What do you guys think about NDEs? Is it really an experience with the afterlife or is it just chemicals in our brains? There does seem to be some common cross cultural themes that happen in NDE. According to Wikipedia they are:
>A sense/awareness of being dead.
>A sense of peace, well-being and painlessness. Positive emotions. A sense of removal from the world.
>An out-of-body experience. A perception of one's body from an outside position, sometimes observing medical professionals performing resuscitation efforts.
>A "tunnel experience" or entering a darkness. A sense of moving up, or through, a passageway or staircase.
>A rapid movement toward and/or sudden immersion in a powerful light (or "Being of Light") which communicates with the person.
>An intense feeling of unconditional love and acceptance.
>Encountering "Beings of Light", "Beings dressed in white", or similar. Also, the possibility of being reunited with deceased loved ones.
>Receiving a life review, commonly referred to as "seeing one's life flash before one's eyes".
>Approaching a border or a decision by oneself or others to return to one's body, often accompanied by a reluctance to return.
>Suddenly finding oneself back inside one's body.
>Connection to the cultural beliefs held by the individual, which seem to dictate some of the phenomena experienced in the NDE and particularly the later interpretation thereof.
So what does /christian/ think?