No need to call dumb to the person asking the questions. Answer them and help them see the light without them feeling small. None of us came to this world with knowledge.
focusing on commonalities across the following experiences: viewing one’s body from the outside, journeying through a tunnel toward a brilliant light, and experiencing a deep sense of peace.
By this logic "accidentally" taking a whole bottle of cough syrup also proves God exists...
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mech@feddit.org · 20 pts · 220d
No, they didn't see what comes after death. Cause if they had died, they'd now be dead.
They saw what comes when you're close to death.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 14 pts · 220d
Hypoxia absolutely can induce hallucinations.
Meanwhile, everything we have learned about language and consciousness is explainable by emergent but mechanistic physical interactions.
The meat in your head does the thinking, not some spirit energy blob that has never been measured and is not predicted by any accepted theory.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5usXhX0zaO4
schwim@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 220d
Short answer: no.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 220d
Long answer: Haha, no, are you fucking dumb?
ElBarto@piefed.social · 3 pts · 220d
No need to call dumb to the person asking the questions. Answer them and help them see the light without them feeling small. None of us came to this world with knowledge.
Lembot_0006@programming.dev · -1 pts · 220d
Some questions are just dumb, though.
How much Fe does Trump's ass have?
Why don't angels start the revolution?
2 apples + 2i oranges = ?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 220d
No.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 220d
By this logic "accidentally" taking a whole bottle of cough syrup also proves God exists...
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 220d
I can only speak to my experience, January 2024 had a heart attack and as part of that, my heart stopped for 8 seconds.
No idea it happened, had go be told.