Posted by Roberta Grimes • July 02, 2015 • 10 Comments
Someone who had read my post of June 6th, By Their Fruit You Will Recognize Them, has asked what I think is a wonderful question. If Christianity abandoned the rest of the Bible and began now to follow only the Gospels, how would things be any different? As you may recall, in that earlier post... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 19, 2015 • 6 Comments
A frustrating but still amusing hobby is watching scientists who are bound by a “fundamental dogma” of atheistic materialism continue to stumble toward a consciousness-based understanding of reality… by exhausting every other possible theory. Some readers of this blog have reproached me for being too hard on mainstream science. How is it possible that universities... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • June 06, 2015 • 10 Comments
Jesus in the Gospels warns us that wrong religious teachings can be recognized by the evils they bring. He says: “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 31, 2015 • 5 Comments
Victor and Wendy Zammit produce a wonderful free weekly newsletter that covers the whole range of death and afterlife topics. You can subscribe at VictorZammit.com. The depth and range of the information they share will amaze you! As a break from this heavy but essential discussion of the meaning and the message of Jesus, I... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 23, 2015 • 20 Comments
Not long ago while stopped in traffic I noticed that the driver of the truck ahead had adamant religious views. His bumper stickers, plastered high on the back of the truck so they would not be missed, read, “If you’re living as if there is no God you had better hope you’re right!” And, “If... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 15, 2015 • 10 Comments
What is consciousness? Where does it come from? What does it do? Even a decade and a half into the twenty-first century, mainstream scientists still insist that consciousness has to come from the brain. But your consciousness is not generated by your brain. We have discussed elsewhere the many reasons why you can be certain... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • May 06, 2015 • 6 Comments
Despite extensive evidence that human consciousness is primary and it pre-exists the universe, mainstream scientists still believe that nothing exists that is not material. They are certain that your mind, your personality, all that you are is generated entirely by your brain, so when you die your mind will blink out like a light. All... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 22, 2015 • 2 Comments
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warns us that science is in a period of what he calls the “Great Stagnation.” He frets that we are stuck in what he sees as a “culture of conformity” because “innovation depends on individuals who are willing to pursue unconventional, or even controversial, ideas.” Mr. Thiel, you are exactly right.... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 12, 2015 • 11 Comments
Afterlife studies is a genuine science, which means that it has much to tell us beyond the fact that human minds are eternal. One of its most important revelations is the final answer to that age-old question: What is the purpose of human life? Here the dead agree with most major religions. We are here... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • April 03, 2015 • 8 Comments
Last week I was on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Beginning while the show was still on air, I received a wonderful flood of emails, so many that it took me two days and nights to answer them all. Most were questions or comments, but a few were heartbreaking stories. One of these... Read More
