How do educational and upbringing environments influence our views on free will? Is predictive technology a threat to the concept of free will? How do experiences of deja vu and precognition fit into the debate on free will? What are the philosophical implications of neuroscience’s insights into...
He questions whether religion brings us closer to paradise, why many seemingly perfect places turn into warzones, and if paradise exists only in the afterlife or if it can be found in the present. The author draws on his own experiences traveling the world to offer a unique perspective on fi...
which was published in 1895. The book was a critique on Christianity (as Nietzsche saw it) in which he argues that the Christian focus on the afterlife was yet another life-denying philosophy, which bred a hatred and denial of the energies and powers of one’s mortal existence. Nietzsche b...
Needless to say, the Western spiritual tradition shifted away from nature-centric paganism and took on the predatory militarism of monotheism, which created a dualistic split between the carnal earth thought to be corrupt and the lofty airy pure spirit thought to reside in the afterlife. And, it...
It is through her efforts that this type of information was provided to the public, allowing people to make their own decisions on how the universe began, what our purpose in life might be, and what lies for us beyond in the afterlife. Categories: Religeon & Spiritual If You Are ...
Gregory the Great provided the doctrine with its first systematic presentation and found it necessary to extend the process of penance into an afterlife that required more penance or temporal punishment in the fires of purgatory since there was no certainty of fulfilling the sacrament here on earth...