Near Death Experiences & Atheism part 1 of 5 Apologetics

Near death experiencer Howard storms talks with The Friendly Atheist blogger about the Reality of NDEs on Things that matter most radio, Near death experience , NDE out of body experience afterlife howard storm


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[quintonlj]

i know in some nde i have read about people have seen krishna, also buddhists describing it as entering the great emptiness and others just meeting beings of light so i dont think there is one way to heaven but there definitely is a God :)

[grandconjunct]

You should really read through the comments before saying something that was answered dozens of times, If you read you will see no one denies this or is impressed with this, in fact Storm says in his book when you first get to heaven the first thing you see is what makes you feel most comfortable, then they slowly give you as much truth as you can handle , Jesus is the advanced college coarse in after life , NDEs don't teach pluralism & afterlife is not a magical place with no logic

[theAtheistAntichrist]

God is imaginary. It's the invisible Leprechaun who really makes it rain.

[grandconjunct]

The Leprechaun must have gave you your "reliable god detector" part of the brain too cause it works "so well" and sees a leprechaun as more likely than a creator ? you need a new god detector yours is malfunctioning, or maybe it was left out in Rain ? Somewhere in the Infinite Multiverse there exists a planet full of Leprechauns who all see your sense of humor as being completely Invisible, and debate its very existence ?

F.A.I.L.-- F)-failure of A)atheist to I)induce L)Laughter.

[etoileangelique324]

It's really nice to hear about these experiences. NDES are intriguing.

I agree with Howard, the best religion is the one that brings you closest to g-d, and that love is the final answer in the end.

And i respect this program and its creator for being diverse and open-minded.

[grandconjunct]

Howard was not teaching Pluralism with that comment, He was referring to denominations not world religions, as he has made clear he never asked Jesus about world religions in his NDE, at best he is teaching Inclusivism((view people in other faiths can be saved but this will only be because of Jesus))which is the view Modern Catholics hold to. If you have interpreted my posting this video as teaching religious pluralism ((view you can knowingly reject jesus )) you are very mistaken.

[MooWithMetubes]

I used to be an athiest...it's an extremely pointless existence...

[dankpurple]

aha this socer777 learns information from youtube videos. dont listen to him

[k0smon]

emel703 : Since God is everywhere present, how can we get closer to Him than that? And He needs no middle-men to intercede, as He is fully capable of handling that Himself.

[amzuel420]

"he needed money for some orphanage ..hehe....go fish"

Your compassion and generosity overwhelms me. Here's a prophesy for YOU: One day you will be in dire straights and someone will tell YOU to go fish.

[kirukivi30]

i've seen NDE's from different religions, the mayority seem to see their own divinities and be judged according to their own personal concepts of good & bad. for example, a buddhist was in hell where there wasn't any food and when he asked why, the angel answered "cuz you didn't give to eat to the monks". I've seen buddhists -> christians, muslim with christian tendencies, but mostly attheists turn to God. As I've also seen many NDEs of non-christians repporting having been in paradise.

[kirukivi30]

don't know if this will be helpul anymore, but as u were asking about musllims having NDEs, here i have a link with several NDEs from muslim people posted, they don't post them so much cuz is a controversy topic...but in resume pretty similar to christian's NDEs, take a look to the first link if u have the time (NDE from Bagdad cuz it has a good message). Peace!

[garythedog]

i listened to a howard storm interview on free thought radio...and howars final answer was horrible.....he needed money for some orphanage..hehe....go fish pathetic loooser!!!!!!!!!!!

[emel703]

ITs not about religion...ITs about getting closer to God....the only way is through Jesus Christ!

[holyghostrad]

i have heard of atheist's buddist's and christians having nde, most turned to God and Christianity (even backsliders turned back), what i havent been able to find is any muslims having nde's....anyone found any??

[NindzaRatnik]

Well I'll try...

Atheism imo is the most widespread geographically in the same areas where Christianity is. An average atheist knows the most about Jesus of all religious figures, and chose to reject exactly HIM. Probably this is what connects the vast majority of atheists to Christ, and not to Allah, Buddha, or others.

I mean...have you ever seen an atheist from Muslim countries? :)

Maybe I am wrong, but religion doesn't seem to matter much. But the way you live does.