Howard Maclennan

The Hereafter Business: Modern Day Witchcraft or Everlasting Life? Howard Maclennan

Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Baha'i are all in the business of preparing man for the Hereafter. Each through a revelation from God, claim to be his agent, and to have special powers in the operation of their business. Each claim that there is a personal God, who created the universe and man, and if man participates in the sacraments of their religion, he will achieve everlasting life. To evaluate these claims, the author uses the trial format, with the State charging monotheism with being guilty of violating the laws of advertising, by the use of witchcraft-crafty science and fortune telling, in the making of false claims and misleading statements about reality in the universe. The Prosecution provides the scientific evidence and the Defense the religious evidence. Each call witnesses and cross-examine each other's witnesses, enabling the author to provide the best arguments on both sides of the issue, leaving the reader as the juror to decide which of the two presentations of evidence is the most logical and believable.