4.6 - non-religious arguments against life after death

• humanists/athiest


  don't believe in life after death

  • different religions have different ides about life after death (reincarnation, judgement)
  • based on holy books which they dont believe in
  • near death experiences are unreliable because people have falliable memories (mistaken)
  • mediums can be proved wrong
  • jesus' resurrection isnt reliable because the gospels contradict each other
  • death is a natural part of life
• personal reasons for not believing in life after death

  • depends on a god and they dont believe in god
  • science shows that the mind/soul cannot exist without the brain
  • no place in which heaven can be
  • cannot recognise souls without bodies
  • karl marx - life after death was a was of keeping working class happy with low wages and poor living conditions
• christian responses to non-religious arguments

  reject them

  • christianity is the one true religion and so bible can be relied on
  • disciples wouldn't have risked lives if resurrection was false
  • rene descartes shows that mind is separate from the body, so can survive without the body
  • heaven is a spiritual dimension, outside but interacting with the material universe