Life after death? Human consciousness of death


	Life after death? Human consciousness of death

jimbo1000

6-28-2008 1:20 PM

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theology, eschatology, process theology, death

jimbo1000 says:

very readable article by priest who is agnostic on this subject

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8-9-2008 7:58 PM

jimbo1000

According to my dictionary Manicheism means:-

a dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic, and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the 3rd century by Manes ( c. 216– c. 276). The system was based on a supposed primeval conflict between light and darkness. It spread widely in the Roman Empire and in Asia, and survived in Chinese Turkestan until the 13th century.

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