Near Death Experiences

GreywolfNYC · #1 05-23-2005, 11:40 AM

I've done some reading on this subject, mostly by Raymond Moody and Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and I've known three people who claim that they've had a near death experience. Does anyone here believe that they've had one?

Jazza · #2 05-23-2005, 11:56 AM

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I've known three people who claim that they've had a near death experience

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you really need to define near death experience, because taken literally this post is not very interesting and you look dumb

GreywolfNYC · #3 05-23-2005, 12:00 PM

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I've known three people who claim that they've had a near death experience

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you really need to define near death experience, because taken literally this post is not very interesting and you look dumb

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I expected some trolls to reply to this thread. Congrats. You stepped right up there to be the first.

Jazza · #4 05-23-2005, 12:12 PM

i wasn't trying to troll, i was saying that of course people have had near death experiences, all that is required is for a person to come close to death, doesn't this happen often?

GreywolfNYC · #5 05-23-2005, 12:24 PM

No. The term "near death experience" (or NDE) has a specific meaning in the medical and scientific communities. Please try using Google if you're not familiar with it.

Jazza · #6 05-23-2005, 12:31 PM

i didn't get any medical or scientific sites when i googled it

Ghazban · #7 05-23-2005, 01:04 PM

Please explain what you mean by a near death experience. I was in a coma once-- does that count?

Johnny Richter · #8 05-23-2005, 06:06 PM

I think the poster might mean like seeing and moving towards the "white light", or having an out of body expierience where you can see yourself in whatever state your physical body is in.

I remember one lady stating that when she got into a car accident she saw a white light and talked to a greater power saying that it wasn't her time to go. Then they all wake up reborn christians for some reason?

Not exactly something i belive in, but i've never expierienced it either.

Nigel · #9 05-23-2005, 06:24 PM

I saw a show on this where one hospital wrote messages on the back side of the lights above the ER operating tables.

So far, none of the NDE people where able to relay what was written despite believing they had an out of body experience.

I'm not saying I have an opinion one way or the other, I just found this interesting when I saw it.

steamboatin · #10 05-24-2005, 07:57 AM

If I thought I was dying, I probably wouldn't pay very much attention to the hospital lights. Also they would be backlit and hard to read.