Are people who have near death experiences false prophets

[Ask21771]

I'm concerned near death experiences are deceptions used by the devil to turn people into false prophets here are the reasons why

1. Ndes themselves contradict the Bible
2. The ones who have ndes usually become less religious
3. They also gain psychic powers

 

[HereIStand]

As long they don't contradict the Bible, they are fine. Years ago, I read the evangelical Deceived by Light, which was a response to Embraced by Light, written by Mormon Betty Eadie.

 

[Albion]

I don't recall, from all the NDEs I've read about, that any of the people claiming such an experience then began to claim psychic powers.

 

[vinsight4u]

/nvm

 

[Ask21771]

As long they don't contradict the Bible, they are fine. Years ago, I read the evangelical Deceived by Light, which was a response to Embraced by Light, written by Mormon Betty Eadie.

What about the ones who do contradict the bible, are they false prophets

 

[Ask21771]

I don't recall, from all the NDEs I've read about, that any of the people claiming such an experience then began to claim psychic powers.

They do trust me I study ndes

 

[Ask21771]

What makes someone a false prophet

 

[FireDragon76]

No.

 

[HereIStand]

What about the ones who do contradict the bible, are they false prophets

If they contradict the bible, then ignore them. It's possible people are self-deceived and leading others astray without realizing it. Or they are not consciously false prophets.

 

[☦Marius☦]

I would say be careful with such things. Many near death experiences also come with a sudden "revelation" that the person expects others to accept. Such as toll house theory in the EO, or the 7 circles in the RCC, or any other church. It is dangerous to take such visions with much weight. We do not yet know the full extent that the human brain operates after the body is dead. Who is to say our religious beliefs don't manifest into something once the brain realizes its dying. Also the possibility of hallucinations from lack of functioning lungs...

What God wanted revealed he revealed in the Apostles and Early Church. Some men have the gift of clairvoyance, but when they claim prophecy, it is a step too far.

 

[JackRT]

I am convinced that the NDE is the natural response of some people to temporary oxygen starvation. Outside of the "tunnel of light" the stories told are quite culturally and religiously conditioned. There is no need to invoke the supernatural here.

 

[Ask21771]

If they contradict the bible, then ignore them. It's possible people are self-deceived and leading others astray without realizing it. Or they are not consciously false prophets.

what makes someone a false prophetb

 

[Albion]

I am convinced that the NDE is the natural response of some people to temporary oxygen starvation. Outside of the "tunnel of light" the stories told are quite culturally and religiously conditioned. There is no need to invoke the supernatural here.

FWIW, many are not religiously-oriented and are nearly impossible to explain away. Sorta like crop circles (although there is no connection between the two).

 

[Ask21771]

please just answer my question

 

[Albion]

They do trust me I study ndes

They do...what? All NDE stories definitely are not religion-connected, although I don't doubt that some are.

please just answer my question

If your question is whether or not those people claiming to have had an NDE ALSO claimed that something happened which is unbiblical AND they promoted it rather than just reported what they think happened to them...

...they might be called false prophets, but it's not a certainty that the term fits.

 

[Ask21771]

They do...what? All NDE stories definitely are not religion-connected, although I don't doubt that some are.

just answer my questions PLEASE

 

[HereIStand]

what makes someone a false prophetb

In the Old Testament, it was a prophet who predicted something would happen but then it did not. Today, it would be someone who knowingly teaches false doctrine. It's possible that false doctrine could be based on an NDE, but it could be based on something completely different.

 

[Ask21771]

In the Old Testament, it was a prophet who predicted something would happen but then it did not. Today, it would be someone who knowingly teaches false doctrine. It's possible that false doctrine could be based on an NDE, but it could be based on something completely different.

so they have to know what they're teaching is false?

 

[HereIStand]

so they have to know what they're teaching is false?

I would say yes. It's possible that someone could be so blind that he/she really believes what is false to be true.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

Near death =/= death. We ought not to base our views on the afterlife from them.