I have always wondered how stories of those who were "dead" for prolonged periods of time, such as hours or as in some of the claimed cases below, days, and then "come back to life" fit into the idea that at death, our consciousness leaves the body. It seems to me that if such stories are accurate, it would create some problems for the belief of an afterlife. Maybe, in some as of yet, unknown way, our consciousness remains in tact, within the brain, but undetectable. And rather than it creating a dilemma on if the soul exists, it rather points to our complete misunderstanding of how consciousness works within the brain itself.
I firmly WANT to believe in a soul and the afterlife, as the idea that my life is in essence, entirely meaningless and I will never get to see lost loved ones again, creates a lot of suffering within me, I can't help struggle when I hear stories such as these.
So perhaps I haven't thought everything through, and their are many holes in cases such as these. I welcome such arguments.
Here is a video version of 15 cases of supposed people being "dead" for prolonged periods and coming back:
Edit : I Am unable to post links as of yet. If one goes to you tube and searches for 15 people who have come back from the dead. It is there under some user name called danger Dolan. You can probably find the same article in written form if you google that information as well.
I apologize for the inconvenience
I firmly WANT to believe in a soul and the afterlife, as the idea that my life is in essence, entirely meaningless and I will never get to see lost loved ones again, creates a lot of suffering within me, I can't help struggle when I hear stories such as these.
So perhaps I haven't thought everything through, and their are many holes in cases such as these. I welcome such arguments.
Here is a video version of 15 cases of supposed people being "dead" for prolonged periods and coming back:
Edit : I Am unable to post links as of yet. If one goes to you tube and searches for 15 people who have come back from the dead. It is there under some user name called danger Dolan. You can probably find the same article in written form if you google that information as well.
I apologize for the inconvenience