Surf these sites: 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. Death & Future Life -- Criticizes the Near Death Experience from the author''s Orthodox Christian point of view. Embraced by the Angel of Light -- An article by the religiously conservative Watchman Fellowship questioning the veracity of author Betty Eadie. 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. 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. His theory is based on the premise that the brain is composed of biological neural networks, and that the destruction of processing units within such trained networks can spontaneously generate novel experiences. Dr. Thaler proposes 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. Reasoning from Scriptures Ministry -- A fundamentalist site which claims that the Jesus Christ of the Near Death Experience is actually the Devil. Using Ketamine to Induce the Near-Death Experience -- Dr. Karl Jansen attempts to equate the Near Death Experience with experiences induced by the drug ketamine. (Ketamine is a potentially harmful drug, and its non-medicinal use is illegal.) 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.
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