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Is There Evidence For Afterlife By Joel Furches

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In the article I’ve chosen “Is there evidence for afterlife,” we learn about the exploration and standpoints of the afterlife. Author Joel Furches begs the question of our soul, asking us if our physical body dies off but our soul is everlasting does that mean we pose enough evidence to say there is an afterlife? Secondly, if we could resurrect just as Jesus did, would that be another key factor in justifying life after death? He certainly defends the position that since Jesus resurrected that should be enough evidence for eternal life.
That author’s major points at first glance are that of a dive into the religious outlook of what the bible and various other religions have to say about the great beyond. The reader is then immersed in the theories of what people believe to be the truth being the afterlife. We discuss the conflict between body and soul and how it relates to life after death. He then submerges us into the encounters of near-death with research done by a Christian scholar to justify the discounted stories of those who have gone through these experiences. It goes without saying, that we would of course first have to discuss the death and resurrection of Jesus because afterall he promised that this would be the same fate to his followers if they trusted him and followed the path of righteousness …show more content…

“This idea is partially included in most forms of religion, with early religions asserting that there is a life that follows death and creating elaborate stories about the nature of this afterlife. Eastern religions held to a more migrational notion – not so much an afterlife as the recycling of souls into new bodies,” (Furches, 2023). Which beg’s the question if our soul still exists after we die, depending on one’s beliefs this idea could rationalize the idea that some part of us still does go on and would justify everlasting

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