Skeptics

Skeptics

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Skeptics Links

• Skeptic's Dictionary: Near Death Experiences A brief article which criticizes the work of a few, notable Near Death Experience researchers.
  
• Christian Research Institute Journal Takes the position that Near Death Experiences which seem to agree with aspects of the conservative interpretation of the Bible may possibly be of God, whereas NDEs which conflict with fundamentalist principles are of the Devil.
  
• Near Death Experiences - Allen M.D. A doctor of internal medicine argues that the Near Death Experience is brain-based, and appeals to religious doctrines which deny the existence of an immaterial soul.
  
• Using The Drug Ketamine - A Brief Response In order to put the use of ketamine in perspective, a set of questions and answers from NDERF.org is listed. One response briefly points out crucial differences between an NDE and a ketamine experience.
  
• Embraced by the Light of Deception Presents a conservative/evangelical critique of the theology of NDE author Betty Eadie.
  
• Death & Future Life Criticizes the Near Death Experience from the author's Orthodox Christian point of view.
  
• Reasoning from Scriptures Ministry Claims that the Jesus Christ of the Near Death Experience is actually the Devil.
  
• What Happens After Death? States that NDEs "indicate that at death the soul separates from the body, and that a person's spirit is conscious and coherent at death." However, the site concludes that "NDEs do not accurately reflect what lies beyond the grave."
  
• Near-Death Experience Minus Folk Psychology, Pseudoscience, and Superstition Dr. Stephen Thaler attempts to model the Near Death Experience through computer simulations of dying artificial neural networks. He claims that the paranormal or transcendent phenomena encountered during the NDE are nothing more than hallucinations and can be accounted for by what he believes to be a variety of neurological shortcomings.
  
• The Neurology of Spiritual Experiences Interprets the Near Death Experience from a combined Buddhist/Darwinist perspective.