Life Does Not End Here

 “Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.” – Winston Churchill

Oh how I adore that quote! I see this so often. As I look over the arc of my very long life, I have seen it all along the way. I find it curious, for I can't recall a time when I didn't want to know the truth, the capital T Truth. Very early on I thought that since God gave me intelligence, God surely wanted me to.use it. 

I am having odd eye problems. I'm looking through a dancing veil of stringy wafts of pinkish tan stuff. Two retina doctors and an ophthalmologist,  and still no answers. It is difficult to read and to type. I've been sort of watching, mostly listening, to YouTube lectures on religion, science, and painting. 

I've learned a lot. 

• DNA from 50,000 year old Neanderthals and Denisovans  can now be sequenced. Most of us have some of their DNA.
• Up to 30,000 years ago there were at least 5 variations of humans alive. Only homo sapiens (except for some of their DNA in us) survived. So far it us not known why.
• Humans were here for at least 1.4 million years! There have been a lot of strains of humans along the way, disappearing at different times. . 
• The Old Testament writers/story tellers incorporated much older stories of the various Mesopotamian peoples of which they were a part.
• The first writing so far found  goes back to the fourth Millennium BCE. 
• There is a huge amount of information and experiences regarding life after this physical experience. Near Death Experiences, NDE's, or as some say Death Experiences, are by the thousands. There are organizations, conferences, books, etc on it. Along with my experiences, some of which I shared in my recent book, I have no doubt life continues. It is a peaceful and wondrous experience. It defies the usual religious teaching about what happens next. 

I could go on for pages, but I won't. I do want to encourage you to explore way beyond where you have gone before. God gave you intelligence and wants, expects, you to use it. Go for it.