Some years ago, I read "Life After Life" by [I think] Raymond Moody. Probably still have that book around someplace, but not going looking for it now.
In his studies of near-death experiences, one factor Moody noted was the "commonality" of the experiences among the accounts that were relayed to him. This made little difference in _which_ religion the person having the near-death experience believed. It made little difference in the "depth" of the person's faith (i.e., "deeply-religious" vs. "mildly religious"). There was also little difference between those who had religious beliefs, and those who had no religious beliefs at all.
Regardless of the religious or cultural background from which they came, Moody wrote that individuals, in the first moments "after death", all traveled a remarkably "common path".
I would find it easy to reject the significance of near-death experiences, _IF NOT_ for the strange similarity of the recollections.
If the subject interests you, it's probably worth your while to read Moody's book. It's probably still available in paperback.
- John
We must remember it is "here on earth" where we divide ourselves re: religious beliefs, but in the afterlife there are no such divisions.
Our bodies die and our souls live on in another dimension "whatever" we choose to call it.
IMO.