What proof do you need to believe in life after death?

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What proof do you need to believe in life after death?

Near Death Experiences

Definition … A near-death experience is said to occur when someone dies for a short while, perhaps on the operating table. Dr Raymond Moody famously made a study of these experiences in his work ‘Life after Life’ (1975). Yet Plato describes such experiences!

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core experiences 1.Feelings of peace A foretaste of heaven. or drug induced e.g. morphine? ‘The Truth in the Light’ 1995

core experiences 2. Out-of-body experience Seeing and hearing things that can’t be explained. Drug induced, imagined or change of blood pressure?

core experiences 3. The Tunnel of light Transition in to another realm or excitation of the brain cells in the visual cortex?

core experiences 4. The being of light A positive loving experience of the divine? Although Fenwick describes a RC who had a vision of three Indian men. Or cultural influence – Muhammad or Jesus?

core experiences 5. The barrier It is not your time to die. Hallucination due to reduction of oxygen to brain?

core experiences 6. Another country Idyllic pastoral scene – paradise? Or is the experient consoling themselves with a well-loved place in their memory or hallucination?

core experiences 7. Relatives/friends Could this be a retreat from the fear of death to the comfort of loved ones?

core experiences 8. Life review Could this be the result of anoxia – lack of oxygen to the brain? They also happen to pilots approaching the speed of sound. But then why are they so clear and orderly?

core experiences 9. Decision to return They usually want to stay but it is impossible. The anoxia explanation could apply here – sudden supply of oxygen.

core experiences 10. The return This is usually very rapid – like being slammed back in to their body.

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Supernatural features: Meet dead loved ones Angels Beautiful environment Beautiful music or noise Being of light Meet religious figures Communicate mind to mind Dark tunnel & light Life review

Effects No fear of death Life changing Believe in God Atheists convert to a religious tradition Turn against suicide Reluctant to tell others Given psychic powers

Distressing NDEs Feel afraid Powerless Alone Scary/ugly landscapes Evil beings Judgment Less common Very reluctant to tell others Life changing Believe they have glimpsed hell

Swinburne “The principle of credulity might suggest that we ought to take such apparent memories seriously, especially in view of the considerable coincidences between them.” The cumulative argument would also add weight to their reliability – so many testimonies.

On the other hand … The problem with NDEs is the reliability and verifiability of the testimonies – too subjective. Raymond Moody: “I am left, not with conclusions or evidence or proofs, but with.. puzzling facts to be explained.” The theory should provide testable predictions (Blackmore)