NDE\'s and skeptics (Identity)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 23:47 (5562 days ago) @ David Turell

David,-Thanks for the reply and counter to the website. Note: I don't consider the experiences hallucinations, though I still strongly think that there is a physiological cause--the stuff dealing with Ketamine is a very strong counter argument. Other questions I had before the website, why do people only "experience" things based upon the religion they learned--why don't Christians see Muhammad? This suggests to me that these are personalized events that share more in common with dreams. -Case in point: I often experience what I call "deliberate deja-vu." Unfortunately it's always about something inane, but I'll dream about some event, such as part of a lecture I haven't had yet, remember the dream, and then suddenly it happens word for word down to the thoughts in my head. I still think there's a "worldy" explanation for that... just don't know where to begin. -Oh, as you (and dhw if he sees this) would be interested to know: I'm essentially accepted to grad school. My gpa of 3.42 wasn't looking at my transfer credits which bump me to 3.48 and on track to graduate with honors... as if I needed another reason to do well this semester. The graduate adviser told me submit my official app today which I did. She said it takes about 3 weeks for the paperwork to run its course.-I bought new GRE books for nothing, lol.-[EDIT]-As usual forgot something: If the guy was able to hear something while out, it could simply be the hearing that causes familiarity and the brain "thinks" it *saw* what it did. I bring up the memory and car crash scenario again...

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