Question by Nicole: Does the belief in the afterlife involve an indefensible metaphysical theory?
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Answer by Merry Rainemas
It would require that the source of our consciousness somehow be working through the brain, and that when the brain is damaged the soul, or personality, only “appears” damaged.
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I am convinced there is life after death for one reason: Jesus Christ died and was placed in a tomb—and two days later came back to life.
Think about it a moment: What would it take to prove to us that there is life after death? The answer is clear: Someone would have to die, and then come back to life again. It wouldn’t be enough for them to have a so-called “near-death” experience; their death would have to be real. And it wouldn’t be enough for only one or two people to see them; it would require many witnesses.
But has this ever happened? Yes—when Jesus Christ rose from the grave! His death was real; hard-bitten Roman guards made sure He was dead before they took Him down from the cross. And His resurrection was real also, because hundreds saw Him during the next forty days. Paul, writing over 25 years later, noted that “he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living” (1 Corinthians 15:6).
How could this happen? It happened because Jesus Christ was not just another man. He was God’s only Son, sent from heaven to save us from our sins. Only He could say, “I am the resurrection and the life. … Whoever lives and believes in me will never die” (John 11:25-26). This can be your hope, by giving your life to Christ today.
David
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Of course. The definition of afterlife is so broad that it fits every person’s interpretation, which rests completely outside of the bounds of logic. It’s indefensible because it’s supernatural and it would take something that exists outside of our reality to prove its existence. If the supernatural were to find its way into our reality it would immediately cease to be supernatural, and it in turn would overwrite all of the fundamental laws of our reality. Basically, the whole idea of proving something outside of actual evidence just proves how indefensible it is.