Legally dead, then come back. Near death experience etc etc?

Question

The way I think of death is when your well, dead. Why do people say they have supposedly died then come back to tell about "the light" etc. I don't believe they were dead, if they were dead, they would not be able to return. I'm not trying to be rude to people that have had these types of experiences but I mean, if you supposedly "die" you could not return by mere mortal hands, or the work of machines. Just because you are "legally dead" does not mean you have died. Or am I wrong? Again I'm not trying to be an *ss to people that believe they have died and returned, I'm just a little curious as to why they say they have "died."

Answer 1

Here are reports from many of them...
http://www.near-death.com/index.html

Ask them.

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Answer 2

Yes they are real i was on an operating table after being shot in Viet Nam where i died and was in a lighted area and there were many people there that i did not know as i was only 18 so these were relatives who passed long ago smiling and greeting me there i could not go into the light and was told that i would survive this. There were Angles all over and i was told the bright light was Jesus Christ and i would someday have to pass through him to heaven but not now and in an instant i was recovering in a hospital in Japan. From then on i have been a believer in the Lord.

Answer 3

The definition of "dead" has changed over the years, and now we can keep a body alive after the brain is "dead" - so when are you "dead?"

These experiences are now called "near-death" experiences, and they happen often enough and have enough similarities that they are worth studying. Obviously, we can't deliberately kill people and then bring them back to life, so a scientific study is ethically out of the question.

There was a conference in Paris this past summer on the subject, and there are a lot of materials available online as well as in books. A little study might improve your understanding of the phenomenon.

Answer 4

when i was 9 years old i did drown in our pool on the fourth of july. my dad was able to rececitate me... was i legally dead? i don't know... i THINK i was just unconscious but dying...a "near death experience".

i was doing a back-flip from the diving board. when i unfolded from the flip my legs (from the knees down) hit the board. it put my body into shock and i was completely paralyzed. i couldn't hold my breath any longer and slowly released the air from my lungs (exhale). i took a quick breath of water (reflex) and it felt like someone had punched me in the chest with a lot of force. shortly thereafter the water looked dark but it was VERY bright at the top of the pool: i could see people walking around... (party guests) i could hear their mumble of speach... but it was long and drawn out, like a record set at the wrong speed. everything went black. i "awoke" to my mother screaming and i felt like i was choking to death (water expelled from my lungs)...

i don't know when your spirit leaves the body... or exactly what "legally dead" would be... sorry i can't help with that. the best i can do is explain a possible "near death" experience.

Answer 5

This hasn't happened to me, so I'm just going on what I have read. People have been declared dead, then minutes go by,and they come back alive. Many of them have similar stories. Read the stories and decide for yourself.

Answer 6

there is clinical death and biological death. you can "come back" from clinical death (absence of vital signs) but not biological death when your body starts decomposing immediately.