the patient is able to recall information from the operating room where their eyes were taped shut for the surgery and clickers put in their ears as part of the procedure (brain surgery typically), and when the EEG was registering flat.<br /><br />Also interesting that not everyone has an NDE upon resuscitation, and that there seems to be no correlation between religious beliefs and whether one has an NDE.DL Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057354453714141838noreply@blogger.com