Are NDEs merely hallucinations?

Actually it was not my intention to speak unfavourable of religion as I'm not an atheist myself. It's out of respect for religion and religious people that I never ever debate religion. It's a sensitive subject and my only point was the NDEs is also becoming a quite sensitive subject.


From an earlier debate about the icelandic medium Indriði Indriðason I got the impression you were from the Scandinavian region as well. If so, you must be well aware of the culture of straight speaking also on controversial subjects. During the COVID-19 pandemic a number of danish medical professionals went public with opinions that contradicted that of the danish equivalent to the American CDC. It didn't cost them their jobs. I don't buy people experiencing this phenomena from the healthcare site wouldn't come public in Scandinavia.

>I got the impression you were from the Scandinavian region as well

Sadly I'm not. I have great respect for many Scandinavian intellectuals and scientists, so I wish I had some connection to that part of the world! I've heard claims similar to Brian's, however, that there is a strong expectation of cultural conformity in Scandinavian nations, and also that they're highly secularized. So my sense is that endorsing something like paranormal NDEs there may well entail serious risk of being labeled "strange," "superstitious," and so on.