tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post503156843152155793..comments2023-11-03T01:57:19.116-07:00Comments on Paranormal and Life After Death: Pz Myers Supporters Hijack Afterlife PollLeo MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14261335532022864528noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post-39466333568356721012009-02-28T16:07:00.000-08:002009-02-28T16:07:00.000-08:00Ok but we should be looking all possible explanati...Ok but we should be looking all possible explanations for why children see living people. <BR/><BR/>http://www.near-death.com/forum/nde/000/78.htmlLeo MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261335532022864528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post-40758327386489927032009-02-28T04:21:00.000-08:002009-02-28T04:21:00.000-08:00If the child was hallucinating wouldn't we expect ...<I> If the child was hallucinating wouldn't we expect that living person to continue through the rest of the nde</I><BR/><BR/>No because that's the characteristic of a hallucination being incoherent.sbuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595768144954928730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post-10785004960035801052009-02-27T13:50:00.000-08:002009-02-27T13:50:00.000-08:00Well it doesn't no, but it's just as speculative, ...Well it doesn't no, but it's just as speculative, as saying this is evidence of near death experiences- being an hallucination. The question is why did the living person disappear. If the child was hallucinating wouldn't we expect that living person to continue through the rest of the nde?.Leo MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261335532022864528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post-31065864682367128962009-02-27T02:15:00.000-08:002009-02-27T02:15:00.000-08:00it was merely as an introductory calming event to ...<I> it was merely as an introductory calming event to ease the transition of the person to the other side,</I><BR/><BR/>This doesn't sound very scientific does it? More like wishful thinking. Let's try to think objective here.sbuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595768144954928730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post-70514197473328722822009-02-26T15:17:00.000-08:002009-02-26T15:17:00.000-08:00SbuPMH Atwater in her book, "The Complete Idiots G...Sbu<BR/><BR/>PMH Atwater in her book, "The Complete Idiots Guide To Near-Death Experiences", states that in those cases where children and people saw living friends and living relatives, it was merely as an introductory calming event to ease the transition of the person to the other side, and that after this initial calming phase ended, the "living person" disappeared, and did not reappear in the rest of the NDE event. <BR/><BR/>Also lots of cases of nde don't report seeing any living people. Only dead people.Leo MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261335532022864528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2502365306449921986.post-71948401644934801422009-02-26T12:27:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:27:00.000-08:00I think a good point suggesting the NDE's are just...I think a good point suggesting the NDE's are just a hallucination is the fact the especially children tends to meet living rather than dead people in their experience. This could be because children have little concept of death - and hence their imagination can't make up a vision of deceased relatives.sbuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17595768144954928730noreply@blogger.com