{"id":3266,"date":"2017-04-11T03:39:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T10:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asktheatheist.com\/?p=3266"},"modified":"2017-04-11T03:39:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T10:39:17","slug":"was-blind-but-now-i-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asktheatheist.com\/?p=3266","title":{"rendered":"Was Blind, But Now I See"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question from Halil:<\/strong>
\nDoes this experience prove the existence of souls? It is of a woman who was born blind, had a visual NDE, and saw things, including Jesus. There have been studies done which say that the people born blind cannot see in their dreams, but this woman could see in her NDE. What is your opinion about that?
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\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5HbtoX3Q5OI<\/a>
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\nAnswer by SmartLX<\/a>:<\/strong>
\nIt’s true, if people are born blind then their dreams are auditory, tactile and olfactory but not visual. Thing is, if people are born blind then they have no basis on which to recognise<\/em> sight. This woman has been around sighted people all her life and knows the language of visual imagery, and has chosen to use that language to describe what she experienced, but we have no way of knowing whether what she was actually experiencing was sight regardless of what she says.
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\nOne very important thing to remember is that we have documented cases of people who have gained sight for the first time as adults, when lifelong conditions like congenital cataracts are discovered and treated. It’s a downright traumatic experience for many, and universally they spend a long time with no idea what they’re looking at. (There’s a good account by an opthalmologist here<\/a>.) By contrast the woman in your video immediately knew what she was seeing, ws completely comfortable with processing the visual signals and enjoyed the whole thing. It doesn’t sound like anything we’ve seen in real life, because it’s as if her brain was rewired in an instant to process the new signal perfectly. Sounds miraculous indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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