Recent content by shefinallyspeaks

Wow, that's awesome! The fact that so many well-educated people, such as yourself KnoxvilleTim, cannot explain Medjugorje, and even support it, says a lot about the place. I really hope to go there one day, hopefully in the near future!

Thanks everyone for the great advice. I think for now I'm just going to stick with my current major (chem) but take a variety of classes to explore my other interests. I'm starting to think about medicine again... who knows where I'll end up. College is such a confusing time!

Has anyone heard about Medjugorje or been there? It's this small village in Bosnia and Herzegovina where the Virgin Mary has reportedly been appearing to these six visionaries since 1981, I believe. What's really interesting is that these children (now adults with families) have been subjected...

Dragon Well, there are out of body experiences where the person is not necessarily near death... but the near death experiences, particularly when a person is clinically brain dead for a certain period of time, are really fascinating. And bickelz, I think a lot of the claimed cases probably are...

So I've been reading a lot about near death experiences lately and find them quite fascinating. Has anyone had one they'd like to share? And what are your opinions on the cause of them? For example, literal separation of consciousness from body, drugs, effects of the dying brain, etc.

sandra_b I've actually thought about this before... the only thing is psychiatry doesn't actually require that many psychology courses; plus I'd be going to med school, and I'm not very enthusiastic about being a doctor. It's a good idea, though! bickelz I honestly know nothing about economics...

Hi! So I'm in my freshman year of college and am currently having a conflict in my choice of majors. First, some background info: I've always been a math and science kind of girl, although I was never exactly bad in any subject; in high school, I just tended to gravitate towards the maths and...