Gary Habermas on the Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

Intelligent Design the Future

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Is there strong scientific evidence for near-death experiences? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with Dr. Gary Habermas about his chapter evaluating the evidence for near-death cases in the new book Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science. As Dr. Habermas explains, most near-death accounts contain both objective and subjective elements. Personal testimony about other realms can't be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. "I can't verify heavenly discussions or heavenly sites," says Habermas, "so the kind of NDE data I'm talking about virtually always occur on this earth in normal kinds of situations, like parking lots or in your home two miles away. That's where the evidence comes from." Dr. Habermas relays several examples of near-death cases with strong evidential support. He also lays out five different lines of verifiable phenomena. Tune in to learn more about the scientific case for this intriguing phenomenon.

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0:00.0	I. Can near death experiences provide a robust scientific argument for consciousness at or after death?
0:18.0	What are the best ways to evaluate near death cases?
0:22.0	Welcome to ID the future.
0:24.0	I'm your host Andrew McDermott.
0:26.0	Today my guest is Dr. Gary Habermas
0:29.0	to discuss his chapter in the recent published book,
0:32.0	Minding the Brain,
0:33.0	Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science
0:37.0	available now from Discovery Institute Press Academic.
0:40.0	Dr Habermas is a distinguished research professor of apologetics and philosophy at Liberty University.
0:47.0	He has dedicated his career to the examination of the relevant historical, philosophical, and theological issues surrounding the death and
0:55.5	resurrection of Jesus.
0:57.6	He has contributed more than 60 chapters or articles to books and has published over a hundred
1:02.3	articles and reviews in other publications.
1:05.0	In recent years he has been a visiting or adjunct professor at about 15 different graduate schools and seminars in the United States and abroad.
1:14.0	Dr. Haber, welcome to ID the future.
1:17.0	Thank you very much, Andrew.
1:20.0	By the way, that 60 figure you read on the on the publications is now like 85.
1:28.0	Oh, okay old news. Well, we'll need to update it that way.
1:31.0	And you didn't you didn't use a books figure but it's it's 50
1:35.3	books. Is it okay you've contributed to 50 books? Well that's awesome.
1:39.8	Yeah usually on the resurrection but near death experience is probably the second or third topic I do the most research on.
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