Author: James Stanley

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1410776581

This is a book for old and young alike who are not certain of their immortality. It is for those who have doubt, either great or small, that the rose can, indeed, grow on the other side of the wall. This is not a book of theory. Rather it is a book of reality, one of fact. A chance for you to remove the question mark from the end of your life. A collection of three dozen or so fun and heartwarming short stories that progress into a series of conversations with a young boy that tell of his struggle to define his faith. Included in Johnny's dialogue is an in-depth discussion of the world's major religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islamism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and some others. Each story is structured upon actual quotations from the particular scriptures including the Bible, the Torah, the Koran, the Vedas, the Tripitaka and the teachings of Tao. In an entertaining way they tell what each religion is all about. Similarities and differences concerning the concept of creation, the way one is to live ones life, the intended structure of society, sexual practices permitted and forbidden, and the possibility of an afterlife. And, perhaps, most important of all, an explicit description of what the afterlife will be like in each case. The investigation ends in the Sure Bet, that one need no longer be dependent solely on belief for ones salvation, that there exists scientific proof of a hereafter. A sampling of the stories: Major Similarities among the World's Religions Major Differences among the World's religions The Remarkable Scientific Case for Reincarnation Just What Are We Trying to Save? The Case for Saving Ones BODY' The Case for Saving Ones MIND' The Case for Saving Ones SPIRIT' The Case for Saving Ones SOUL' Explicit Descriptions of the Hereafters: The Taoist heaven The Hindu heaven The Buddhist heaven The Muslim heaven The Jewish heaven The Christian heaven