[fso301]

But I want to ask the doctrinaire atheists this question: why and how would unaided materialistic evolution -— you know, that mechanistic process totally defined by survival and reproductive fitness -— have given us such powerful, apparently otherworldly, perceptions, capacities, and drives?

NDE's appear to occur across cultures and bear remarkable similarities. Beyond that, I don't know. They might be part of the dying process in which regardless of how bad a persons non-instantaneous death is, the final experience will be pleasant.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"They might be part of the dying process in which regardless of how bad a persons non-instantaneous death is, the final experience will be pleasant."

So do you think possibly everybody has NDE's before they die ---- it's just part of the dying physiological brain function? ? Not quite sure what you're saying here.