All that writing and I was expecting something about Doctor Who.
“He now perceives religion as something that should unite all people and firmly believes that, if it doesn’t, it should be “discarded.””
That is man-centric thinking. The first test of a religion IMO is whether it is man-centric or God-centric.
...says the experience was like Plato’s world of ideals...
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Well that certainly beats Jimbo’s World of Carpets.
But...he didn’t even die.
It’s not afterlife. It was a special kind of dream recorded in his brain. Which is also the case with all who have had any kind of ‘afterlife’ experience.
“was like Plato’s world of ideals”
Ah, no Democrats! I’m looking forward to being greeted at the Pearly Gates.
So which Doctor Who are we talking about?
after catching an acute bacterial infection that had a severe neurological impact on his brain.
Your 33 day journey into the heart of consciousness.
On his homepage is a blurb from November 16, 2021:
Today, I celebrate the 13th anniversary of the day I emerged from a weeklong coma due to bacterial meningitis November 16, 2008, my re-birthday.
With assisted suicide becoming more accessible and more mainstream, anyone - especially a doctor - trying to sell an afterlife, should be regarded with at least some skepticism.
A (long) Esquire article on Dr. Alexander From 2013:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a23248/the-prophet/
Before Proof of Heaven made Dr. Eben Alexander rich and famous as a "man of science" who'd experienced the afterlife, he was something else: a neurosurgeon with a troubled history and a man in need of reinvention
I am God, there is no other.
Deuteronomy 4:35 (paraphrase)
No one has ever come back from the grave to speak of Heaven.
This is true with one exception. His name is Jesus Christ.
No one has ever come back from the grave to speak of Heaven.
This is true with one exception. His name is Jesus Christ.
This guys a fake. I know him.
Was with him the first time he told his story.
He had an ego rescue as his illness kept him from appearing before the Virginia Medical Licensing Disciplinary Board for altering medical records to cover up his malpractice. He operated on the wrong vertebrae in a patient’s back.
Bottom line, though there are things that can prove out-of-body experiences (like hovering over ones' body and describing things you otherwise cannot know about--like people coming in and out of the room that you cannot be aware of), there is something not quite genuine about these experiences. There may be something paranormal going on but the tunnels of light and meetings with old granddad left me not quite convinced of the ultimate veracity of such stories.
I'm not saying that people didn't have out-of-body experiences. What I am saying is that it is quite likely that what was learned during these out-of-body experiences isn't accurate. And if these people entered a so-called "spirit realm," there's no reason to believe the spirits they met were telling them the truth.
As an aside, non-believing and New Age practitioners come back believing in something like the "Higher Power" of AA or New Age religion.
Some Christians meet Jesus. Some meet family members.
It's all beautiful but different...and it just doesn't feel quite right.
If you look at a large number of these experiences, there is a lack of symmetry to the entire data set.
I’m pretty convinced that none of these near-death experiences have anything to do with Heaven or hell. They are the persons mind working through some things, but almost 100% of it is not to be taken seriously. Case in point.
So he experienced vivid dreams.
Dude they call it a dream. Geez
“In his words, “It was kind of like Plato’s world of ideals,” adding “It was a world of perfection.”
Obviously there were no democrats wherever it was his mind went.
A: Because reporting such would validate Christianity, which the demonic media can never allow.