Robin Williams Perception Of Near Death

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In the movie Robin Williams’ character, “Christy”, died trying to help someone in a crash. Just at the end of his day in the hospital, Christy receives a call from his wife, Annie. She was having a meltdown. She needed more art for a show she was hosting and no one was available to bring it. He was leaving the hospital anyway and offered to first pick up the artwork for his wife and then meet to go out on their double D anniversary date. Double D stands for "Decision and Divorce". Annie says to Chris that they are too different to stay together because she had a breakdown when they lost their children and Chris didn't. Annie decides she wants a divorce. It stands for the day that he decided to fight for his marriage and says he “will never…show more content…
He thought he was still alive because he was seeing everything as if it was happening in real life and thought it was all a dream. It was not until he saw his own funeral that he realized the possibility of being dead. Many details of near death experiences are present in this movie. Robin Williams sees Cuba Gooding Jr. , Albert, as blurry or a ghost like figure, consistent with the vision of perhaps even an angel. This is consistent with science documentation of near death experiences. When you die the electric charge of your body disappears. While you are dead you experience different things. These things can be anything from hearing the voices in the hospital room where you may have been taken to try and be saved or your whole life flashing before your eyes. Some people have reported seeing a bright light at the end of a tunnel. Something urges them to go toward the light. During the movie, Christy hears what the doctors in his room are saying and attends his own wake. He also watches his own funeral. Albert appears as a fuzzy figure until Christy accepts that he is dead. Christy was afraid that he had disappeared. Albert explains that he did not, he only…show more content…
Luke 16:919-31. If it is taken literally, then both heaven and hell exist and we can see others in their world in the afterlife. Luke 22 “The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.” However, that is not what Jesus is teaching through this parable. God sometimes sounds an alarm in our lives as he did with this parable. He speaks to us through our heart and reminds us that it is time to believe in him, to stop all the foolishness. Some people cannot be bothered and put it off and put it off again. Much like missing that Sunday mass one weekend and then the next and before you know it it Christmas and oh boy, you better get to church. This parable also teaches us that we may not have everything we wanted on earth, but God will take care of us in eternity. Luke 25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.” We must focus on not becoming like the rich man! “Your heart can harden over time, according to Proverbs 30:8-9, which says this:…give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say,

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