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Christianity and the Afterlife - Post Jesus and Paul

Following his previous two-piece on the afterlife, looking at the claims of Jesus and Paul, Dana Horton guest posts the continuation of that theme in this next one. Thanks, as ever, to Dana: Christianity and the Afterlife -- Post Jesus and Paul Many of us were raised in the western

What Does Jesus Say about the Afterlife?

Here is another guest post from Dana Horton, this time looking at Jesus' claims regarding life beyond death (thanks Dana!): What does Jesus say about the afterlife? A lot of us in a western Christian culture just assume there is an afterlife. It is what we grew up believing.

Humans: Abandoned by God, Made Obsolete by AI

I was having a social media conversation with an old schoolfriend, MG, where he came to a fascinating conclusion; the chat went like this: MG: I’m a fervent atheist. In fact an anti-theist. But I have a counterpoint to the atheist argument which is strong.... My counterpoint is less

The Discovery of Death

[This is a guest piece from Joseph J. Berger, PhD, for whom I am presently editing a book Science and Spirituality: An Introduction for Students, Secular People & the Generally Curious, which is essentially a short introduction to scientific naturalism/humanism for high school students. He has taken this opportunity

Religion in the US Is No Longer Exceptional (and a Chat about the Afterlife)

I have reported on the many surveys and the improved data (in terms of collection and methodology, and honesty of subjects) over the last decade that continues to show the trend in America - the rise of the "nones". This trend shows no threat of abating. Indeed, it

Whittenberger's Heaven & Hell - What Would Yours Be?

Here is what Gary Whittenberger offered as his coherent version of heaven and hell in response to my article on the notion that heaven and hell are binary and yet all of human moral activities sit along various different continua. Thanks for this interesting article. You said "The only

Naturalistic Afterlife: If Theists Can Do It, Why Can't We?

The other day, Rizdek made some fascinating comments that aligned typical theistic epistemology with what can then be applied to nontheistic claims. His comments were as follows: It seems either that something came literally from nothing/nothingness or that something exists eternally. I understand the theist believes that something which

Carroll/Novella Debate: Naturalism is hard, therefore supernaturalism!

Carroll/Novella Debate: Naturalism is hard, therefore supernaturalism!

This great quote came from Reddit where a commenter was reacting to my piece on the Carroll/Novella vs Alexander/Moody debate. It's spot on: It's always a false dichotomy with these guys. Either the materialist explanation of consciousness has to describe absolutely everything in its entirety dow

Carroll & Novella vs Alexander & Moody. Some terrible, terrible arguments

I really enjoyed watching the debate that is the talk of the town just now. Eben Alecxander, author of bestseller Proof of Heaven with team mate Ray Moody were arguing that death is not final, that there is an afterlife.