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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
I'm curious what people think on this topic. What happens to us when we die? Do we have a soul? If so, what happens to it? Or are we just worm food after we take our last breath? I don't want this to turn into some battle over theology or religious doctrine, I'm curious what people believe happens to us when we die and whether we continue to exist in some other form or just cease to exist. Near Death Experience (NDE) has supposedly given some people insight into the afterlife, but I personally don't think that is the case, so I would like to hear other thoughts and ideas on the subject.
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In one of the religious studies courses I took in university I did a paper on NDEs. I didn't delve into the religious side of them because, well, I've yet to see, hear or read a single thing that indicates religion is anything other than preposterous. So I did all my research at the medical library.
NDEs seemed to be fairly well understood, if I recall correctly. Basically, it's your brain being flooded with some chemical (they even have the name...I could look it up in my old work, but as if I'll bother). Anyway, you'll have guys saying they floated above their own body and up into the space above the surgical table and through the ceiling tiles, etc. They've actually put targets and stuff inside the ceilings to test this. Want to take a guess at how many patients experiencing NDEs actually
were floating above their bodies and between the ceiling tiles and the floors above in such a way that they could identify these items in the space lol? Yeah, like zero (obviously).
Weird, eh? Pump a guy full of some of the most powerful drugs we have and they trip balls. Who would have thought?
There has been a ton of studies on NDEs. Just chemicals in your brains, guys.
The "simulation" theory drives me nuts. Like if you want to smoke a bowl and pontificate the "
what ifs, man" then go for it. But if you actually believe it, you're basically a flat earther to me.
The only thing that suggests there would be an afterlife stems from all of us being steeped - against our will - in ancient religious thought. Nothing else points to an afterlife and, frankly, the whole notion is ridiculous. Of course there isn't. Snap the fata out of it. It's 2023.