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(Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture Study: [http://relationshipsinamerica.com/religion/do-people-still-believe-in-life-after-death Do people still believe in life after death?])

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~~=== Atheist philosopher of A.J. Ayer's near death experience ===~~

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~~Michael Liccione wrote:~~

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{{Cquote|Most students of philosophy will recognize the name of A.J. Ayer, who died in 1989. An atheist, he was one of the best-known representatives of a school of thought known as “logical [[positivism]],” which holds (among other things) that religious claims are meaningless because they are not empirically verifiable.

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~~It’s therefore interesting to note that Ayer, a year before his own death, reported having a near-death experience...~~

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“One of his doctors later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Ayer#Near-death_experience claimed] Ayer had confided to him, ‘I saw a Divine Being. I’m afraid I’m going to have to revise all my books and opinions.’"<ref>[Atheist Philosopher Describes His Fascinating Near-Death Experience]</ref>}}

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