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Not fearing death

I learned when I was about 8 years old that people my age — young people — died, though usually through some sort of accident.
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It’s OK to talk about death

My first conscious memory of pondering an afterlife came at the death of my profoundly disabled, brain damaged older brother. He died at 13 years old, slipping away one winter night from pneumonia.
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Stop comparing Nelson Mandela to Jesus, British journalist says

(RNS) Writing on the eve of the departure of world leaders to Johannesburg to attend a memorial service for Mandela, who died last week, Dominic Lawson wrote in the Daily Mail: "He was a giant -- but how absurd for the BBC to compare Mandela to Christ."
Commentary

Stepping out of the why

Today a 13-year-old boy and a mother of two young children are no longer walking the earth. One killed in confusion the other trying to keep her family safe as a truck made an abrupt lane change.
Commentary

Ask An Atheist: Is there an afterlife?

Is there an afterlife?

As someone who is a practical materialist, who does not believe we possess any supernatural spirit apart from the self-awareness generated in our brains, and who furthermore does not believe in any supernatural deities, my answer is a general no.

Commentary

Eternal life is the greatest gift

Four years ago, my younger sister was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer; she had surgery and chemo and then was in remission. One year ago, we found out that my sister’s cancer had returned. Again she had surgery and chemo, is now in excellent health, and we have every reason to expect her to stay that way for a long time to come — at least until a cure or a much better treatment is found.

Beliefs

Speculation about Mandela’s fate seen as cultural taboo

JOHANNESBURG (RNS)  Will native son and national hero Nelson Mandela survive his latest bout with illness? That is the single question dominating headlines, speeches, Twitter and conversation throughout South Africa.

It’s an unusual situation in a country where death is an off-limits topic due to local culture.

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