Christian responses to non-religious arguments against life after death GapFill

There is a variety of ways that Christians respond to non-religious ideas about life after death. Each  Christiannon-religious personagnosticatheist may approach every view differently, so it's important not to generalise. 

However, most Christians would argue that many non-religious arguments  forregardingaboutagainst life after death do not hold up. They might argue that the argument of the afterlife providing comfort is too reductive. Comfort of the hope of seeing a loved one again does not necessarily heal the grief of losing a loved one. The hope of the afterlife is also not just discussed at the point of death, such as at funerals, but is a cornerstone of the Christian faith and teaching. 

Christians would also argue that the use of the afterlife should not be viewed as a method of  creativementalindividualsocial control – purely because the offer of an afterlife with  familyJesusMosesfriends is open to anyone, no matter who they are or what they have done. Christians believe it is a gift from God through his grace. 

Christians may also argue that while  fraudulentfictionaltruecreative accounts of the afterlife may be given, just because some are false does not mean that all are. For Christians, whether or not an experience of the afterlife is true or false would be judged by how it measures up to  Christian ideaspoetryconceptsscripture. If it fits with what the Bible says the afterlife is like, then a Christian would be likely to accept this as not being a fraudulent account. 

And furthermore, it is very difficult to prove whether or not the experience is false. It all comes down to a matter of  failurecertaintyfaithguesswork.