Yes, the brain fires off, but just because it does this does not mean theres no soul that is independent of the brain.
Logically correct. But it is a much more plausible explanation that the cause of NDEs is connected to a phenomenon we CAN observe as opposed to a phenomenon we CAN'T observe; adn that phenomenon involving something
else we can't observe. Provide evidence of a soul, and then we can go from there.
Actually, the soul being independent of the brain far outweighs the idea that the soul and brain are one in the same. Why? Because of a simple thing called "veridical NDEs". And if it wer not for these, your statement would have weight. But due to these veridical NDEs, your statement is debunked.
Ah, yes! The mysteries of the human brain! Cool stuff!
I accept "verdical NDEs" as a "probably true" phenomenon in the aspect that sometimes, people perceive things that defy current scientific explanation. I have experienced such phenomenon first hand. So yeah; there is something to that; something science does not yet understand (and perhaps never will ... if you like, start a thread on the topic, point me to it, and I'll go further into this, as well as my hypothesis/guess. I'll encapsulate by stating that I do think sometimes these cases of ESP, etc. have a basis in truth; but that this does not rule out naturalistic explanations, even if we don't yet know what those naturalistic explanations are).
In the cases of verdigal NDE, there seems to be more to it than just simple hallucinations; but that doesn't mean that the vanilla "Hey, I was drawn towards the light" NDEs remain hallucinations (which is the most probable explanation).
But without reproduceability, evidence of soul, or evidence of any other natural or supernatural phenomenon which can conclusively show that verdical NDEs are explained by the soul leaving the body, then we are stuck with the uncomfortable conclusion that: "We don't know how sometimes people seem to perceive things that defy scientific explanation". Not, "Hey, we don't know why, so it must be the soul!"
