AUTHOR:Gary R. Habermas and J.P. Moreland
CATEGORY:psi
COMMENT:A pair of prominent conservative Christian apologists argue for survival after death and the orthodox Christian heaven and hell. Much of it is Bible-thumping, but the philosophical and evidential arguments are worth noting. They begin by affirming the soul, and their inept defense of substance dualism is a good illustration of why this view is out of favor. Their evidential argument is based on Jesus and NDE's. They defend Jesus's Resurrection by setting up an ultra-orthodox scenario against a caricatured rationalism. Their NDE material is based on a series of anecdotes, useful for understanding religious <em>beliefs</em>, but no more. There is also some selective skepticism: they attack <a href="/bib/196">Ian Stevenson</a>'s arguments for reincarnation because they don't fit Christianity, may be explained by possession rather than rebirth, and are likely explainable by mundane means anyway. Overall, a good reminder that creationism is not the only intellectual pathology in conservative religion.
DATE:19980922
KEYWORDS:religion:defense survival:defense survival:philosophy
MISC:275p.
PUBLISHER:Thomas Nelson
SUBMITADDR:bibliographer@csicop.org
SUBMITNAME:Taner Edis
TITLE:Immortality: The Other Side of Death
YEAR:1992