A growing number of Canadians are leaving religion behind. But when it comes to the afterlife, many continue to believe in it. But what do they mean by that? That’s the question scholars who study religion are asking after the release of an Angus Reid/Cardus poll showing that 60 percent of Canadians either believe there is an afterlife, or think it exists.
As one scholar put it: "When people say they believe in life after death, we need to know more than yes or no. They may mean that bodies decompose and become a different kind of energy. This too is life after death, in their view.”
Read about it in my latest column in the Free Press.
Image from Forbes Magazine.
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