Perhaps science will never be capable of proving without a shadow of a doubt whether or not the afterlife exists.
But science is at least capable of determining how many people have reported experiences of the afterlife.
Studies also show that many of the experiencers were not previously spiritual or religious people. Though these experiences are subjective, some elements of the experiences suggest objective phenomena.
Deathbed Visions
Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson at the University of Iceland asked about 700 healthcare workers in the United States and India about their patients’ deathbed visions.
Almost 500 terminally ill patients had reported similar experiences of being offered help to the other side.Surveys in North America and Europe have found anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of respondents believe they have had contact with the dead.
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