Man Know Thyself
Life After Death
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normal atoms. The carbon in it is the same as that
found in charcoal, its hydrogen and oxygen are the
same as that which constitutes water, its nitrogen
exactly the same gas as that which accounts for
most of the atmosphere, and so on. But is it true to
say that a live human being is a specific collection of
ordinary atoms which have been arranged in an
extraordinary way? Or is it something else besides
this? Scientists admit that although we know that
the body has been fabricated of certain material
particles, we are still not in a position to create life
just by combining these same particles. In other
words, the body of a live human being is not just a
conglomeration of inanimate atoms; rather it is a
combination of life and atoms. After death the
conglomeration of atoms remains visible to us,
while life departs for another world.
Clearly, life is not something which can be
eliminated. When we grasp that it is something
with eternal properties, we can appreciate just how
rational and natural the ‘life-after-death’ theory is.
The facts cry out that life does not consist merely of
what can be seen prior to death. There must be a life
after death also. Our intellect accepts the transient
