Life After Death

The Natural Selection Of The Immortal Soul: A Thought Experiment (VI)

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Immortal Soul, Science, Religion and Science, Ancestor Worship, Life After Death, Natural Selection, Immortality, Evolution, Religion News

Following Darwinian logic, we end up in some unexpected places. Of course, to get there we must accept the premise that the human mind might be capable of existing independently of the neuronal activity on which it usually depends.

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The Natural Selection of the Immortal Soul: A Thought Experiment (IV and V)

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Religion, Science, Evolution, Religion and Science, Immortal Soul, Life After Death, Natural Selection, Religion News

As the Buddhist scholar Robert Thurman has noted, those unflinching realists who scoff at the notion of an afterlife may be the ones indulging in wishful thinking.

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The Natural Selection Of The Immortal Soul: A Thought Experiment

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Charles Darwin, Life After Death, Natural Selection, Immortal Soul, Immortality, Science, Darwinism, Evolution, Religion and Science, Science and Religion, Religion News

How would creationists react if someone were to suggest that the survival of the soul after death, far from being ruled out by the theory of natural selection, might actually be predicted as a consequence of that theory?

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Life After Death: Examining the Evidence

Victor Stenger | Posted 04.16.2012

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You often will hear it said, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." This is not true. Absence of evidence is evidence for absence when that evidence should be there. If life after death exists, then evidence should be there.

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50 Cent Plays A Hip Hop Mogul On 'The Finder'

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Eureka, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Video, The Finder, Life After Death, Curtis Jackson, Tv Replay, Fox, 50 Cent, Reality-Free, TV News

Curtis Jackson AKA 50 Cent made an appearance on "The Finder" (Fri., 8 p.m. ET on Fox) as Big Glade a rap mogul who wanted to hire Walter to find the ...

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Why I Want To Believe In Life After Death

Kathy Chang-Lipsenthal | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Life After Death, Enjoy Every Sandwich, Synchronicity, Afterlives, Meditation, Dealing With Death, Afterlife, Lee Lipsenthal, Grieving, Books News

My husband believed in past lives. Was I true believer? Not really. But after he died, strange things began to happen. Could this really be my late husband having fun from beyond the grave?

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Psalm 46 And Living After The Death Of A Loved One

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Family Scholars, Psalm 46, Death and Dying, Reformation Sunday, Martin Luther, Christianity, Death & Dying, Accepting Death, Life After Death, Coping With Death, Understanding Death, Religion News

Finality can bring you to the edge of despair and change your inner make-up. Those changes can be both painful and seem endless but also can give life.

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The Courage To Live Eternally

Rev. Dean Snyder | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, All Saints Sunday, The Eyes of the Heart, Life After Death, Belief in Afterlife, Eternal Life, All Saints Day, Afterlife, Christian Saints, Religion News

As Christians prepared for All Saints' Day, I want to propose that choosing to believe in life after death may actually be an act of courage.

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The Spirit Ends When The Brain Dies

Michael Graziano | Posted 12.05.2011

There is no part of the brain that, when damaged, takes away the Cartesian soul. Instead damage to different structures takes away different chunks of the mind.

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Why Atheists Aren't Afraid to Die

James Peron | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Mortality, Religion, Atheism, Life After Death, Christopher Hitchens, Death, Fear of Death, Death and Dying, Atheism and Death, World News

On three occasions, I assumed I would die -- not in the sense that we all assume we will die eventually, but imminently so.

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You Exist In Multiple Universes

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Death, Consciousness, Death & Dying, Biocentrism, Healthy Living Health News, Life After Death, Death and Space, Healthy Living Spirit, Death and Dying, Death and Time, What Happens After Death, Healthy Living News

At death there's a break in our linear stream of consciousness, and thus a break in the linear connection of times and places. Indeed, biocentrism suggests it's a manifold that leads to all physical possibilities.

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What Do You Think Happens When We Die?

Judith Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: What Happens When We Die, Afterlife, Death, Meaning of Death, Life After Death, Death & Dying, What Happens After Death, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

We have a culture of silence around dying and death. It's a great taboo that fills most of us with anxiety about life's end without any way to reduce that anxiety. We all know we are going to die, yet we don't talk about it.

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You Don't Have To Believe In Heaven To Find Life After Death

Rabbi Gary S. Fink | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Death and Dying, Hospice Care, Hospice, End of Life Issues, Legacy, End of Life Care, Hospice Patients, Spirituality, Death, Religion, Life After Death, Death & Dying, Heaven, Religion News

Charlie wanted life after death, but not in some far off, heavenly place. He explained that most of all, he wanted to live in the mind and heart of his grandchild.

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Does Anything Trump God's Justice?

Rothwell Polk | Posted 05.25.2011

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The establishment of justice is one of the most important Baha'i teachings. Justice in this life and on this Earth is critically important. It is the antidote to bigotry and hatred, disunity and discord.

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Near Death Experience: Journey Of Two Souls

William Horden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Nde, Near-Death Experiences, Life After Death, Spirituality, Death & Dying, Religion News

Minutes after they placed me on the emergency room table and fit an oxygen mask over my face, I felt my heart stop beating and I sighed my last breath.

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Is There 'Life After Death' For You (VIDEO)

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Life After Death, Death & Dying, Accepting Death, Moving Past Grief, Dealing With Grief, Dealing With Death, Grieving, Video, Healthy Living News

None of us are strangers to death. But, for some, the wound comes at a particularly difficult time. You might not even know that the person sitting next to you carries one similar to yours.

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The Eternally Boring Hereafter

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Near-Death Experiences, Life After Death, Skeptic Magazine, Hereafter, Peter Morgan, Matt Damon, Skepticism, Entertainment News

If the hereafter is anything like its filmic namesake, then it will turn out to be glacially slow, eternally boring, and pointless, with seemingly random plot lines aimlessly wandering about the ethereal landscape.

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My Dead Relatives in the Sky

Karl Giberson, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death, Eternal Life, Heaven, Life After Death, Immortal Soul, Religion News

Belief in eternal life is hard for me. My mind has been largely taken over by science and has trouble getting itself around ideas so far outside the normal course of events. But I still believe...

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Do You Only Live Once? Experiments Suggest Life Not One-Time Deal

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Quantum Physics, Multiverse, Biocentrism, Universe, Death, Life, Religion, Spirituality, Death & Dying, Reincarnation, Life After Death, Healthy Living News

The results of quantum physics confirm that observations can't be predicted absolutely. Instead, there's a range of possible observations each with a different probability.

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Life After My Husband's Death: How Art Renewed My Soul

Carrie Brillstein | Posted 11.17.2011

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Eighteen months ago my husband Bernie Brillstein died...After several months of mourning and feeling a bit lost I wondered how do I get my life back on track?

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WATCH: Woman Recounts Life After Death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34953879#34953879 | Posted 11.17.2011

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Psychotherapist Mary Jo Rapini claims she witnessed a glimpse of the afterlife after unexpectedly suffering an aneurysm at a gym.

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Life After Death: The View From The Edge

Dinesh D'Souza | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Susan Blackmore, Raymond Moody, Neuroscience, Near-Death Experiences, Life After Death, Death and Dying, Psychology, Nde, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

The best empirical evidence for life after death comes from people who have had "near death experiences." These are people who have gone to the edge and come back with a report.

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Can The Mind Exist Without The Brain?

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Near Death Experience, Religion, Philosophy, Brain, Life After Death, Mind, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Can the mind that has cast off its mortal coil still experience hunger? Can the mind be tickled? Is it possible for the disembodied mind to have a toothache?

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Deepakese: The Woo-Woo Master Deepak Chopra Speaks

Michael Shermer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neuroscience, Woo-Woo, Materialism, Pseudoscience, Life-After-Death, Reincarnation, Larry King LIve, Science, Jeff Probst, Afterlife, Deepak Chopra, Healthy Living News

Deepak Chopra is unhappy with my brand of skepticism--the type that identifies woo-woo nonsense and calls it for what it is: baloney. Last week Deep...

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Is Life After Death Possible?

Scott Mendelson, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Near Death Experience, Religion, Life After Death, Mind, Physics, Death & Dying, Body, Out of Body Experience, Faith, Healthy Living News

The philosopher George Berkeley posed the question, "If a tree fell in the forest and no one heard it, would it make a sound?" A closer look may have bearing on the question of whether there is life after death.

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