Re: There is a lot of baggage in the word God

Rudi,
I have read some of your accounts on here. I have been reading different accounts of NDE for a while now. I have a couple of questions for you. First, can a near death experience happen if you haven't actually died? Like if you were really near death. Second, what do you think of all of the different accounts out there? Some people swear up and down that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven and were atheist before their account. What do they have to gain from lying, but ridicule? I have seen tons of video's and read stories of people dying and going to hell! It really scares me. I don't believe they were making it up because some were atheist and mocked religion before dying. Also they did not believe there was such thing as a hell yet that was their experience. Also they can relate details to what family members and doctors were doing and saying while they were dead, showing their accounts were real and not something the brain made up as it was dying. When this happened to you, did you in any way doubt the validity of it? Also, did it enter in your mind for one second that it could have been an illusion from the devil? I'm asking this out of honest curiosity and not challenging you at all! I am asking because I see so many people having honest accounts like you, yet everyone comes back with different doctrine. Some say the bible can not be trusted and is man made, some say they went to hell for not believing in Jesus Christ, some say God told them there are many ways to God, Some say that the bible is the literal word of God and anyone that doesn't believe so will burn in hell. How can all of these accounts be reconciled? What is your take on this? It almost sounds like everyone is hallucinating something that seems very real but that wouldn't make sense since a lot of these people were brain dead and could give accounts of what family members were doing and saying while they were dead. When you spoke with the deity in your NDE, did he give you any type of assurance as to his authority? Did you know for a fact that it was God?

Again, please don't take any of this the wrong way. I am really wanting to know what your thoughts were as this was happening. Like did you think while you were in this God's presence that it's possible he wasn't the one true God or did you question why so many people have different experiences? Did you fear him at all for sins you may have committed? Did he tell you if hell was real or permanent if it was real? Tweet