Comments on: Dave’s Near Death Experience http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience A Blog of Atheist Thought Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: atheistgoddess http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92968 atheistgoddess Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92968 Amen! Like my bumber sticker says... "Science... It works birthces!" Amen! Like my bumber sticker says… “Science… It works birthces!”

]]> By: TheOtherOne http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92971 TheOtherOne Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92971 Science does indeed rock. <br /> ;-) Science does indeed rock.
;-)

]]> By: ga4ry http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92972 ga4ry Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92972 Dear Dave, The Lord has spake unto me in regards to your knee and yea verily I bring you the words of the lord, you will live and if you will but allow me to layeth upon you my anointed hands I can assure you, you will walk again, oh glory.<br /> Now if you dont want to end up like little Timmy down the hall with bone cancer you will send me a check, pronto.<br /> Yours in christ Dear Dave, The Lord has spake unto me in regards to your knee and yea verily I bring you the words of the lord, you will live and if you will but allow me to layeth upon you my anointed hands I can assure you, you will walk again, oh glory.
Now if you dont want to end up like little Timmy down the hall with bone cancer you will send me a check, pronto.
Yours in christ

]]> By: tony miller http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92973 tony miller Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92973 Good luck with the knee.<br /> <br /> Had it been me, I would have faked fainting not long after the injection. If only for a second it would have made me laugh. Good luck with the knee.

Had it been me, I would have faked fainting not long after the injection. If only for a second it would have made me laugh.

]]> By: jcc http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92976 jcc Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92976 <blockquote>I must admit swallowing hard when they injected the dye today, despite their assurances that it was a totally different type of dye</blockquote>Still absolutely <b>petrified</b> of that event your religion refers to as "the cessation of all biological and neurological activities" eh, Dave? Why so scared? All your fellow believers seem to have convinced themselves that there's nothing to be afraid of, so what's up with you? -- fear of oblivion? -- fear that God might <i>actually</i> exist? Please do tell, I'm genuinely curious.<br />

I must admit swallowing hard when they injected the dye today, despite their assurances that it was a totally different type of dye

Still absolutely petrified of that event your religion refers to as “the cessation of all biological and neurological activities” eh, Dave? Why so scared? All your fellow believers seem to have convinced themselves that there’s nothing to be afraid of, so what’s up with you? — fear of oblivion? — fear that God might actually exist? Please do tell, I’m genuinely curious.

]]> By: godless sodomite http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92979 godless sodomite Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92979 I too had a "near death experience" a few years ago while I was in hospital with ketoacidosis. What I thought had been a couple hours in the ER was actually three days spent in a comatose state. There was no awareness at all. Nothing. No heaven, no hell, no tunnel with a light at the end, no fear, nothing. If I had died I would have never known it. The experience isnt scary because there is absolutely no awareness but if you come out of it you certainly appreciate being alive more than before.<br /> I too had a “near death experience” a few years ago while I was in hospital with ketoacidosis. What I thought had been a couple hours in the ER was actually three days spent in a comatose state. There was no awareness at all. Nothing. No heaven, no hell, no tunnel with a light at the end, no fear, nothing. If I had died I would have never known it. The experience isnt scary because there is absolutely no awareness but if you come out of it you certainly appreciate being alive more than before.

]]> By: reluctantatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92983 reluctantatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92983 jcc - you're a moron.<br /> After years of coming here, you haven't learned a thing.<br /> A. Atheism's not a religion, &<br /> B. just because there's no afterlife, doesn't mean any of us are eager to dive into the void. jcc – you’re a moron.
After years of coming here, you haven’t learned a thing.
A. Atheism’s not a religion, &
B. just because there’s no afterlife, doesn’t mean any of us are eager to dive into the void.

]]> By: RedLilac http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92984 RedLilac Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92984 JCC: Are you not afraid of dying early and leaving your loved ones behind? I do not believe in an afterlife, but I certainly would be apprehensive if I were about to undergo something that could potentially end my life early. There are still many things I’d like to do before I died. I would also be afraid that I’d be left in a living state worse than death. I’d be scared too if I were in Dave’s shoes having that experience 30 years ago. It has nothing to do with worrying about what will happen to you after you die because you will feel nothing. It has everything to do with worrying about how your family will carry on and what work you have left unfinished. Dave did confirm that he had no after death experience. The purpose of life is life. Otherwise why don’t we all just shoot ourselves and forget it. JCC: Are you not afraid of dying early and leaving your loved ones behind? I do not believe in an afterlife, but I certainly would be apprehensive if I were about to undergo something that could potentially end my life early. There are still many things I’d like to do before I died. I would also be afraid that I’d be left in a living state worse than death. I’d be scared too if I were in Dave’s shoes having that experience 30 years ago. It has nothing to do with worrying about what will happen to you after you die because you will feel nothing. It has everything to do with worrying about how your family will carry on and what work you have left unfinished. Dave did confirm that he had no after death experience. The purpose of life is life. Otherwise why don’t we all just shoot ourselves and forget it.

]]> By: dw http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92990 dw Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92990 Life is preferable to nothingness, though nothingness is a comforting thought.<br /> Life is preferable to nothingness, though nothingness is a comforting thought.

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2008/12/27/dave-s-near-death-experience/comment-page-1#comment-92991 karen Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-92991 Thirty years ago, Dave? Why on earth was anyone allowing you to handle glass as an infant? (From the picture we used to have of you, I would have guessed you were about thirty now.)<br /> Good luck with the knee.<br /> <br /> jcc<br /> Just because Dave isn't ready to die, doesn't mean he fears oblivion -or retribution from your imagined deity- it just means he isn't ready to have his one life cut short. Thirty years ago, Dave? Why on earth was anyone allowing you to handle glass as an infant? (From the picture we used to have of you, I would have guessed you were about thirty now.)
Good luck with the knee.

jcc
Just because Dave isn’t ready to die, doesn’t mean he fears oblivion -or retribution from your imagined deity- it just means he isn’t ready to have his one life cut short.

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