One of my readers asked “Why do miracles, such as ‘raising the dead’ only happened in the past and not now”. I like to point out that they were not miracles and that they happen thousands of times every day through CPR and other modern medical methods as well as spontaneous. We have not really understood the definition of “dead”. When all activity in the brain stopped (flatlined) it was thought it indicated death. We now have recently found out that the brain can be restarted a much longer time after flatlining than previously assumed. A research project on pigs found that some brain activity could be reinstated hours after they were beheaded. We also have cases where humans woke up in mortuaries. In the past people have been found trying to escape from their coffins, and sometimes a string was attached to a corpse connected to a bell just in case. Many of spontaneous revivals in the past were called miracles.
As far as NDEs are concerned, the return of consciousness after flatlining, causes hallucinations and dreams which are mistakenly thought to be a short visit to an afterlife. Strong belief of its reality as well as its anecdotal recall, makes it seem a true experience to the revived person.
Anecdotal recall of reincarnation is another subject to think critical about. First of all, we know that each person is unique, that’s why we use fingerprints and DNA for identification. Each human is a unique combination of a sperm and egg, so that it’s make-up cannot be a repeat of a previous person or any other animal or plant. Go back a few generations and the resemblance of a living person is incredibly small. The awareness of “self” is created by your memory of the previous day when you wake up. The idea that any “memory” can be transmitted to next generations is ludicrous unless you believe in a magic process which somehow decides to which entity these memories are send and how they are transmitted. Think about it. You are only 50% of your father’s make-up and this halves every generation. You are unique and cannot be reborn. To be the continuation of a past entity or continue your present one is impossible.
I am waiting for your comments since it will stimulate further thinking and shows were my thinking needs corrections. What do you think? Please “share”, the more people reached, the better we can deepen our understanding together.
As far as NDEs are concerned, the return of consciousness after flatlining, causes hallucinations and dreams which are mistakenly thought to be a short visit to an afterlife. Strong belief of its reality as well as its anecdotal recall, makes it seem a true experience to the revived person.
Anecdotal recall of reincarnation is another subject to think critical about. First of all, we know that each person is unique, that’s why we use fingerprints and DNA for identification. Each human is a unique combination of a sperm and egg, so that it’s make-up cannot be a repeat of a previous person or any other animal or plant. Go back a few generations and the resemblance of a living person is incredibly small. The awareness of “self” is created by your memory of the previous day when you wake up. The idea that any “memory” can be transmitted to next generations is ludicrous unless you believe in a magic process which somehow decides to which entity these memories are send and how they are transmitted. Think about it. You are only 50% of your father’s make-up and this halves every generation. You are unique and cannot be reborn. To be the continuation of a past entity or continue your present one is impossible.
I am waiting for your comments since it will stimulate further thinking and shows were my thinking needs corrections. What do you think? Please “share”, the more people reached, the better we can deepen our understanding together.
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