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Originally Posted by alextsakiris  - I find it difficult to accept the existence of NDE and deny the content of the information... seems like God is the implication.
- I agree that application would have an enormous effect on swaying opinion. Then again, remote viewing has had some very practical applications and is still ignored.
- yet you're 95% atheist... explain  |
The NDE content seems to involve a moving on to a new stage of existence, sometimes with meetings with loved ones, and sometimes with something bigger and loving.
Even if we accept all of this, the word 'God' has some pretty awful connotations, and words end up meaning what people use them for. Whatever there is out there, I somehow doubt that it will bear a close resemblance to a primate group with its hierarchical power structure!
As I understand it, fundamentalist Christians don't really like NDE's because there doesn't usually seem to be a judgment, so they do not match their teachings!
My feeling is that any understanding of what may be out there will involve dropping a lot of preconceived notions - scientific and religious. I particularly liked Craig's notion that the Church has hijacked the entire discussion of spirituality - (my comment) creating a carbon copy of an earthly power structure!
Regarding applications, I guess we need something non-military - I mean for all we know, the US military trashed remote viewing in order to continue with a more secret version of the same program! Dowsing might be a fun area because some people believe there could be orthodox (if far fetched) explanations for some of it - so it blurs the distinction between Ψ and non-Ψ a little.
David