Michael Shermer - Is Life After Death Possible? 

This chat has absolutely nothing to do with the topic advertised, life after death.

Their discussion had NOTHING to do with the title of the video

I like it, "religion is primarily not about explaining the natural world". Yes, it is primarily about spirituality.

Its sad how less the views are for closer to truth videos and interviews.

For a moment I thought dude was quoting Joe Pesci from good fellas. "OH I AMUSE YOU?"

Life and Death duality is not easy to grasp. Without knowing what death is , you live without knowing what life is... If you experience what death is consciously, you actually start living life.. Death is a mystery, if not experienced while you are alive...Life is as illusive particle when compared to death, which is one single wave on which everyrhing collapses, basically an experience that leads to wisdom with the superposition of the body, mind and soul on the spirit..

As a theist i respect this guy.. saying "this world will be better place without religion" is the same as saying "i should be more happy if i was born in different family". Like or not, modern society that we have today historically can't be like 'today' without religion in the first place. Maybe should be better without the religion? How do you know?

i am surprised to hear Shermer being so non-cynical.

Adam from “Adam Ruins Everything” is pissed because Shermer said alpha male :((

And who cares about what Shermer says? Explaining religion away as a tool for social order is just a manifestation of shallow-mindedness.

There’s no religion, but , humanity

For people that believe in non-existence after death. How do you know the non-existence goes on forever? How do you know that you're not going to turn into another person or an animal or something? Cause if you really don't exist you have no idea that you died. You wouldn't even know what you are let alone who you are.

A friendly and nice conversation about the social purpose of religion but what does that have to do with life after death? That doesn't seem to be his specialty?

"Does our consciousness end forever? Nothing could be more frightening!" I would argue that spending an eternity in a universe with no justice is far more frightening than death, and also far more likely... You aren't 60 years of awareness preceded by and followed by two eternities. That is a ridiculous thought. Eternity is eternity, and it is clearly an eternity of life, not death...

Gee, I wonder what Shermer's position will be. Zzzzzzzz

The only issue I have: the metaphysical question has not been answered.

This is one guy I would love to see you have a NDE experience and come back and Change his way of life And see what he would have to say about that I would love to see what he would have to say then

_Death is nothing to us because good and evil lie in sensation, which ends with death. Thus believing death is nothing to us makes a mortal life happy by ending the yearning for immortality...If we don’t fear death, why should we fear life?...Thus dreaded death is nothing to us because when we are, death is not and when death is, we are not…._ -Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus (third paragraph) 💕 ☮ 🌎 🌌

Would be interesting to watch videos on problem of evil

This has to be at least 10 years old.

Looks like this was filmed at Mount Wilson Observatory. More specifically, shot In the dome that houses the same 100in telescope where Edward Hubble discovered the expansion of the universe. Very cool.

Hmm, life after the end of life? Not bloody likely!

“The problem is fanaticism, not religion” 👍👍👍 I really like Michael Shermer’s agnosticism... with a few reservations (very much enjoyed “The Moral Arc” and “How We Believe” by the way). Perhaps “God” is just a social construct, but I think that’s shallow. I prefer the more ‘realist’ view that what people call “God” is the fundamental foundation of our psyche - the “ground of our being”, mostly invisible to us, but whose wisdom is accessible through methodologies developed by all religions eg. prayer, silence, meditation, contemplation etc. In this view, our conscious mind is just the tip of an iceberg, but the huge resource of the Unconscious (like the invisible part of the iceberg) is real and available to us, if we learn how to listen to it. IMO, fundamentalists are guilty of idolatry in their unshakable certainty that truth is static, and that they can possess it in a book, tradition or ideology. Such hubris! I like & respect Michael Shermer for urging us to cultivate a degree of doubt & uncertainty therefore in his Skeptic column. The questioning openness that so characterises this channel, is what enables the discovery of new truths and understandings.

I've listened to this several times, but I don't think the title/heading describes the content. Sorry to say.

The choice to not believe in life after death is a human’s desire to not be accountable for his actions. He just want to be free even at death. Shermer is just throwing opinions and creating a different God religious people believe in. Natural world never created itself. Big Bang you quoting is even a theory by a Catholic priest. Why was he not an atheist having created that theory.

Revelation 1: 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

Why is the idea of life after death so difficult to grasp? Are we just hung up on the religious connotations? Get rid of them, we don't need them. We all have already experienced life after death. What were you 1000 years ago? Most definitely not alive. You had absolutely none of the characteristics we consider "being alive", in fact, there was no "you". The universe, without a doubt, can (and did) create you. There are exactly ZERO physical laws that limit the number of times you can be produced. Likely? The likelihood of a given outcome within a set of possibilities increases with available time. Given enough time, ALL possibilities come to fruition. Current estimates put the universe at about 14 billion years old, however, new theories indicate the process may be infinite. Possibilities over infinite time equate to a 100% chance of not only occurring, but reoccurring infinitely. The question has always been about continuity, not probability... will you remember being you? Does this iteration effect the next? I guess that depends on how exactly the universe handles the processes that currently think they're you. We are not separate from the universe. We are as much a part of it as our solar system is part of the Milky Way. All one and the same. We are the universe, thinking, learning, creating. My perspective on the importance of all my bits and pieces is likely important to its function, but ultimately those bits and pieces are serving a much, much larger function that is not "us", but everything. I'm good with that.

I found his opinions interesting. Good video.

I will believe it as soon as Jesus comes back. Any day now...

Yes, its unadvoidable. 😊

Scientist have discovered that after a Person has expired That They are still Consciously Aware It's a Long story You Might say ?

It's not only possible, it's our Creator's plan to save all created men after their visible bodies perish.

I don’t get what the big deal is? Why cant a person who believes strongly in the Lord also believe 🛸’s also exist? With to overwhelming amount of eye accounts and witnesses over the decades for zero benefits keep mounting up with no end. Ignore all that? Is that what an intelligent person do if this much evidence continued to pile up with no end?

He does seem condescending. And, did he really have to say, "... if you got circumcised?"

This video should get more likes. The interview was good. You might not agree with the interviewee but that is not a reason for a dislike. It ain't his channel. It's the interviewer's.

Loved how Michael Shermer explained it to him.🤣🤣🤣🤣

Anyone knows what is Robert religion?

Apparently, there is no right way to share your opinion if you aren't a believer. If you are direct and frank about your opinion, you are "strident." If you soft pedal your opinion to try to spare feelings, you are "patronizing." Oh well. I can take being called either, so long as I am confident in being "correct."

Oh here's Mr. Know it all

The shroud of Turin explains all

The shotgun mic and the wire are doubling the subject.

I come from the future and afterlife exists

Clip title mentions life after death, where was that discussion? The religious guy gets offended by the atheist guy. That’s almost nine minutes of a typo and nothing new.

Some natural phenomenon like walking ; eating ....does not need so much complex analogy.... Life after death ...needs explanation from soooo many people with 1000s of different answers means there is one and only one answer :::: STOP BEING DELUSIONAL ABOUT SOME FAIRY TALE LIFE STARTING AFTER U R NO MORE....

I think there is there is absolutely nothing after death and most of my family are Christians but I think after the brain dies there will be absolutely nothing there will be no thoughts and most people say they think there will be darkness but I don’t believe that either if someone where to die and come back alive I don’t believe they would remember a single thing in between the two and I have nothing against Christians I encourage you to believe that if you want to and I wish I could have such a mindset like a Christian but I just can’t get myself to believe anything other than there is nothing and my brother says that he would want to have his body frozen or to have a machine that would at least let him think or have thought after death but I believe that if a body is frozen things break in your body that are beyond repair and I wouldn’t want to have my brain in a machine to think and the reason for that is I would spend however long I love after that to think of my dead family and friends that have been dead for a long time but if you read all of this I would love you to leave your opinion under mine

Of course there’s life after death. Do you or anyone you know have descendants? Other than that………

Science is a religion. It seeks explanation because we fear not having an explanation. But science really has few answers. It excludes data it can't explain. The more we learn about reality, the more questions arise. Does matter really exist? What is reality. Some strange phenomena exists for which science has not a clue.

But the only self destruction way for us to end is by religion or our advancement in the greater outer spac

I think there is a commonality with any faith based thinking that affects the overall thought processes and including up to political ideologies, it is connected by a strong internal thought process. Religion suggests that fanaticisms develop more quickly, on different levels, and by what M. Shemer mentioned in the video as well, even if they are strong enough to leave the faith. In addition psychopathic and sociopathic personality disorders must be happening throughout history and into today, and when coupled with religion, they are cunning individuals that are hard to identify until its too late or are in control of others thoughts to an extent. And there are multitudes of levels of their behaviors from what I see from my personal observations, this while also listening to the teachers explanations of this area on human personalities to work something out personally, it is a deep well for sure.

Yes we hindus we believe in life after death. We have to pay for our karma otherwise we do whatever we want on this earth like today God is punishing us. We are not lisening ang respecting

7:06 : WHAT??? Science is absolute knowledge. Electrons EXIST for sure. So what is Shermer saying here?

Lol. Real Christians don’t go to church for inspiration, but adoration that belongs to God.

Is this Michael Shermer's grandson or is this old recording

GET IT OVER WITH and accept death is the ultimate end.

Humans are not primates.

Is Life after birth possible ? There ain't No dead, only the Living Dead. How do We see that We are Eternal ? Is Un-change-able the same as Eternity, Why have No one seen the Living behind the Being ? have You seen your self ?

The title is misleading, People go to fanatism in the political or religious if there is no way out and they are excluded. it gives them a sense of power to overcome. So when the US or its allies bomb the crap out of the Muslim world, they cannot use modern armies, they would be slaughtered, so they resort to hit and run. That seems pretty logical to me, - modern battle bad, twin towers hit and run "Good ". It also helps if the host country lets it happen as well. The guy talks about the evil of religion, which is true but the evil of secularism is there, such as Hitler, Stalin, Pol pot, the communist Chinese, Western secularism, with its abortion clinics, trying to kill thousands if not millions by corvid herd immunity, sending out do not resuscitate forms to perfectly healthy human beings. Their only crime is being disabled. A religious person reacts in horror at killing the unborn, the guy being interviewed calls the reaction to it fanatism. But killing the unborn is secular fanatism to the selfish self, to the unborn, to the father, to society, and the person having an abortion.

Isn't the Universe just all about recycling?

Please closer to truth ... one vedio aday because I like to concentrate on the vedio I dont want to watch it in a rush .I'd be grateful if you consider my suggestion

I like this series of RU-vid videos. However, I am greatly disappointed that this video has nothing to do with the Title or Tag Line of the video “Is Life After Death Possible”. Come on, are clicks that important that you have to lie about the content of the video? Shameful!

Especially in calamities religion is more stronger.

NTS 85/u - religion & politics - voluntary rules following and trust (moral trust chain) - patronization

Thank you , another wow factor show my good sir

First because I'm not alive

Shermer will never experience the value of faith in God because he is alert that faith should not rule his lump of flesh called brain which he thinks is the thing that has made him the topmost creature in the whole creation. Well, if human brain is so powerful then is it telling the cow to feel love to her newborn calf ? Is that lump of flesh creating love so powerful and universal in nature ? Well, why doesn't he run to preserve those lumps when mllions of persons are led to the crematorium ?

And He made the stars also 🤔 and the sun abd the moon and you & I

This doesn't explain life, death, and soul.

After I die I will be, where I was before my birth...

Warren Brown sure does look a lot like Michael Shermer.

It’s better to believe in God than to not believe in God because when we die and find out there is a God that’s good and if there is no God . AT LEAST we give ourselves a “chance “ for an after life!

I can listen to Michael Shermer or Jesus, I choose Jesus.

A real scientist will never deny tbe existence of tbe God of the bible

Michael Shermer upgrated himself as being a "DOCTOR"....... on his last videos -channel.

To answer this question quickly. There is no life after death. Human is a soul. This soul is eternal, no death. The body is taken from earth and usually belongs to earth. So what is the question?

Why ask this peanut about something he knows nothing about and that he openly doesn't have any time for. You wouldn't ask your butcher about complex financial advice. Felix why don't you interview an intelligent Christian scientist. I expected better from you. Do you interview astronomers about horticulture?

Now we know why Michael’s an atheist… something happened to him. 😂😂😂

How about atheist ??? Do they also follow these rules 🤔 . They certainly do !!!

theism and life after death are such pathetic beliefs.

Abortion is not fanatic?

what a sad guest

There is no life after death.

I didn't watch this. But, I think anything is possible. Probability ====> 0 < P < 1. It's simple. 🥲