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Do you know of anybody that has been raised from the dead? If so, do they talk about what they have experienced?
Btw: I know somebody that was dead and was brought back to life. Everything that she relates is identical to that which the Bible teaches about the afterlife. I was just interested to know if an atheist has ever been raised from the dead.
28 Jun 05
Originally posted by dj2beckerHow are you defining death? I'd say it's the irreversible cessation of bodily functions, eg if the cells in the brainstem have mostly killed themselves off. By that definition no-one can be raised from the dead. But if you use a weaker definition, like the heart stopping or long-term coma, loads of people have come back from 'death'.
Do you know of anybody that has been raised from the dead? If so, do they talk about what they have experienced?
Btw: I know somebody that was dead and was brought back to life. Everything that she relates is identical to that which the Bible teaches about the afterlife. I was just interested to know if an atheist has ever been raised from the dead.
28 Jun 05
Originally posted by Acolyteexcept Elvis ,,,, no
How are you defining death? I'd say it's the irreversible cessation of bodily functions, eg if the cells in the brainstem have mostly killed themselves off. By that definition no-one can be raised from the dead. But if you use a weaker definition, like the heart stopping or long-term coma, loads of people have come back from 'death'.
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Originally posted by AcolyteOK. I would be refering to a near death experience.
How are you defining death? I'd say it's the irreversible cessation of bodily functions, eg if the cells in the brainstem have mostly killed themselves off. By that definition no-one can be raised from the dead. But if you use a weaker definition, like the heart stopping or long-term coma, loads of people have come back from 'death'.
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Originally posted by no1marauderSo one person claims something and its true. But if thousands claim something different then they are false🙄
http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=23733
Seems that different cultures experience their near-death experiences in light of that culture's beliefs in the hereafter.
28 Jun 05
Originally posted by dj2beckerHow stupid are you? The article cited in the other thread stated it was a common experience in Tibet to have "near death" experiences which were consistent with their religious beliefs. And people in the West have near death experiences consistent with what they have been taught will happen to them when they die. How hard is that to understand? It is surely "true" that people have "near death" experiences and "see" things that are consistent with what they were taught about the afterlife. That doesn't mean what they "see" has any existence outside their own minds be they Tibetans or Christians or Vikings.
So one person claims something and its true. But if thousands claim something different then they are false🙄
28 Jun 05
Originally posted by no1marauderWho'd-a-thunk it? Decades of indoctrination and imagery coming back on someone as their brain is going into hypoxia? Say it ain't so, Joe!
Seems that different cultures experience their near-death experiences in light of that culture's beliefs in the hereafter.
28 Jun 05
Originally posted by David CNot arrogance Dave. Just tender Christian pity for you filty, no-good soul. It's not that he thinks less of you. It's just that it breaks his heart how such a precious child of God can be so deceived by the devil that he is as confused and shallow as you. So don't be a scum of the earth and misread the true compassionate heart of Christ for sanctimonious judgement.
Quite the display of arrogance. Isn't that some type of christian no-no?
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Originally posted by dj2beckerYou aren't dead in a near death experience. You're still alive. Last time I checked you had to die to be brought back to life.
God revives you. Else it would not have been a near-death but a certain death experience.
edit: Gah! Xanthos beat me to it.