if you find a near death experience account that is interesting and goes together with Church teaching, it can be encouraging… but if not, - remember they are VERY varied and we don’t know if these people experienced something from God, or from the enemy (deception).Yes!
I do remember seeing an old Mother Angelica program on tv some time ago where she interviewed a catholic priest who had near-death experience that totally conformed to catholic theology and teaching-------he was judged by Jesus to not have been a good, proper priest and was about to condemn the man to hell when Mary interfered and begged him to hand the man over to her----and if he still did not live up to his priestly calling then his “will be done.” The man reformed and became a devotee of Mary. He was very believable and Mother Angelica appeared to fully believe his story.near death experiences are not very reliable. I’ve read lots… some really support Catholic theology, others are very Protestant, and some are new agey and deny Christ, or the existence of Heaven, or hell.
I’d just stick to Scripture, Tradition, and the writings of the Saints
God bless
“Ordinary Melkite”I do remember seeing an old Mother Angelica program on tv some time ago where she interviewed a catholic priest who had near-death experience that totally conformed to catholic theology and teaching-------he was judged by Jesus to not have been a good, proper priest and was about to condemn the man to hell when Mary interfered and begged him to hand the man over to her----and if he still did not live up to his priestly calling then his “will be done.” The man reformed and became a devotee of Mary. He was very believable and Mother Angelica appeared to fully believe his story.
I would say Mother Angelica is a very believable person to trust in this matter----if she could be convinced, then that would be good enough for me.
I would say----by all means stick with tradition and the gospels----but if the near-death experience upholds to Catholic theology and it is attended to by respected, honorable people, then it is not foolish to believe it.
I have read this book and others, and I have had a near death experience. It changed my life completely and I started a web site and blog on the subject. The truth is that NDEs are not religious experiences. I know that some experiencers see Jesus or God and it is easy to say this is religion. The experience is spiritual but not religious, there is no doctrine in them. I have read thousands of them. They are about love as Jesus taught, spiritual love and compassion. Now the core teachings of Christianity are of love as taught by Jesus. To love one another, forgive, don’t judge, love your enemies, and help others. This is not religious doctrine, it is about spiritual growth and love. It stops there in ninety percent of NDES.
You are describing classical near death experiences where the experiencer is given a choice as I was, this is very true, and it doesn’t matter the number that don’t believe, they were not there, I was there and I know for sure it was real, it changed me forever as it has millions of others. Thanks for the post.
No near death experience has ever been reproduced by anyone. People who believe this have not read any real near death experiences. There has been 35 years of research into near death experiences showing consciousness continues to live after the death of the body. Near death experiences are real spiritual experiences. I will leave a link.
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