Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 27, 2015 • 17 Comments
A recent study of more than a thousand children in six countries shows a strong negative correlation between religious practice and altruism. The study found that family religious identification decreased children’s altruistic behaviors and reduced their empathy and their sensitivity to perceived injustices. Children from religious households also tended to be more judgmental, and harsher... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • November 09, 2015 • 26 Comments
I’ve been telling everyone that sincerely giving your life to God will transform it altogether. Perhaps it isn’t surprising that some people are taking my advice. And I love them for that! But one reader has just reminded me that it isn’t quite that simple. She said in a blog post comment: You write... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • September 12, 2015 • 31 Comments
I have just read the most foolish bit of nonsense that I ever have seen in Scientific American. And given the fact that most issues of my favorite magazine include further examples of the resolute cluelessness to which mainstream science has reduced itself, to call this article perhaps the most epic bit of ignorance ever... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 30, 2015 • 11 Comments
One area about which the afterlife evidence gives us fascinating hints is the whole field of extraterrestrial life. I haven’t followed up on any of this evidence. To be frank, I haven’t wanted to know! So when I was recently told that one of my dearest friends has Arcturian spirit guides, I was brought up... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 22, 2015 • 9 Comments
A friend of mine has sent me an extraordinary interview with Lother Schafer, a quantum physicist who has more than a clue about what actually is going on. His Infinite Potential: What Quantum Physics Reveals About How We Should Live (2013) is a deeply remarkable book. Dr. Schafer has arrived at precisely the same set of... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 13, 2015 • 25 Comments
Long before I knew that my primary spirit guide had once been Thomas Jefferson, I loved the man. My 1993 Doubleday novel, My Thomas, was written from the adoring viewpoint of his wife. And before I could write so tenderly about someone who had been a slaveholder, I had to do research and satisfy myself... Read More
Posted by Roberta Grimes • August 02, 2015 • 21 Comments
It became clear soon after my last post was made that many readers are not familiar with spirit guides. This is an area where I am not expert, but I’m competent to give you a beginner’s course. Let’s do that now! Your life will be richer and more fulfilling when you have a better sense... 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 • 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 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
