Genealogy of Religion

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He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands

March 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Axial Age, Economy

By now you surely have heard about Colton Burpo (he is a real kid from Nebraska, not a character from an Upton Sinclair novel). When Colton was 3 years old, he allegedly went to the Christian heaven during an appendectomy. Young Colton “miraculously” lived to tell about it, and now at age 11, he and [...]

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Near Death Experiences: Portal to Another Realm?

July 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Cognition, Emotions, Evolutionary Byproduct

There are many who believe that near death experiences (“NDE”) provide evidence of the existence of a spirit-soul and that those who have these close encounters with death have glimpsed another realm.  Over at Brain Blogger, Jennifer Gibson discusses some recent studies of NDEs in a post titled “Light at the End of the Tunnel [...]

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