afterlife

Seems very silly but....... At last a new book has been published setting out the secular scientific case for survival after death. This former stage magician tells us everything that his fellow magician James Randi is very careful not to tell us. more...

This is disappointing to me for two reasons: 1) Although I enjoyed the series in a sort of guilty-pleasure-for-sceptics way, I really thought they should leave it where it ended and not do a second series. They have. 2) The creator talks about becoming less sceptical since starting the show...

The red text in following link put me off reading very far.Apparently a lawyer is offering a million to anyone who can disprove psychics,afterlife etc. *yawn" Bear in mind the forum is run by Faeden(ardent believer of ghosts and who sulks if you mention Dennis Mckenzie in connection with Soham...

Being new here, i'm not going to pretend to be a rocket scientist but I do have a pressing question that maybe some of you great minds can help me out with. The first law of thermodynamics: energy can be transformed but not created or destroyed. The second law of thermodynamics: The entropy...

http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2006/Oct/hour2_102706.html There's an excellent interview with Mary Roach who wrote a book on the various attempts to scientifically investigate the afterlife. And an interview with Dava Sobel. And a bunch of other good stuff, if you want to nose around.

Are you afraid of death? If so why? If no why? My answer is no. I haven't ever really been afraid of death and became used to the idea that when you die it's all over and not a problem for you. It is a problem for those who survive you but for you it is the end so no need to worry other than...

Many, many disparate cultures throughout history have had some idea of an afterlife; each person having an immortal soul which "moves on" after death. Where did this idea come from? Why would it ever occur to people that ANYTHING happens to us after death, or that there's some non-physical...

Hi all I'm a regular on Derek Acorahs forum and concider myself an openminded sceptic. I won't to get both sides to the debate so i thought i'd ask here. Has anyone read the book The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death by Gary Schwartz? If so what did...

Here's something I wonder about. Most "spiritual" people argue staunchly for the existence of a God, believing that it naturally follows that they don't have to die. Why? The common trait of a God is that it created the universe as we know it, and that it is "all-powerful." Okay...so why does...

I don't know if this was already brought up here but, Check this out $1000000 to anyone DISproving existnce of after life... http://www.victorzammit.com/skeptics/challenge.html what do you think is it doible? probably not... probably to many conditions on it to actualy disprove anything...

I've recently read the articles where Hyman and Randi criticize the research done by Gary Schwartz in his "Afterlife Experiments" I have also read the responses by Gary and the answers from Randy and Hyman and again the responses by Gary which isn't viewable on this website. The criticism by...

The afterlife is real! It doesn't generally last as long as the person lived. People spend it being eaten by fungi and bacteria. I don't expect you skeptics to take my claim on faith; so buy some shovels and go to your local graveyard. See for your self.

Given that we goes through many stages of consciousness during our lives, how is our permanent eternal consciousness determined? Is it the consciousness we possess at the moment of death? If so, does a two-year old (assuming he'd taken the trouble to repent of his evil ways) arrive in heaven...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's obsession with and often unquestioning belief in all things paranormal is quite well known, but I was thrown into quite the spasm of laughter a few days ago when a further dimension of bizarreness was added to this issue by someone who mentioned (quite seriously, so I...

From this week's commentary...... Do you find the idea of there being no afterlife cheerful?

At least an infinite afterlife. Living forever... Anything that's created seems to die, or at least is subject to time. To be "timeless" as shown in near-death experiences, you would have to be without creation... Then why are we alive? We were here forever, and then we were born and then...

Skeptics, here's more proof that you asked for. ---------------------------- http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2893543/detail.html Scientist Claims Proof Of Afterlife Research Finds Accuracy Of Mediums Channeling Dead People UPDATED: 10:19 AM EST March 4, 2004 ... Scientists at The...

Apologies in advance if this has already been posted here somewhere. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=387&ncid=387&e=11&u=/ibsys/20040304/lo_wews/2034134 I've got an open mind to just about anything, but someone needs to sind this guy a link to the $1M Challenge. I'll wait...

When you die, I believe your mind will cease to exist. Only the body remains, inanimated. There will be many newborn babies.. at about the same time. You will probably have one of those new consciousnesses. Well, it's not actually you and it has nothing to do with the you that has died.. but an...

If there is an afterlife can we ever know the nature of it. If we can never know the nature of something, is that the same as saying it doesn't exist? Is merely thinking about something, enough to bring it into existence?

I'm trying to compose a response to this page: http://skeptics.victorzammit.com/reward.html I'd be grateful if someone would check my argument is sound and my analogy is good. Logic/grammar corrections appreciated, improvements welcome. Ta. Zammit: Considering the [JREF $1,000,000] offer has...

Assume there is a discovery that proves beyond any doubt that there is an afterlife, and the answer is in an envelope, and before you open you have to guess: Which one do you consider to be the most plausible?