SECTION 4 CHRISTIANITY- TOPIC 1.4.6 NON-RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS AFTER AN AFTERLIFE Flashcards
What do non-religious people believe regarding in life after death?
Humanists and atheists do not believe in life after death. They believe that just like animals and plants, humans cease to exist when they die.
Why do Humanists and Atheists NOT believe in life death?
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-The different religions have different ideas about life after death
-Karl Marx argued that belief
in life after death was an invention of the ruling classes to be used as
a means of social control.
-They think that life after death is simply a source of comfort to the
bereaved with no factual evidence to support it.
-The religious evidence for life after death is based on holy books, but there is no way for a non-believer to decide which holy book is the true word of God.
-Evidence for near-death experiences is also unreliable. People have fallible memories, psychologist Dr.Freeman say “memories are extremely fallible.”
Why do Christians reject these non-religious arguments?
-Christianity is the one true religion, so the Bible and what it says can be relied on
-Christianity has been at the forefront of reforms to improve the conditions of the working class, so Christian beliefs about life after
death cannot be part of social control.
-The disciples must have known whether or not the resurrection
happened and they would not have risked their lives as they did, for something they knew was a lie.
