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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2014\/06\/08\/there-has-to-be-an-afterafterlife-right\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hemant Mehta shared<\/a> the above video, which pokes fun at many of the arguments for an afterlife that people use, pointing out that one can use those same arguments to insist that there must be something beyond an afterlife.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: <a href=\"http:\/\/alexmcmanus.org\/2014\/06\/09\/if-it-exists-wouldt-heaven-be-boring\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alex McManus makes a related point<\/a>, based on an analogy from a future involving artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemant Mehta shared the above video, which pokes fun at many of the arguments for an afterlife that people use, pointing out that one can use those same arguments to insist that there must be something beyond an afterlife. 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