Reading Time: 7 minutes Today, let me show you the story of Robert Bigelow’s new contest about life after death — and what can fill the space left behind in a heart when a false belief finally gets cast out of it.
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Afterlife: When the Science Spoke At Last to Me
Reading Time: 7 minutes Hi and welcome back! Yesterday, I noted that I struggled mightily with my belief in some sort of afterlife. Today, I want to show you what happened as I slowly began coming to grips with mortality. Plunging Into Science. During that time, 2013-2015, I was devouring a lot of science about the brain — and […]
Afterlife: How Captain Cassidy Let Go of a False Belief
Reading Time: 12 minutes Over the past day or so, a lot of people have taken a stab at which belief I might be talking about today! And in truth, I could have chosen a lot of them. Seriously. But I wanted to share one that could apply to a whole lot of ideologies. Once I’d narrowed things down that far, one belief popped right into focus. So today, I want to show you how someone who really does want to base her entire worldview on little-f facts does exactly that. Here’s how I evaluated my own belief in an afterlife with the facts as humans now know them, and what I did with what I found.
What Does Jesus Say about the Afterlife?
Reading Time: 4 minutes 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. So that means the afterlife is […]
Humans: Abandoned by God, Made Obsolete by AI
Reading Time: 6 minutes 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 a refute of the atheist position, more […]
Sean McDowell’s Third Easter Question Also Fails Spectacularly Hard
Reading Time: 12 minutes In this video, Sean McDowell sought to answer three big important questions through the use of one Gospel myth: the Resurrection of Jesus. So far, he’s been batting zero! Today, we tackle Sean McDowell’s third big question, and we’ll see if he manages to salvage his reputation a bit this time around.
Groundhog Day According to Rita
Reading Time: 7 minutes Groundhog Day has become like a personal religious holiday for me. Around this time every year, I break out my well-worn copy of the Bill Murray classic by the same name and watch it again to relive my most consistent fantasy: Going back in time to undo the mistakes of the past and learn from […]
The Discovery of Death
Reading Time: 5 minutes [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 to provide a thought-provoking piece for ATP – […]
Questions About Heaven I Never Thought to Ask When I Was Christian
Reading Time: 9 minutes Today, let me show you some of the questions I had about Heaven. In their way, they represent bigger dealbreakers than anything I didn’t ask about Hell.
Religion in the US Is No Longer Exceptional (and a Chat about the Afterlife)
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 is getting to the point where being religious […]