Christians , is this true from National Geographic?

Christians already know that life continues on after this one.

Things like this make non-believers nervous and will try to

rationalize it somehow, lest they have to come to grips with

the possibility of a hell after all.

I watched the entire video and found it very interesting. I can't say personally one way or the other about NDE's but as a Christian I know we are made up of body, soul, and spirit. At death God claims our soul and spirit and later on they will be reunited with our bodies to either eternal life with Him or eternal damnation being separated from Him.

I can't add too much to A B E L....I think darkness desperately wants

us to somehow circumvent the bible, and there will be dreams

and visions but there will also be these from God...thus we have

to line it up with scripture as A B E L did.

Jesus indicated so many things to us, and some of them could

also be added to by 'reading between the lines'....I think that's

OK also.

I think there are strange things going on in this world, but

I prefer to stay close to the bible.

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I like the photography in the Natgeo magazine and TV programs - but their writings and narations are pure diatribe.

NDEs blatantly contradict - in every facet - the biblical teaching about death. NDEs are another manifestation of the occult phenomenon known as astral travel - and one doesn't have to be dead, or even near death to experience it.

If, at death, Christians are immediately transported to heaven, Paul's words here make no sense: "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:" (1 Thessalonians 4:15-16) If the "dead in Christ" were already in the presence of God in heaven, why would Paul tell the Thessalonians that those alive will not precede them there on the second coming? These verses work only if those "asleep" are in the grave.

Scripture is clear: "For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?" (Psalm 6:5), and at death, "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish." (Psalm 146:4)

Obviously, NDEs do not fit the biblical teaching about death - and for more reasons than just those stated above. The Bible says also that Jesus Christ is our only hope for salvation: " Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12). yet few, if any, return from their NDE convinced of the need for Christ's atoning blood. Why didn't the being of light, whom many believe to be God, warn them about the impending judgment depicted in Scripture and then give them the good news of Christ as their Substitute in that judgment? Why didn't the "dead" tell them about Jesus and His salvation? Indeed, most of these "dead" were never Christians to begin with, and those who reported meeting the dead are rarely converted as a result of their near-death experience. Those who have NDEs don't usually see the need of Jesus Christ as their hope of eternal life because, after their experience, they believe they already have eternal life.

Both astral travel and NDEs presuppose an immortal soul – a consciousness that exists separate from the body. Yet the Bible teaches that, at creation, the Lord "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7). The word for "soul," nephesh, is the same word used in the creation account for animals: "And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. (Genesis 1:24). According to the Bible, a soul is what we are, not what we possess.

Whatever the physical elements, NDEs are no doubt being successfully manipulated, if not directly caused, by the devil in order to dupe millions into believing that they will automatically live forever.

Meanwhile, because of that misrepresentation of Scripture which says that the dead live on after death, millions of Christians have little protection against this deception. Only by a true understanding of the Bible, which teaches that death is an unconscious sleep un till the resurrection, and by a firm trust in Christ, who along offers eternal life (John 3:16), can anyone be safe from the overwhelming delusions of NDEs.

Otherwise you do not have a ghost of a chance.

Is it true that NatGeo had something about NDEs? Yes.

Is it true they got a bunch of doctors to talk about it? Yes.

Is it true they got a bunch of people to give personal testimony? Yes.

Does any of that mean that NDEs are real? No.

NDes are an "extraordinary" claim (as compared to an ordinary claim like "It's raining outside"). as such, they need extraordinary evidence in support. Personal testimony is usually sufficient for ordinary claims. It is not sufficient for extraordinary claims.

I have not seen the whole video.

Of course, as Christians, we do believe in life after death.

However, I am not sure how credible these "life-after-death" or "near death" experiences are. I cannot rule out that these memories may be fabricated in our psyche (like a dream), or even implanted memories by some nefarious spirit being for the purpose of deception.

Call me skeptical. I do believe in life after death. But these alleged near death experiences do not match what scripture teaches us.

When they present it like it was a horror flick, I don't care what they are talking about.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to talk about factual things like everything was a horror flick was probably right about gaining the attention of Jerry Springer fans. But I'm not one of those.

Oh hell no, i am not wasting 45 minutes just to answer your question.