WOF 089: What Really Happens When We Die?
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
What really happens when we die? In a recent interview with Larry King, popular astro-physicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, offers a scientifically reduced answer to this philosophically rich question. In this episode of the Word On Fire Show, Bishop Barron reacts to Tyson's response and offers a more holistic understanding of human identity and death. A listener asks how God can be both a person and the sheer act of "to be" itself. Love the show? Want more people to listen? Take two seconds to leave us a review! Click HERE to leave your review now! Topics Discussed * 0:04 - Intro: Bishop Barron speaks at a tech conference * 1:30 - Explaining the interview and Tyson's explanation of physical death * 5:20 - Are scientists seen as the new priests? * 8:10 - What happens when you die besides the obvious scientific realities? * 10:00 - Why do atheists still cling to moral values? * 11:09 - Does culminating as meat for maggots offer a sense of eternal fulfillment? * 12:30 - Tyson's explanation of our annihilation upon death. * 14:55 - Is it a wish fulfilling fantasy to desire consciousness after death? * 20:00 - Would anyone really want to live forever? * 22:30 - What really happens when we die according to Christians? * 25:25 - Question from listener: How can God be both a person and the sheer act of "to be" itself? Bonus Resources * Articles * "The Myth of the War Between Science and Religion" (Bishop Barron) * "Does Religion Have a 'Smart-People' Problem?" (Bishop Barron) * "The Theory of Everything: A God-Haunted Film" (Bishop Barron) * "Cosmos and One More Telling of the Tired Myth" (Bishop Barron) * Videos * Neil deGrasse Tyson's interview with Larry King * Hey Bill Nye, 'Does Science Have All the Answers or Should We Do Philosophy Too?' * Atheism and Philosophy * Bishop Barron on The Theory of Everything * Bishop Barron on Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey * Has Science Refuted Aristotelian Causality? * Scientism and God's Existence * Stephen Hawking and Atheism * Fr. George Coyne and the Fertile Cosmos * Books * The Soul's Upward Yearning by Fr. Robert Spitzer * The Priority of Christ by Bishop Robert Barron * Websites * WordOnFire.org * StrangeNotions.com Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.