God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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many cases have contained numerous items
of evidence, of the very kinds which, for
instance, would satisfy one of the identity of a
person claiming to be his brother, with whom
he could communicate at the time only
through the intermediary of some third
person or by telephone.”
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Most contemporary scholars are hesitant about
accepting the evidence furnished by psychical
research. C.D. Broad writes:
“Barring the doubtful exceptions of psychical
research, none of the different branches of
science prove even the remotest possibility of
life after death.”
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This argument is as unsound as saying that
“thinking” is a rather dubious phenomenon
because, except for man, we have never been able to
place anything in the universe under observation
which testifies to the phenomenon of “thinking”.
Since the survival or extinction of life after death is
a purely psychological problem, any evidence,
either for or against, must be produced by
psychology alone. To seek affirmation from any
