Near Death Experiences vs What the Bible Says about Judgement

I just did a quick search.  Evidently Steve Jobs was a Buddhist.  Also it seems some people were certain he was going to hell.

I think about heaven and hell all the time.  Christians will say that no one goes to the Father except through Jesus and His father.  When I read the Bible,  my overall understanding is not that one's beliefs determine your destiny in the afterlife.  I've listened to many people's near death experiences on you tube.  I'm fascinated by them. I read a book by Don Piper about his experiences. There are a few people who say they realized they were going to hell after they had died and that they called out to God for mercy and were brought back to life.  I remember one saying he had no doubt why he was going to hell.  It was very clear to him. God in his mercy did give him a second chance.

I have listened to perhaps 15 near death experiences.  I am still curious about the experiences of Buddhists,  atheists,  Jews and Muslims.  Most  Christians report nearly identical experiences. They report being transported into a tunnel and bright light and then seeing loved ones coming to greet them. They describe having their life judged. Some describe the splendors of heaven.   I just saw one Jew's story and he was crying about being so sorry he had "spilled his seed" and that he had seen unborn children blaming him that they could not be born.  Can it be that Muslims keep their experience to themselves?  There was one story about the Muslim becoming Christian.   There were several stories about people who went to hell and  their descriptions were similar.  It is a place of eternity of torturous suffering and no love.

I simply do not believe that when we die we will be judged on our beliefs.  I believe we will be judged on how we live our lives.  The bible refers to the "book of life" where your deeds are written down for later judgement.  There is so much real evil in the world!  Do we really think that Buddhist monks or the Dalai Lama are going to hell?  And that a person who kidnaps, rapes and kills children will go to heaven because their belief system is Christian? Yes,  God will forgive us our sins if we are very sincere.  I don't think that means giving lip service to it and carrying on with our sin.  I think the sincerity means collapsing at the feet of Jesus and begging his forgiveness.

I will continue to do some research on this subject and post about it. One thing is sure,  we ourselves will know once we die!