Human Soul and the Existence of Life After Death The presence of the human soul and the existence of life after death are questions that have plagued people for centuries, perhaps since the beginning of human life. Specifically, fear and concern over death of the physical and metaphysical permeate human life and culture. While there is no concrete proof of the existence of life after death, most people do believe in it as we are spiritual beings connected to something greater than the physical body and life. By altering our perception of death -- learning not to fear it and understanding it as a beginning, not an end -- we can alter our lives.

Almost all religions of the world have concerned themselves with the questions of life after death. While religious leaders, prophets of God, emphasized the concept of life after death, followers usually came to odds with this concept that they perceived as an impossibility. Human beings use sensory perception to determine what is true or not true, real or not real, but we also use our aesthetic, moral and rational consciousness to examine and evaluate those ideas and notions that are outside of the applicable realm of sensory data. It is to these traits religious leaders have appealed to over the years to convince followers to believe in the existence of God and life after death.

In examining the question of life after death, we must wonder if it does exist, how do we know it exists and how do we verify this evidence? Can we verify this evidence through some type of proof and if yes, is this proof a traditional scientific one or some other kind? There is no scientific proof that can support the existence of life after death since scientific proofs base their assumptions and conclusions on all experience before death, but the very question of life after death requires calling on an entirely different set of resources. Yet, the greatest reason to...

While there are countless objections to this statement, they are all based on evidence gathered from life before death, obviously a system outside of the realm of life after death, and observed properties of one system cannot be applied to prove or disprove something in another system.
Almost all cultures before ours have believed in some form of life after death and nearly all philosophers and great thinkers have believed in it. However, even in addition to this overwhelming history of belief in life after death, there is the supreme authority of the teachings of Jesus and that which we learn from nature, ourselves, and that beyond ourselves, God. From nature, we learn that there is a conservation of energy, suggesting that if even matter is immortal, the soul must be as well. From human life, we learn that it is not the organs of our body that give us life, but life itself moving through the organs. This life, our soul, cannot be taken from itself, functions outside of the body and is greater than the body itself. It cannot die by decomposition of its parts or its total annihilation and therefore, cannot die.

The greatest proof of life after death is that God wills it. It is an example of His justice by giving us something more than our life here on earth, to compensate for the shortcomings of the corporal life. It is an example of His love since love is the "fulfillment of the law" and if He loves us, He cannot kill us, a law by which we as humans must also live when interacting with each other. Human beings are spiritual beings that often have experiences that surpass the physical reality, connecting us to higher plane of being. Almost all who have near death experiences feel not an end, but a beginning of something outside of the body. While there is no concrete proof, nearly all human beings believe, on…