You may have heard of atheist Eben Alexander III (born 11 December 1953), an American neurosurgeon and author of the book, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife (2012) who had a Near Death Experience (NDE) in 2008 when under a medically-induced coma whilst being treated for bacterial meningitis in a Lynchburg hospital. In doing so, he gambled with his professional reputation. What makes his case interesting is that he was pronounced clinically brain-dead so 'couldn't' have been having the thoughts he did (according to the naturalistic view of the universe which denies a consciousness independent of the physical body). His entire neocortex - the outer surface of the brain - was entirely shut-down, inoperative. Scientists stuck in the Darwinian paradigm have, accordingly, been unable to explain his experience, and accordingly have given very unsatisfactory 'explanations'.
Stories of Near Death Experiences (NDEs) that commonly reveal a bright light leading to a compassionate world are as old as time and are being published with increasing frequency as men and women of all religious - and even non-religious - persuasions are experiencing life 'on the other side' and coming back to tell the tale.
Are these experiences genuine? And if they are, why do they paint such different pictures of the after-life? How should a Christian/Messianic deal with such accounts? What is the difference between a staged, theatrical demonic counterfeit and Yahweh actually adapting a person to their own life or cultural experience and mindset in order to help them process and understand the spiritual dimension when they have an authentic out-of-body experience? Find out on this page.
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