God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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other discipline of science is as meaningless as
turning to botany or metallography in order to
understand man’s inborn capacity to think. Even a
study of the parts of the body cannot serve as a
basis for the affirmation or denial of this concept
because the doctrine of the life hereafter asserts not
the survival of the present material body, but that of
the spirit which albeit dwelling in the body, has its
independent existence.
Many other scholars who have objectively
examined the evidence furnished by psychical
research have felt compelled to accept the life
hereafter as a matter of fact. C.J. Ducasse, Professor
of Philosophy at the Brown University, has made a
philosophical and psychological scrutiny of this
concept. He does not believe in it in the sense in
which it is presented by religion, yet he holds that
apart from the dogmas of religion, such evidence
does exist as compels us to accept the survival of
life after death. After making a general survey of
various investigations in the field of psychical
research he observes:
