Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| The ultimate value of any religion is how well it relieves your fear of death. A religion must answer two questions if it is to be of any help: Is there an afterlife, and if so, what must you DO to get there? | ||
| Chapter 1 | What Happens After You Die? | 5 |
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Compares Islam and Catholicism to show how most religions provide a “magic formula” for life after death. |
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| Chapter 2 | Is There an Afterlife? What the Religions Say | 13 |
| Examines what Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Jehovah’s Witnessism, and Mormonism teach about life after death. | ||
| Chapter 3 | What About Religions That Don’t Include Jesus? | 49 |
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Examines what Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism teach about life after death. |
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| Chapter 4 | What People Say About the Bible | 73 |
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Quotes praising the Bible from Thomas Jefferson, Helen Keller, Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, and Noah Webster; quotes denouncing the Bible from Richard Dawkins, Aleister Crowley, Isaac Asimov, and Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). |
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| Chapter 5 | What the Bible Says | 87 |
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Looks at why the Bible is a trustworthy source and what it says about the afterlife. |
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| Chapter 6 | How I Finally Lost My Fear of Death | 105 |
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The realization that I was not good enough to get to heaven on my own, and what I did about it. |
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| Chapter 7 | Eternal Life Is a Free Gift | 125 |
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Religions teach that you must DO something to earn eternal life. The Bible explains why eternal life is a free gift. |
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| Chapter 8 | How You Can Lose Your Fear of Death Right Now | 135 |
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Walks you personally through the steps that will relieve you of your fear of death. |
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| Endnotes | 143 | |
| Image Credits | 155 | |
| About the Author | 158 | |
