Heaven Is for Real (2014)

[Maxwell Everett]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

Heaven Is For Real is a popular movie for those Christians that believe in near death experiences. However, there are some Christians that are offended by this movie since they believe near death experiences are part of the human imagination since the Bible never mentions anyone having a near death experience.

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“But when we compare their claims with Scripture, it becomes clear that they are merely figments of the human imagination, not true visions of heaven as it is described in God’s Word.”

“Not one biblical person ever gave any recorded account of his or her postmortem experience in the realm of departed souls.”

Are Visits to Heaven for Real?

I can't believe I'm about to say this, but... ANSWERS IN GENESIS IS RIGHT!!!!

Of course, predictably, they're right for exactly the wrong reasons. You don't need to be a Biblical literalist to be skeptical of NDEs. Near death experiences are unlikely to be true, not because there aren't postmortem accounts in the Bible (so what?), or because the book of John says no one has ascended into heaven except Jesus (again, so what?), but because there is no persuasive evidence today -- gathered under properly controlled conditions -- that these are actual, literal disembodied experiences.

People who claim they had a near death experience or were floating outside their bodies in hospital rooms when they were clinically dead are unable to correctly answer simple questions like which playing cards were lying on the top of nearby cabinets and so forth. Further, we can actually trigger out of body experiences in people with drugs or just by activating or, rather, de-activating certain parts of the brain which locate your "self" inside of your body. Once that gets turned off, guess what? That's right, you feel like you have left your own body and are floating outside of it. Modern 21st century neuroscience tells us that the mind (consciousness) is what the brain does; there are no examples of minds without brains. Brain events create mental events. This is demonstrable with fMRI. Once your brain ceases to function, you cease to have mental experiences. There is no good reason to believe otherwise.

There is a very interesting Intelligence Squared debate about this very subject (well worth watching, I might add!):

Death Is Not Final - YouTube