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Science Connections

The Near Death Experience as Evidence for Life After Death

A dialogue by Stafford Betty.

From time to time I ask my students how they feel about life after death. A solid majority say they believe in it, in keeping with most Americans (82% in a recent Gallup poll). I then ask them to imagine how they would feel if I could prove it didn’t exist. “But you couldn’t,” some insist. “I know,” I say, “but I want you to imagine I could and did.

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