I'm reading 'Near death in the ICU' by doctor Laurin Bellg. She makes a point of not dismissing anyone's account.
Why do so many people scoff at these kinds of stories or dismiss them? Often because they don't fit their religious views. There is so much we just don't know, is it not best to keep can open mind.
I think someone critically ill has no more illusions and sees life and death for what it is. The soul is only in this body temporarily. This life is nothing but a moment. What each person's relationship with God or not is their own business. We are each on our own, whoever we think we are or however important we think our role is while we live. Billionaires or pauper, we face eternity alone.
I choose to believe God is real. This comforts me.
I'm glad you find comfort in these stories, and that God is real.
I pretty much choose to stay on the fence though. I'm unsure about what NDE's are...
Still, I strongly believe in God.
If an angel met me at the pearly gates, and he said.."just kidding, back you go" how could I say for sure I nearly died? All I know about death is that I sometimes feel dead but today I feel vibrantly alive. Or that other peoples spacesuits don't seem to move anymore after a short while and disintegrate.. I'm not saying that people don't experience these unusual NDE's events. They do. Especially as I have read about people who could see things in the hospital rooms when proclaimed flatlined by the medics.
That is interesting.
I have had experiences of my own that helped me see there is more to life than what goes on just in this dimension. Dreams seem real to me.
Thanks for sharing, and God bless you for sharing this interesting topic
@MaryM .