near to death episodes (Endings)

by David Turell , Tuesday, March 04, 2008, 19:58 (6106 days ago) @ John Clinch

"There is no evidence" is not entirely true. The overwhelming majority of NDE'ers (six out of seven) come back with the feeling that there is a 'heaven'and with consistent stories. These are not hallucinations because they are coherent and the episodes can be divided into identifiable types. Interestingly about one out of seven has a bad or frightening experience. Maybe religions are correct that there are both heaven and hell. Andrew Newberg, M.D. has interesting books on the neurologic side of this, especially, "Why God Won't Go Away". His followup book, "Why We Believe What We Believe", I have not read but has excellent reviews. He does research in brain scans of the religious of various faiths as they meditate or pray.