Not true. Here's one which was posted on FR a few years ago:
“Not true. Here’s one which was posted on FR a few years ago: “
Sure enough.... I was sort of being rhetorical with that statement, and actually this guy ended up in heaven in his dream, so it ended well for him - he gets to pretend he talked to God, and people believe him.
It’s a variation on the theme.
My rhetorical point was this - people deep down want to believe they are good and worthy of heaven. Surgery is a natural time to consider these things - and the brain obliges some of the time with a dream about going to heaven.