Dr. Neal Grossman discusses reasons for many religious groups' aversion to near-death experience research in this podcast. Basically, they worry such research may not support their notions of God and the afterlife.
I am personally fascinated by NDE research and have spent many hours poring over experiencers' first-hand accounts found on sites like Near Death Experience Research Foundation and Near Death Experiences and the Afterlife.
My own working hypothesis is that the experiences don't directly show us the landscape of existence following mortal life, but rather the interface between the two, a kind of antechamber to a wholly different kind of being. This interface is not "solid" in the way we think of our physical reality; it's extremely fluid in its specific details and yet remarkably consistent in the underlying themes. This is not unlike differently-flavored operating systems (Mac, Windows, Linux) which lie between you and the same basic hardware, customizing the look and feel of the interface to work best with your particular preferences.
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