Czarcasm, It was a while ago, but here is a link to a devout atheist’s NDE of being in Hell, and saved by Jesus:
http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/01-04/01-31-04/c04rg223.htm
After a quick search I was not able to find accounts of people of one faith meeting figures of another, unless you count atheism as a faith system.
The way you’ve told it, your personal “experience” was only a dream.
The near death experiencers represent all races of people. All ages. All nationalities. All religions. No religion. Atheists. Theists. Agnostics. Educated. Uneducated. Rich. Poor. Leaders. Homeless. And yes, even the criminals. Murderers, thiefs and such. Near death experiences happen to people, where they are, who there are, doesn’t matter.
Now the other question works like this. The experience must be passed through the belief filters of the individual experiencing it. I remember in one experience I had there was a seminar on “forgiveness.” The Light Being teaching the seminar I saw as Jesus, but others among the students taking the seminar saw the Light Being as Mohammed, Allah, Shiva, Elohim, Jehovah or whatever they had been taught. When you have a near death experience you bring your beliefs with you into the experience which makes each experience unique, but much the same.
Most people don’t.
Did you get these ideas from some source we get look up, or did you make up this religion yourself?
St. Jude again.
Are you trolling?
Would you mind telling us which MD diagnosed that you almost died when you dreamed you had an NDE?
Czarcasm though I don’t have much time now to read this one in depth, here is a link to a study (or apparent study) of NDE and religious (and athiestistic) people and the effects.
There are many near death experiencers that were atheists, but are now spiritual. There are also many religious experiencers that were converted to just being spiritual. The teachings of the experience are love one another.
I remember a story told by an experiencer’s wife. She said her husband was a regular church-goer, and after he recovered from his heart attack and a near death experience he went back to church. He listened to the pastor for awhile and then with tears running down his cheeks said “the preacher doesn’t understand”, he then got up and left, never to go to church again.
Near death experiences are not looked upon favorable by either religion or science. Love is everything.
The only thing the numbers look at is shifts in beliefs, and somehow the writer tries to make this into ‘NDEs are real and spiritual’.
They weren’t actually doing a study to gain knowledge, they were just trying to reinforce their own beliefs with numbers, even though the numbers had nothing to do with whath they were trying to ‘prove’. Just like every other one we’ve seen.
It has been my experience that few preachers/pastures talk about spiritual matters, I’m not totally sure why, but some do understand.
I will have to agree, don’t know what they are doing, but think they are trying to quantify emotions or changed lives. It is true experiencers do change lives after their experiences.
lekatt, I’m curious of what you opinion is on those who have NDE/OBE’s of revelations of Hell?
You will not accuse other posters of trolling in this Forum.
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What difference will that make? Is there a certain kind of doctor in your opinion qualified to make a calling in this area?. What kind of “hard evidence” are you expecting of an NDE or an OBE ? A rock from the other side? Overmore, I don’t know what kind evidence can be given at all. It’s a mans word. Either you can take it or you can’t. You can say it’s a dream or a delusion or whatever but only a man knows what’s in his heart. That’s why men fight and die and rob and steal and commit every manner of good and evil under the sun. Well it’s about faith anyway. I’ll go lay down by my bowl now.
I didn’t accuse anyone of trolling, just asked a question.
In this context, as you well know, they are the same.
I’m holding off regarding your St. Jude insults at the moment, but that sort of back door insult is not going to give me any reason to think that other insults are not deliberate.
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Sure, I have talked to some of those people who have had negative experiences, monsters, devils, demons, and hellish. They have said the experience changed their lives in the same way a positive experience does. Made them more aware of God’s love and caring for them.
Another thing I noticed was most of them were fundamental Christians, or had tried to commit suicide, and were very afraid of going to hell. A couple of them had overdosed on drugs. And a couple of them were Christian ministers. So, it seems to me that fear, and doing something they knew was wrong had an influence. But the good thing was they all learned something from the experience.
If you wish to know what I think of hell and heaven, I believe them to be constructions of the mind, along with other monsters, and demons. I don’t believe God sends anyone to be punished in hell. But I do think if they believe they are going to hell, they will find their way into a kind of void where others will help them to understand how not to be there. I know the thing that makes most people mad is that bad people are not punished. But their mistakes are pointed out in a life review and they are given the chance to correct them.
They are not the same. A question is a question and an accusation is an accusation. St. Jude is not an insult, He is the patron saint of lost causes which you well know. I made this post after being asked the same question time after time by you know who. Nothing said to him, of course.
Look Tom why don’t you moderators just kick me off the board instead of harrassing me all the time.