The Afterlife Quotes

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.

If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil.

When I pastored a country church, a farmer didn't like the sermons I preached on hell. He said, Preach about the meek and lowly Jesus. I said, That's where I got my information about hell.

Death belongs to God alone; by what right do men touch that unknown thing?

I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this matter I cannot say, "Lord help my unbelief."

I'm an atheist, and the concept of god for me is all part of what I call 'the last illusion.' The last illusion is someone knows what is going on. Nearly everyone has that illusion somewhere, and it manifests not only in the terms of the idea that there is a god but that it knows what's going on but that the planets know what's going on.

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad.

If there is no God, there is no hope.

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish.

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god.

If you're going to believe in a God, then you also have to equally believe that there's a flip side to this.

We know that Jesus could not have ascended to heaven because there is no physical heaven anywhere in the universe. Even ascending at the speed of light, Jesus would still be in the galaxy.

After the first death, there is no other.

The universe is so enormous, and we have no idea what's on the other side of the galaxy. It's a lovely thing to be able to tap into. I'm definitely not opposed to any supernatural ideas, but I've never encountered any. I believe in spirits, but I've never seen a ghost. And I believe in Heaven and Hell.

Anything you think you know about about God, that you can't find in the person of Jesus, you have reason to question.

It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.

Dying isn’t like living; it requires no effort at all.