Why do people believe that Near Death Experiences are proof of the afterlife when science had debunked them numerous times?

NDEs were completely, scientifically debunked almost 20 years ago.  Shows how stupid people are to still believe it.  But, the Shroud of Turin was debunked, and people still lick that up... And, many educators and scientists have shown that the Bible contains hundreds of scientific and factual errors, and people still lick THAT up...  So, STUPID comes in all shapes & sizes!!

Because childhood indoctrination is much more powerful than proven facts.

When they come back with a fistfull of feathers from an angel's wing I'll believe them...

Because they want to believe

Those who want support for their religious beliefs don't care about science.

For the same reason they believe all the other silly crap they believe, because for them to recognize and admit to things that are true, would mean they would also have to admit their religions are full of bullshit and at the same time admit to being wrong about a whole bunch of things. 

Science has only offered up their theories as to what happens. They can't have any hard evedence of their claims. So they haven't actually debunked anything.
Edit;
 Nice rant, cute, however, science has never been able to access the realm of life after death and we all know the brain and other organs excrete chemicals and hormones, that is not a news flash. We've known that for decades. Still doesn't prove that the NDEs don't happen, and that they aren't valid. It just proves that the research of OTHER PEOPLE about the brain and it's chemicals is accurate. 

EDIT 2: Keep disliking my answers, dummies! You're only proving my point on how !@#$ing STUPID you are! You won't even bother reading my answer! Pirate AM™, Pacha, God of Thunder, Anonymous coward, other Anonymous coward, "?", Fingers, I'm looking at you! 

EDIT: @Pirate AM™ Hey dummy... those AREN'T proof that Science debunks the fact that NDE-ers experience heaven. You didn't even bother reading them, did you?? Just like the rest of the braindead, fu@#ing idiot atheists in this section, you are on the left of the Dunning-Kruger spectrum. 

In this link: "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-near-death-experience-isnt-proof-heaven/" dumb@ss, the guy did ONLY ONE test and he literally stated that "He responded that he believes the mind can exist separately from the brain. How, where, I inquired? That we don't yet know, he rejoined." And WE'RE the ones making stuff up? Are you !@#$ing kidding me right now? What a joke!!! 

Oh, and by the way, there is another one from Scientific American:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-clues-found-in-understanding-near-death-experiences/

The study has significant weaknesses because it is based on purely subjective reports—some taken decades after the event. Similarly, there is no way to substantiate the accounts in the Erowid collection as there is no way to prove that any individual took the drug they claimed or believed they were taking. This makes it all the more remarkable that a linguistic analysis of stories derived in this manner could discriminate among different drug classes in their similarities to NDEs.


Linking near-death experiences and the experience of taking ketamine is provocative yet it is far from conclusive that both are because of the same chemical events in the brain. The types of studies needed to demonstrate this hypothesis, such as measuring neurochemical changes in the critically ill, would be both technically and ethically challenging. The authors propose, however, a practical application of this relation. Because near-death experiences (NDEs) can be transformational and have profound and lasting effects on those who experience them, including a sense of fearlessness about death, the authors propose that ketamine could be used therapeutically to induce an NDE-like state in terminally ill patients as a “preview” of what they might experience, so as to relieve their anxieties about death. Those benefits need to be weighed against the risks of potential ketamine side effects, which include feelings of panic or extreme anxiety, effects that could defeat the purpose of the intervention.

In this link:  https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/

The author LITERALLY concluded with: Let’s say experiments are done, and there is finally a comprehensive, scientifically rigorous, and materialist account of what causes an NDE. What then? Does it mean that all the stories people tell of seeing angels and meeting their deceased relatives are just fairy tales to be ignored?


I would say no. What I saw at the conference—even at its most bizarre—showed me that even a hard-core materialist can learn a great deal from NDEs about how people make sense of the things that happen to them—and above all, about the central role that the stories we tell play in shaping our sense of who we are.


On this, Susan Blackmore, the arch-skeptic, feels similarly. She concluded her e-mail to me by scolding those who persist in "the false and unhelpful black and white comparison between NDEs as “true, wonderful, spiritual etc. etc.” [versus] NDEs as “JUST a hallucination of no importance.” The truth, it seems to me, is that NDEs can be wonderful, life-changing experiences that shed light on the human condition and on questions of life and death." 

AGAIN!!! YOU ARE !@#$ING IDIOTS!!! YOU DON'T READ THE EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF YOU!! No wonder we theists know more about this stuff than you do. You don't even bother reading it!! 

Just get the !@#$ out of here. I have no time to answer to idiots who think they're smart, just because they don't believe in God!! Seriously!! How stupid can your arguments get???? I'm referring to the ENTIRE answer section!!!! 

PFAAAAAHAAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA! Debunked them numerous times, he says! LMFAOOOOOO!! OK, kid. OK... have it your way. I've read about these too, and the best they've come up as explanation is what happens in brain activity to someone proclaimed to be dead. Even then, these experiences are too varied to explain a phenomenon that's so widespread and consistent. Not only that, but even those who DO have these brain activities don't necessarily have Near-Death Experiences. If anything, Science is still working on the matter. They show the "what", but they don't show the "how" nor do they show the "why". Even the circumstances under which someone experiences near-death differs from the next, so pray tell, which Scientific journals did you refer to to back up your seemingly baseless claims? Damn, the left on Dunning-Kruger spectrum in most of these answers... YIKES!!

In short, NOT TODAY, SATAN! Keep your lies to yourself. 

P.S.: My sister is a Neuroscientist and she had more than her fair share of paper readings (the scientific journals). 

Too many confirmed NDEs

hypothesis, experiment, conclusion; now the proof should be in the pudding