(June 20, 2023 at 11:29 am)arewethereyet Wrote:(June 20, 2023 at 11:17 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: I think hardly anybody today believes that afterlife is real, but that Near Death Experiences are not glimpses of it. Sure, that's entirely possible (and arguably probable if we assume afterlife is real), but we should be trying to refute the form of religion most people believe (or at least claim to believe) in.
You don't think anyone believes in an afterlife? That's pretty much the basis for Christianity.
No, I think it is rare that somebody believes:
1. Afterlife is real.
2. Near-death experiences are not glimpses of an afterlife.
Other than that, there are some denominations of Christianity that don't believe in afterlife. Jehovah's Witnesses, for example. And it's hard to tell what the early Christians believed. The Gospels contain verses that appear to deny afterlife, saying things as "Nobody has yet been to heaven.".
