Biblical Concerns [1076, 1127]

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NDERF 1310 Malinda K NDE 3362
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Strong Evidence
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Incompatible
We ARE God, pantheism, atheism, psychic abilities
Malinda's experience fundamentally contradicts biblical teaching despite some superficially compatible elements. Her central claim that "We ARE God" constitutes blasphemy by biblical standards, directly opposing the Creator-creation distinction foundational to Judeo-Christian faith. Her rejection of "a separate omnipotent being called God" in favor of pantheistic beliefs that "we are all Gods, all connected" contradicts biblical monotheism and echoes the serpent's lie in Genesis 3:5: "you will be like God." Her transformation from Baptist to atheist represents complete apostasy. While her verified prophetic abilities might seem like spiritual gifts, in the context of her rejection of God they more likely represent occult powers scripture warns against. The experience of becoming energy/electricity rather than encountering the personal God of the Bible, combined with no mention of Christ, heaven, hell, or judgment, indicates an experience fundamentally at odds with biblical revelation. Her conclusion that "there is no heaven or hell, we just are" directly contradicts Christ's teachings. Her development of aura-reading and psychic abilities ventures into practices Deuteronomy 18:10-12 forbids. This experience appears to have led her away from God rather than toward Him.
In 1991, Malinda K experienced a massive grand-mal seizure while doing dishes in her kitchen. She fell face-forward onto the floor into a plastic grocery bag, losing all awareness of who and where she was. Her breathing and heart stopped for 10 minutes before her police officer husband found her and performed CPR, successfully reviving her. Normally, grand-mal seizures leave no memory of the unconscious phase, but Malinda retained vivid recall of this event.

During her clinical death, Malinda experienced herself as an energy field similar to the white static on a TV with no reception - a pulsing, constant motion of energy/electricity. Crucially, she didn't just observe this energy; she WAS the energy itself. In this state, she knew everything beyond human comprehension and was intimately connected to all things, both seen and unseen, because she was them. She felt an overwhelming desire to experience things through human senses - to touch, hear, see, taste, learn, and feel emotions. Upon revival, she accurately predicted future events including her husband losing his job and his Aunt Rose dying that week. Since then, she has developed the ability to see auras, perceive people's intentions, and foresee future events, particularly those with high emotional impact.

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Biblical elements: Malinda's experience of expanded consciousness and knowledge during clinical death could parallel Paul's description of being "caught up to the third heaven" where he heard "inexpressible things" (2 Corinthians 12:2-4). Her accurate prophecies about future events might be considered a spiritual gift of prophecy. The overwhelming desire to return to embodied experience could reflect God's design for humans as embodied souls meant to experience creation through physical senses.

Unbiblical elements: Malinda's conclusion that "We ARE God" directly contradicts the fundamental biblical distinction between Creator and creation, constituting blasphemy by biblical standards. Her rejection of a separate omnipotent God in favor of pantheistic beliefs ("we are all Gods, all connected") opposes core monotheistic teaching. Her shift from Baptist faith to atheism represents apostasy. The absence of any encounter with the biblical God, Jesus, angels, or heavenly realms, combined with her becoming "energy" rather than meeting the divine, suggests an experience incompatible with biblical revelation. Her post-NDE psychic abilities and aura-reading venture into practices scripture forbids.