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Afterlife / Life After DeathAfterlife (also known as life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or after death. This article is about current generic and widely held or reported concepts of afterlife. Many people believe in an afterlife. It is generally thought to be a non-verifiable (and non-falsifiable) belief because it is generally accepted as beyond the experiential knowledge or casual accessibility of most people (see esoteric knowledge). As a result, the popular mind relies on various sources for concepts about afterlife, arranged below in presumed order of reliability:
Human intuitions of goodness assumed to emanate from the afterlife, speculation and extrapolation and concoction. While there is information available from all of the above sources, a preponderance of concoctions, speculations, and extrapolations have arguably historically characterized formal descriptions of afterlife. Religious traditions have historically formalized and codified ideas about afterlife in widely divergent forms. Though the onset of the information age is bringing to light increasing consistency and uniformity of beliefs about afterlife from across and without religious boundaries, most afterlife conceptions continue to follow traditional descriptions, often viewed as rationally weak by skeptics who -- particularly atheists and agnostics of a secular humanist mindset -- may hold that we entirely cease to exist. However, it should be pointed out that not all atheists and agnostics necessarily rule out the existence of an afterlife. For example, many Buddhists neither confirm nor deny the existence of the supernatural (gods, demons, heavens, hells, etc.), while simultaneously embracing the concept of rebirth. For those who do believe in an afterlife, the various conceptions about it differ in their answer to the following questions:
Resources about Afterlife / Life After DeathThe truth about life after death Life After Death, Nihilism, & Modern Philosophy Frederic Myers: Proof of Life After Death Is There Life After Death? Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife |
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Life after death and Supply Side Religion by Andrew Greeley - Traditional theories have emphasized the decline of religion as part of an inevitable process of "secularization." (Wilson 1966, Berger 1967) In the face of scientific progress, the growth of rationality, and the elimination of superstition, religion is seen retreating... Is There a Life Beyond the Grave? - "Is there a Life Beyond the Grave?" Instead of endeavoring to refute my arguments, the doctor contented himself with presenting to the reader a conglomeration of meaningless phrases, contradictory statements, and reckless assertions... Life After Death & Reincarnation - There is rebirth of character, but no transmigration of a self. Thy thought-forms reappear, but there is no ego-entity transferred. The stanza uttered by a teacher is reborn in the scholar who repeats the words... |
Library for Christian's Home Page: Life After Death - Outlines on dying, the nature of man, the "intermediate state," and the "eternal state" of both the righteous and the wicked. Afterlife 101 - A comprehensive book-length description of the afterlife has been prepared by spirit guides, speaking through a medium, for this website. Soul-searching doctors find life after death by Jonathan Petre - The first scientific study of "near-death" experiences has found new evidence to suggest that consciousness or the "soul" can continue to exist after the brain has ceased to function. |
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