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The Pope gives Atheists some credit

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Yea......and then he goes on to explain what that meant. He explained that when the heart stopped, so did the brain. Yet, the patient still reacted to verified real events.

Again >

"Regarding the one case that was validated and timed using auditory stimuli during cardiac arrest, Parnia concluded, "This is significant, since it has often been assumed that [these] experiences ... are likely hallucinations or illusions, occurring either before the heart stops or after the heart has been successfully restarted, but not an experience corresponding with 'real' events when the heart isn't beating. In this case, consciousness and awareness appeared to occur during a three-minute period when there was no heartbeat.This is paradoxical, since the brain typically ceases functioning within 20-30 seconds of the heart stopping and doesn’t resume again until the heart has been restarted. Furthermore, the detailed recollections of visual awareness in this case were consistent with verified events.

“Thus, while it was not possible to absolutely prove the reality or meaning of patients’ experiences and claims of awareness, ... it was impossible to disclaim them either and more work is needed in this area. Clearly, the recalled experience surrounding death now merits further genuine investigation without prejudice."



Mainly because only one patient was able to have a verified experience with perceptions of accuracy. While the others died, wer to sick, thus couldent be interviewed, forgot, or whatever. Basically, he would like more data. Jefry long has alot of data though.



Thats not how peer review works.

A study is done, perhaps multiple studies, then there reported, someone cites all these reports, puts it all together accurately. Submits it for review. The reviewers comb through it for mistakes. If theres any, its sent back to be fixed. Then submitted again. Fees are given for the review. Thats how it works.



I havent avoided a definition of peer review. In fact, i have explained what it is. Care to try again?



So basically your making a claim that conciousness does not survive the death of the body/brain, then your contradicting yourself by saying your not making that claim.

It be nice if you could talk to me with some half decent intelligence here, please.

Also, if your making this claim, how would you test it?

Ill tell you how, the same way wed test in order to see if conciousness survives the death of the body/brain. It be with the same test. That test would be something like what pernia did, or similar or better.



Mayby there is, i havent read everything on the internet, have you? But, the impact factor site dont have it, so, if there is one in favor of your view, then it be on a different site then, wouldnt it? And that means i could easily use against you your own rational by saying that journal is not on the impact factor, so therefore i should handwave it away just as you did the ones i gave you.

Hows that? Huh mr smarty pants. :cool:



It is authoritarian IF your not SHOWING that the source is wrong in its views. Care to try again?



Well if your not advocating ignoring a source before refuting it, then stop ignoring the spurce before refuting it, lol. Because thats your actions and action speaks louder then words.



Basically, you dont wanna talk, you wanna preach and handwave.
You seem to have trouble following a conversation. Let's keep this short and sweet. One claim per post. Let me start. My problem with your source is that it appears to be an example of the vanity press. An impact factor of zero is very telling. There are countless other sources and they are from actual peer reviewed journals. I will even tell you how it is done. I went to Google Scholar And typed "Near death experience" in the search bar:

Google Scholar
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
@Jollybear

He said what he said, i.e. the patient reacted to auditory stimuli after his heart had stopped.

Also that it is not possible to prove what the patient experienced.

To that point he was scientifically honest. And underlining cherry picked sections in no way magics anything out of the FACT that he stated that it was NOT possible to prove.

You and the woo sites dedicated to misrepresentation of facts to feed confirmation bias is an affront to science.
 
You seem to have trouble following a conversation. Let's keep this short and sweet. One claim per post. Let me start. My problem with your source is that it appears to be an example of the vanity press. An impact factor of zero is very telling. There are countless other sources and they are from actual peer reviewed journals. I will even tell you how it is done. I went to Google Scholar And typed "Near death experience" in the search bar:

Google Scholar

Your not being honest by dismissing my points i made to you.

First you gave me the impact factor site. It did not have NDE journals on it. Now you give me other sites that have NDE journals. Like i told you, now im going to use your own rational AGAINST YOU. That google scholar site, those journals are not mentioned on the impact factor page, so therefore by your rational they are not ligitamate peer reviewed journals.
 
@Jollybear

He said what he said, i.e. the patient reacted to auditory stimuli after his heart had stopped.

Yea, he said that and then he told us what that meant. It meant the brain was not working, thus halucinations wer not a good explanation. He mentioned all that.

Also that it is not possible to prove what the patient experienced.

Proof and evidence are two different things. Evidence has been astablished that conciousness is independent of brain. Technically theres no proof trees grow from the ground, it could be an illusion. But evidence says they do. Understand?

To that point he was scientifically honest.

Yes, he was, but you dont understand what hes truly saying.

And underlining cherry picked sections in no way magics anything out of the FACT that he stated that it was NOT possible to prove.

And your cherry picking your own parts and ignoring the parts where he explained what he meant by auditory stimuli. Why are you doing that? I can only posit because you desparately want to oddly believe conciousness dies when the brain dies.

You and the woo sites dedicated to misrepresentation of facts to feed confirmation bias is an affront to science.

No, you and the scedoskeptic sites dedicated to misrepresentation of facts to feed confirmation bias is an affront to science.

You got your head in the sand.
 
You seem to have trouble following a conversation. Let's keep this short and sweet. One claim per post. Let me start. My problem with your source is that it appears to be an example of the vanity press. An impact factor of zero is very telling. There are countless other sources and they are from actual peer reviewed journals. I will even tell you how it is done. I went to Google Scholar And typed "Near death experience" in the search bar:

Google Scholar

I was looking more on the authors of the journals from the google scholar link and one of the authors has a journal on the same site i gave you.......good going genious, lol.

Also, another author believes in my view as well.

Good going genious. Your not approuching this discussion with any lick of care at ALL.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I was looking more on the authors of the journals from the google scholar link and one of the authors has a journal on the same site i gave you.......good going genious, lol.

Also, another author believes in my view as well.

Good going genious. Your not approuching this discussion with any lick of care at ALL.
You are not thinking this through. Sometimes authors right an article that can pass peer review. Sometimes they write a stinker but still want to get it out there. You tend to choose the low quality articles.

You should have thanked me. I gave you a source that has some valid articles.
 
You are not thinking this through. Sometimes authors right an article that can pass peer review. Sometimes they write a stinker but still want to get it out there. You tend to choose the low quality articles.

You should have thanked me. I gave you a source that has some valid articles.

You keep making excuses and never want to just discuss the evidence itself. Thats pretty telling.
 

Scott C.

Just one guy
Pope Francis is wrong if by "hypocritical double life" he means sinner.

I'm not Catholic but I think I understand and agree with the Pope here. Yes all are sinners, including Christians. But it's better to be an atheist than to be one who is pretending to be Christian for personal gain (of whatever nature), with no conviction in or desire to follow Christ whatsoever.
 

ChristineM

"Be strong", I whispered to my coffee.
Premium Member
Yea, he said that and then he told us what that meant. It meant the brain was not working, thus halucinations wer not a good explanation. He mentioned all that.

Nope, he told us what he meant, then he told us further investigation should b carried out in order to validate his assumptions. I.e his work should be peer reviewed. As yet it hasn't been peer reviewed

Proof and evidence are two different things. Evidence has been astablished that conciousness is independent of brain. Technically theres no proof trees grow from the ground, it could be

No, the evidence is that consciousness is a function of brain activity.

Please provide your peer reviewed evidence that consciousness is independent of the brain.

Yes, he was, but you dont understand what hes truly saying.

I always laugh when the term, 'you dont understand what hes truly saying' is used. It is often used to mean 'you understand how i interpret the data to suit myself'... In this context truly is a weasel word


And your cherry picking your own parts and ignoring the parts where he explained what he meant by auditory stimuli. Why are you doing that? I can only posit because you desparately want

I highlighted the main points of his words, that followed was opinion and he made it clear it was opinion

No, you and the scedoskeptic sites dedicated to misrepresentation of facts to feed confirmation bias is an affront to science.

You got your head in the sand

So provide peer reviewed evidence. Which is how this discussion started many days ago, you made a claim you had peer reviewed evidence and still you have avoided providing any such evidence. What you have done is clearly shown you dont actually understand what peer review entails.
 

metis

aged ecumenical anthropologist
I'm not Catholic but I think I understand and agree with the Pope here. Yes all are sinners, including Christians. But it's better to be an atheist than to be one who is pretending to be Christian for personal gain (of whatever nature), with no conviction in or desire to follow Christ whatsoever.
Exactly, and this also was Jesus' many condemnations of those who basically act like wolves in sheep's clothing-- "hypocrites" he called them.
 
Says the one who can't punctuate. If you wish to be taken seriously, learn how to write.

Says the one who cant read without having punctuations. If you wish to be taken seriously, learn how to avaluate and discuss and accept evidence.

And whats up with those ears?
 

Neutral Name

Active Member
Pope Francis said in his first General Audience of 2019 that it is better to be an atheist than a churchgoing Christian who hates other people. In 2017, he suggested it was better for one to be an atheist than a Catholic who leads a hypocritical double life.

Wow, a Pope who is calling out those who claim to be Christian.


Oh! I just fell in love with Pope Francis.
 
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