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A Naturalistic AfterlifeVictims of Heaven

A Naturalistic Afterlife: Victims of Heaven [The widespread acceptance of the standard religious conception of the afterlife is due to its immense emotional appeal, not its rationality. Indeed, secular critics have had little difficulty puncturing the logical self-contradictions in heaven as traditionally presented, and those objections are thoroughly reviewed in this chapter. But if believers have been victimized by illusions of eternal bliss, non-believers have also allowed themselves to become victims of the idea that the only form of an afterlife that is possible is one based on religious faith.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Naturalistic AfterlifeVictims of Heaven

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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-57977-1
Pages
43 –63
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-57978-8_4
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Abstract

[The widespread acceptance of the standard religious conception of the afterlife is due to its immense emotional appeal, not its rationality. Indeed, secular critics have had little difficulty puncturing the logical self-contradictions in heaven as traditionally presented, and those objections are thoroughly reviewed in this chapter. But if believers have been victimized by illusions of eternal bliss, non-believers have also allowed themselves to become victims of the idea that the only form of an afterlife that is possible is one based on religious faith.]

Published: Aug 2, 2017

Keywords: Afterlife; Heaven; Soul; Death; Secularism

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