and welcome to DU! 
As a friend here has said, the Religion forum is basically a shooting gallery for DU's atheists. It's not really worth posting any thread there that posits there's something positive about either religion or belief. They'll shoot it down, make it crash and burn, and then piss all over it. It's almost as if the only thing that makes them happy is the demise of any thread on religion and belief. Although mocking and belittling makes them happy, too. Bullies are like that.
As for your NDE, I think that's cool! I've only ever had OBEs and a couple of them were pretty intense, but nothing like what Ive read of NDE accounts. I don't expect you to detail it, especially if you're not comfortable doing that; it is a very personal experience. The one detail about them that I feel negates the arguments against their validity is when an NDEr experiences unconditional love.
I think I've had a taste of unconditional love in a lucid dream once (and I subsequently misinterpreted it at the time) but I know it really doesn't compare to what those in an NDE experience and feel. As I understand it, it really can't be put into words adequately. To my perception, this goes beyond mere "brainwave" or "chemical actions" of the brain and supporting organs. I just don't feel that any organ in the human body is capable of producing the chemicals to duplicate that kind of Love. And if people could experience that level of Love, then I don't think that would be a detail so many would focus on for an NDE. It would just be a mundane emotion like any other felt by a person throughout their waking life.
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