And those near death experiences (NDE's) are the reason why what I said is not true?

Personally, I dont buy into that stuff. The evidence and arguments against the validity of those experience far outweighs the evidence of our conciousness being possible outside the brain. Not to mention the fact that a lot of those stories are sensationalized to entertain and provoke the audience.

I'm not a hardcore skeptic, but it just doesnt do it for me.

Here is a link I found which explains a few of the arguments for and against NDE's:

http://skepdic.com/nde.html

edit: Particularly note the part that says there is PROOF that doesn't rule out the possibility of an afterlife, but it does rule out that NDE's are proof of an afterlife.

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