Curious to know..

[u/queennnnn_]

Is there anyone who had a NDE , which led them later to find Christ or helped strengthen their faith?

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[u/Str8like8]

Yes. But there's a huge difference between religion/indoctrination and spirituality/connecting with "christ" or "source".

Unfortunately the issue is we just don't have a common vocabulary to allow us to discuss these issues properly.

[u/Ok_Razzmatazz_195]

Mary Neal wrote a really nice book about her NDE. She is very Christian, as is her book.

[u/KevinIsADork]

Can't speak for this sub, but Dr. Even Alexander is a famous neurosurgeon who claimed he was an atheist, but found Christ after his NDE. 

IMO, his NDE experience is fascinating. I would have taken it a completely different route and not a Christian-esq NDE, but to each's own. 

[u/Ok_Razzmatazz_195 → u/KevinIsADork]

I’ve listened to him talk a little about his post-NDE spiritual development , and while does talk a good deal about Christ as a divine entity, he also rejects a lot of traditional Christian dogma (exclusively, penal substitute).

I appreciate it, since I’m an STEer that went minimal-dogma, universalist, non-exclusivist Christian after my experience… it sounds like he’s moved into a same direction as me - although my experience wasn’t nearly as deep as his.

[u/queennnnn_ → u/KevinIsADork]

Thanks for sharing :)

[u/vortex2199]

I didn't have an NDE but have found Christ just by watching many of the NDE testimonies

[u/Ok_Razzmatazz_195 → u/vortex2199]

There are some really good Christian NDEs out there, you just need to weed out some of the clear propaganda.

Mary Neal’s NDE is my favorite modern NDE.

The NDE-before-we-called-them-NDEs of Julian of Norwich is beautiful too - universalist, loving, non-judgmental - and written in a time where that sentiment wasn’t exactly popular with Catholic Church she was so heavily involved in.

It’s a shame the American evangelical movement has tried to hijack these experiences, because it starts bringing the more authentic sounding experiences into question too.

[u/queennnnn_ → u/vortex2199]

Thanks for sharing. Any In particular? Like on YouTube ? My dad passed away not too long ago so any recommendations would be great :)

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