ernest_t_bass;1183890 wrote:Maybe you haven't woke up yet.
I don't disagree with your last statement, all I'm stating is that just because you don't believe in it...doesn't make it false. And for you to jump on this thread (this isn't a courtroom) and affront people for believing in an afterlife is quite hypocritical of you.sleeper;1183909 wrote:The greatest scientist in the world isn't peddling around made up stories to extract money and influence from the poor and mentally weak.
I definitely do judge those that believe their fairy tales are fact and reality and try to restrict the rights of rational individuals with religious based laws and philosophy. If faith was kept in the bedroom and not in the courtroom, I would have no qualms against religion; although I would still think its fundamentally retarded.
Mermaids, wasn't it?1_beast;1183970 wrote:I had a diving accident July 17,1999, broke my neck, c-5....I in FACT did have an out of body experience. I was paralized, face down in the water....but I was calm and relaxed, unafraid. I saw the things around my body, (friends, boats)....i saw myself floating there face down...yet it was all from a birds eye view. I never believed in this shit until I experienced it myself! A few seconds seemed like an eternity....but when I was pulled up out of the water, my peacefulness and "expereience" left....I was back in my body and starting to panic....still couldn't move from the shoulders down.
This is my thought, as well. DMT is awesome.dlazz;1183981 wrote:I'm willing to bet these "out of body" experiences are caused by chemicals in the brain that are released in states of panic, near-death, or a simple lack of oxygen to the brain.
exactly!mcburg93;1184015 wrote:I was in a car wreck in 1993. I felt like I was floating looking down on the accident. I could see everything going on and it was kinda weird but I was so at peace with everything. When I woke up fear and pain took over it was pretty scary at that moment. I cant say what happened was real or just an illusion but it was a calming feeling.
In sleeper's case, not having an afterlife is probably a good thing.I'll leave this for sleeper.
I would make fun of people who believed, with 100% certainty, that dragons were real. I also make fun of people who are 100% certain that there's an invisible man in the sky who controls everything and everyone.SnotBubbles;1183902 wrote: But mocking those who believe in things just because you don't is ludicrous
There it is.dlazz;1183981 wrote:I'm willing to bet these "out of body" experiences are caused by chemicals in the brain that are released in states of panic, near-death, or a simple lack of oxygen to the brain.
One time when I was singing, it was like I took the shape of a unicorn and was floating while I watched myself sing.mcburg93;1184015 wrote:I was in a car wreck in 1993. I felt like I was floating looking down on the accident. I could see everything going on and it was kinda weird but I was so at peace with everything. When I woke up fear and pain took over it was pretty scary at that moment. I cant say what happened was real or just an illusion but it was a calming feeling.
justincredible;1183932 wrote:
That story is about as believable as your gambling story.2kool4skool;1184147 wrote:And yeah, the "near death experience" is likely caused by the release of DMT into the brain. I've done DMT on 3 occasions, and it's exactly like the near death experiences people commonly describe.
Go do DMT, then talk to me.Skyhook79;1184259 wrote:That story is about as believable as your gambling story.
