Evaluating Near Death Experiences. Lucy

Near Death Experiences No two experiences will be the same. The longer the person is dead the more vivid the experience. Experiences include; strange feeling, seeing relatives, feelings of bliss and peace, bright lights. Moody thought that because so many people report similar things it must be true.

Are Near-Death Experiences Evidence of Life After Death? Yes, they demonstrate that the material brain is not all there is. (95) 27% No, the natural causes we know about explain everything alleged. (64) what are these explanations????? 18% No, there are natural causes but we don't know them all yet. (134) 38% I don't know. (45) 12% I don't care. (9) 2% Total Votes: 347

Other explanations The effects of drugs and medicines. Carbon dioxide intoxication or oxygen starvation. A flood of endorphins (morphine-like substances in the brain), released by the dying brain. Susan Blackmore’s neural-noise theory. In 1989, Tom Troscianko and Susan Blackmore reasoned that there were more nerve cells within the visual cortex representing the central parts of the retina than there were representing its peripheral parts. A computer simulation of increasing neural noise in the visual cortex induced by drugs or disease revealed a blob of white light gradually increasing in size, which, when viewed on a screen, gave viewers the sensation of moving down a tunnel toward a bright light and finally being enveloped by the light (Blackmore 1991).

Is it that simple? While some believe that NDEs dramatically prove life after death, others seem to think a near death experience is a hallucination which the brain manifests in itself when pushed to extreme limits. What has been discovered is that different cultures, do in fact, experience similar episodes of NDEs. The only differential in other regions of the globe is that where one may see light here, others may see tall buildings or even stars. This, of course, transcends multi-diverse belief systems and how things or events are viewed in relation to NDEs. If NDE’s transcend religious beliefs and what was experienced in a child's upbringing.