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The afterlife in tabloids

The afterlife in tabloids

by digby

When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible –a journey to the afterlife.

From what I hear, these sorts of cover stories sell big. And that’s fine. But I never find them persuasive. (I suppose that if years of Sunday School and the Bible didn’t do it, Tina Brown surely won’t.)

Whenever I see one of them, I can’t help but recall this quote from one of these “news stories” back in 2005:

The uniqueness—one could say oddity, or implausibility—of the story of Jesus’ resurrection argues that the tradition is more likely historical than theological.

That just makes no sense to me whatsoever.

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