If NDEs are proof of an afterlife...?

Question

Then why is the lack of an NDE in the vast majority of people who recover from near death not proof of the lack of an afterlife?

...for those who believe NDEs are more than just brain malfunction

NDE = Near Death Experience

Answer 1

I am really conflicted about NDE's. Some Christians believe the whole tunnel of light thing is a deception by the devil, and others believe they spoke with Jesus. I had an OBE one time and I have heard opinions ranging from "you had a reaction to your prescription" to "far out that's awesome you must have such faith now" but nothing really major happened, I just couldn't bring my body with me to the bathroom! At one point it became frustrating. I didn't see the silver cord or a tunnel or any of that, but I don't think it disproves their existance. Maybe I just wasn't spiritually developed enough or something, maybe they weren't either, maybe Satan got fought off by my guardian angels, who knows? Here is a link to my current fave NDE site: http://www.near-death.com/index.html
Maybe that will help you out.

Answer 2

Please -- you know the answer to this. I have never seen a white crow. I may go through my entire life without seeing a white crow. The vast majority of people go through life without ever seeing a white crow. Is that proof that there are no white crows? On the other hand, if I see one white crow, that *is* proof that there is at least one white crow.

There are many possible reasons why only certain people have (or can recall) NDEs. The issue is extraordinarily complex, and its resolution is not helped by the unscientific and a priori rejection of the hypothesis of the possibility of extrasomatic experience. You allegedly scientific types who exhibit this kind of rank dogmatism really make me scratch my head. Science looks at the data and draws conclusions from them. It doesn't decide beforehand what's "possible."

Answer 3

What are NDEs?

I wish I knew so that I could better answer your question, but I believe that there is no way to tell if there is or if there is not an afterlife: when you die, you die. You can't tell anyone about it.

The only exception is of course, near death, those who are revived from the dead, and those raised from the dead. I wonder what they experienced?

Answer 4

You only get what you are allowed. Sometimes people aren't ready for the responsibility that a fully developed NDE usually brings with it - so they aren't allowed to remember what they have seen. My father had one, but I'm waiting for him to recover sufficiently to write it out on his own.

Answer 5

I was sleeping one night, and I felt something touch me. The next morning there was a quarter under my pillow where my tooth had been. Guess it was a near tooth fairy experience. That must be proof of the tooth fairy. I had a similar encounter with others, like Santa.

Answer 6

Well, as anyone who understand logic knows, lack of evidence of something is not proof that it doesn't exist. On the otherhand...documented cases of evidence for it are pretty strong indicators that there is something going on after the body "dies".