[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Dollface

I agree with pretty much everything Livia said (especially the "you have no more proof that God doesn't exist than i have that he does) so true.

I watched the documentary about Stephanie Slater, really horrible what she went through.
My uncle (who sadly is now an angel) was an Atheist, but he saw God whilst he was in hospital with a serious illness. I know peoples minds can play tricks on them when they're in a state of shock or whatever but my uncle really believed he saw God (even though he'd been an Atheist his whole life) and i believe he did too.

There are 1000's of well documented examples of this including 100's of cases of those surviving 'Near Death' experiences. I'm not trying to convert anybody but all this from people who have no reason to lie (and who swear they were not deluded or having hallucinations) I take to bolster my own faith. If others want to perceive some psychological tricks that the brain plays at such times then that's fine.

I would turn the atheist's favourite question around on them though, and ask, why then doesn't the brain play the same psychological tricks on everyone who is dying or who has 'Near Death' experiences?

Additionally, why do so many rational people - even lifelong atheists - who have these 'visions' insist on what they have seen and maintain that it was God or Jesus?