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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was actually a really interesting book written a year or two ago by the guy running the study on NDE where he runs through the history and evidence and his study. Its fascinating. He does not conclude that there is a God, but says that SOMETHING is happening after death that we don't understand. Look, my view is that everything is describable by science. That is what science does, describe things. If something is happening after death, it is describable using the scientific method, but perhaps not the tools we have now to measure the world. I am also a Christian, and I don't see those things as opposed. If there is life after death, I don't know why that should be "supernatural," any more than other crazy unknown things in this universe are supernatural. They are just unknown.[/quote]

For instance, Jesus ascending into heaven would be supernatural, because people just can't rise up without some kind of engine, and if they did, at some point, they couldn't breathe up there.  So it requires belief in the supernatural to think that happened.  The same with resurrection.

There are many things that are unknown -- like potential cures for some diseases, but you can bet if they find a cure, it will be based on empirical reasoning and experimentation, not on a supernatural event.  Unknown and supernatural are not synonyms and I doubt you'd find anyone schooled in theology to say they were. [/quote]

There are a variety of homeopathic or naturopathic treatments for cancer that have yet to be proven through large scale or double blind tests, but nonetheless they are used and they work on many patients. They are not supernatural and their efficacy is known by those who use it. In fact, in Europe these treatments are more commonplace than here in the US.

Jesus' resurrection and ascension to heaven may not be explained by current science but that may be a reflection of mankind's lack of knowledge. [/quote]

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