Last Updated on May 26, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org
First reports of a life after death came from Egypt. Ancient Egyptian afterlife beliefs were centered around a variety of complex rituals that were influenced by many aspects of Egyptian culture. Religion was a major contributor, since it was an important social practice that bound all Egyptians together.
People 3 000 years ago had no knowledge of natural science. One person expierenced for instance a near death experience, and the other believed what the other person reported about. In this has not changed up to the present day.
The followingdetail scene from the Papyrus of Hunefer (c. 1375 BC) shows Hunefer’s heart being weighed on the scale of Maat against the feather of truth, by the jackal-headed Anubis. The ibis-headed Thoth, scribe of the gods, records the result. If his heart is lighter than the feather, Hunefer is allowed to pass into the afterlife. If not, he is eaten by the waiting Ammit. Vignettes such as these were a common illustration in Egyptian books of the dead.[1]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_afterlife_beliefs
But neurosientist Cristoph Koch believes that people who report from near death experiences are crazy. We reported about it on this site. So it is up to you to proof or disproof Christof Kochs’s Panpsychism theory, or if you want ot believe in the story of the Hunefer’s heart, or if you want to believe in Christianity.
One argument for Christianity is that it is a system of values which has been evaluated for 2 000 years. And it presents also a model of the Universe which made sense for people for 2 000 years. And do we have to take it with every single word? Or is it more symbolic? And does it describe something which will happen for sure, or something which could happen?
And do scientists now offer an alternative which answers all open questions? And is what scienists present enough to demolish what people believed in since 2000 years?
For comparison, even when Jesus came and taught something new, he said in Matthew 5:17-18:
“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures,
either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete.»