John Hick - secular Flashcards
1
Q
What was Hick secular explanation for life after death?
A
person dies on Earth, immediately appears on planet Juno - can be same person
2
Q
How does Hicks view have parallels with Christian views about life after death?
A
appear on Juno - same person
appear in heaven - same person
3
Q
quote - Hick explaining the person that appears after death?
A
‘I exist not as a disembodied consciousness but as a psycho-physical being exactly like the being I was before death though now existing in a different space.’
4
Q
What are the weaknesses of Hick’s theory?
A
replica - not same person
if new spiritual body no way to determine identity of person who died
