But is that all about? NDE experiencers suggest there's more than just that. Perception that continues to exist and able to perceive upon clinical death and gave an accurate account which is impossible and unexplainable by current understanding of science. Does this tell us we are more than just a physical body and that there's truth about a Spirit and God whom we thought since they are invisible to us they don't exist?
2006-08-30 21:19:08 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible calls them "FOOLS."
2006-08-30 22:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by deed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, atheists' arguments use empirical data which seems to point to a conspicuous lack of the divine in the physical world. They can neither prove nor disprove their point, in the same way that believers can neither definitively prove nor disprove the existence of what they believe in.
Hard-line believers in science and the absence of any godly entity may say that NDE's are physiological mechanisms for which we don't quite have an understanding - synapses firing, brain function on the fritz, etc. And it's because of our limited scientific knowledge that these phenomena seem impossible.
Those who are more inclined to spirituality and faith might respond by saying that no, NDE's clearly counterindicate the conviction that science can suitably explain all - that all these experiences strongly reflect the presence of a divinity.
They may argue until they're blue in the face but it won't end in a satisfactory conclusion.
2006-08-31 04:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by soymilk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist. I don't believe in God.
An atheist is defined in two senses: Someone who says he believes there is no God, and someone who simply lacks belief in God. An atheist cannot say he knows there is no God, because he would have to know all things in order to know if there is or isn't a God. If he says he believes there is no God, ask him why he believes that way, and begin there. If he says he lacks belief in God, then ask what he does believe in, and start there. I always get around to the question of, "How did we get here?" Since creation and evolution are the only options, I have something further to work with.
Evolution has a lot of problems with it. It seems to me that it takes a lot of faith to believe that you developed out of ocean slime, simply by chance. At least as a Christian I have the evidence of the resurrection of Christ from eye witnesses as recorded by them in the gospels. Evolution or not, Jesus rose from the dead, said He was God, and forgave sins. I'll put my faith in Him instead of evolution.
An agnostic says he doesn't know if there is or isn't a God. (Usually after saying this I challenge them to explain the prophecies of the Old Testament fulfilled in the New. I state how the Bible is unique that way, and that only God can make prophecies that are 100% accurate. Then I ask him to explain how that could be done if there is no God.)
If there is no God as you say, then in the end I lose nothing. But if there is a God like I say, in the end you lose everything.
Why don't you believe in God? Is there any reason for you to intelligently reject His existence? Or, do you simply desire not to believe in Him?
The Bible doesn't attempt to prove that God exists. It simply speaks as though He does. Maybe I can't prove to you there is a God, but I can introduce Him to you through His Son Jesus Christ, and you can judge for yourself if the Words of Christ in the Bible convince you of His existence
2006-08-31 05:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by poorboychristian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Empirical data is a concrete thing. Faith is not. However, I do not see, taste, or feel gravity but I have seen it in action. Likewise I cannot prove God's existence but through what I feel are his actions. I almost died a year and a half ago. My children and my husband prayed for me for a long time. Sometimes I did not think I would make it but a strong, voice told me I was not going to be taken yet as I had not fulfilled my job as a parent and wife. I still have too much to do to pass. I believed it and after a few months on a feeding tube and working really hard to regain my strength, I am alive and kicking today. Perhaps it is wishful thinking on my part. But for me and mine, we choose to believe GOD spared me.
2006-08-31 09:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no real evidence either way. I mean I could make a whole book of correct empirical data showing horses don't exist but they do.
2006-08-31 04:25:25 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
near death experiences are caused by chemicals in the brain
2006-08-31 04:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by funaholic 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Religion is a fairy tale, with no physical evidence to back up anything.
2006-08-31 04:25:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i believe ya
2006-08-31 04:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋