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Bruce Greyson on Near Death Experiences
Dr. Bruce Greyson is one of the leading academic researchers into the NDE phenomenon. He is a psychiatric researcher and teacher at the University of Virginia Medical School, and he co-edited a recent book on NDEs. Here he offers brief observations … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, bruce greyson, death, heaven, hell, life, NDE, NDEs, near-death experiences, psychology
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What’s Atheism Good for? Ctd.
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Tagged atheism, Daniel Dennett, Darwin, evolution, Expelled, free thought, life, PZ Myers, reason, Richard Dawkins, science, worldviews
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What’s Atheism Good for? Ctd.
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Tagged agnosticism, atheism, death, life, loneliness, philosophy, pragmatism, psychology
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Monty Python’s “Parrot Sketch”
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Tagged birds, comedy, death, humor, life, monty python, pet shops, pets
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What Does Atheism Really Offer to, Say, the Dying?
I like this quote from Michael Dirda (a writer for the NY Times) writing about agnostic Julian Barnes’s book on death: “Beautifully done might also justly describe Nothing to Be Frightened Of. A friend once summed up Julian Barnes’s own … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, atheism, cancer, death, eternal life, gospel of John, life, light, philosophy, religion, seneca, stoicism
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Prometheus Unbound 