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Show i- ', VJW '1, ? A n -K 2 WWS Church Department Van ,.v 'lV,it 4' 'f . r, 4rJ-ij- '.' f . " J j, $S ia4SU.iw thtwWfutj, w,J. w "' :iiiif til aiVff ririihiffirft.'ftilrw,ii tl A ri Si DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1932 TTTE Does Man Live After Death? A Symposium, Opinion of Scientists, Written by Francis W. Kirkham, merly of Salt Lake City trtnb- Recently, while driving Washington to Baltimore, 1 crved this church announcement Correct Information Concerning lif DoAfter Death you believe the minister of that church can g.vc that InforI mation1' Inquired of a young jncdHiU student from John I rnimny, who act onipanled Hop-Mtt- aui r i lit tl h Nv u What is your Jxicxa oriterntng ontmuity of life after Uiath, 1 ONI at h rallied my ojinion. dwth the eoul or spirit, or of man slmteAu It may - is mruivri aud n to am ther (1 which the sun pours dewn upon them In couree of iiim wi know not I repeat tho how, whin, or win in couThi of pi rot, time, we know not, how, whin or why.ona of the fraj. guv mints cooling birth to life It stalled in simple whose jtal cupaciUts organisms n consisted of little tiyond and death lint from these a humbly tMginniiiket emirgid I itruiin of lil t advunttng ever gnatir and thn ujh punter i xlM has calm.natod in comj sl.i i Ives sr iaipely d in thiir muiiui nhd ainbi tit ns tneir aisihitu .i) j rcuatioiui stid the n ug on in wluh theur u iiest hope snl t m apira IK'ni ,)e nhn m d repro-duitio- i bo-ln-gs ci-tin- 1 c I s in orm ll'itik !Mit abtio a), pm me I wim iwn ut kifi p lawc of hr ' m i hlch Jt It uirnn',1 n irwi r On the ipl.t our m tth i i ilen- (ino 1' xx i litx at ai iu v r on h of Ar. t 'amilx w . o : at oot nrtl ae n-x i arn- it ii' u ft) i r il H i oU i v it i t thin t . i i Con ruing these f fci fit it do p Tin,tnl human l u "i t no ad- rut urtI Hu n i, t wa or q u VuoU'n M i nin-- t iu ii ot mf t irn to b I it i nit r e Af Our ofcn nvf U 1 it 1 The il i im jk x i r nn l j m r iMlan Hd a ) a li h n imxh iti it di nee t .u f t iv h u in r it is i m i i ti r n all h but it is p i In bn ' o J um m u rg s' g t (i th in u u and it s (.t'l "ife mil tin k om 'nr: i i lw Hi it ihe x i i Whn i n r i ilth in .o and r fa t umbrs'otil v J o- t 'I i iprcnd iv uitxiMi of (on.ijt aj pliedi r toTothe world d tio hthe nom "rn bliia a xv . dtsTrox 'rridOTT r 1 Ihiriiow' Kii dgiiiwil tlifti (ix Mil llll m IlM Mwrr hn lirhtjHmoii III ' lit tl ' rl n Hon, t ail j tan r hapi, k tt at pears . ,f like v J the hr igh? els MINI d DO i M Into u( h a have iihi wi si .rubied if no' n iliii by inin-tk-e at at ah tin riruit if wlmt mm protu r! be rn d ah an i acudin u w d ' standpiMi n e fe mat ri.i it a b . hi r let utir hi m to m. far towards ilbj am idr i M nn1 It 'or mu A Mir of tlte triA' An! ti r the uni go do not dissolution of the body. yet a stiongly found claim that It ed vtow, but I think there ia muoh vidnc that points this way and can ec nothing In the teaching! -of S'lence that makes It impossible or svtn very improbable (Modern Mat itxl ism and Kmergont Kvoltt lion ) I bud Also that we have con c us e riMHons for holding that th in all b- -i mental activity vvior conforms to laws quite other han those 'ormulutcd by ptiyslcal ene in th light of It Study ol hr nn ryatii nnlin pioinll la Hint Die a s of physhat ienc to the future make no reference rn end are In that (ouwe of sense me h tntMio whcioas th ucttvitiea of the mind can be iawOb In td'oltM.nl only laws which necessarily and iniviW ubiy reftr to the future, in other word and objectvely, all mentally com rolkd proc sscvi arc teleologlcai nxolve a form of causation do which some mental referciui to th an eftsvntial port, future play whereas physical causation stem to imply no suth factor lsyctology (ilvew iTnof. IM. hologv then in my view of th af' nia coin Hieing ixldn eal.ty and eflfcacy of Mind in Na urand il affords strong, though not (onelumvc evidence that mental org inixAtlon i not wholly dependent upon the phvariCAl structure of the i u n a orgnnlin l x i ap-p- of stability. thAt it may survive th 1 the quisuon of ultimate causa-lio- n What he hack Ct evolution Hie nthilst iota no one ktiiwt only in h i nlnin nn a id nt w It itlur design or purpose than In 'ouiiil it tins in).tnlMn which rea iy his (j( u in in n mo 'I h roc-- l e wh!e tin ini si r s t. u k of to lift UK-oan i n on and a til i mi nt, art at m fori j. n to itn tc .iMl'id wt oup tf fnd the nue i .lull's mo.on of New York, For- LL.B.-Ph.D- ., tbit li an aTiuJe ho oontnbitos to ilus Science Found God? he says1 "Four form of experience and human upaclty alone seem to me to affoid some direct uppit to ti t heist ic hypot hosts these he extlains at some length but are hero only enumerated, (1) some i m O w tsHnltc l immortal Otlu rh Iiffi r ' sj r x I N nr ill ll"l" j 'Ihe experiences of my slice; In (.) T lepaihp eommunieatlon. this he say 'We etn phenomena driven to postulate u mode of f that is independent "i anal conditions and depend only if this ipoii mental (onditlons "me u.ion were ful'y and lmlUput-.- .t U(ii hsivcd it would at one to that view of tiong r amds It not merely 'aa rr nlit hsiijort ' i ijt iKotutl xpr Nlon j mill fn hIuiiu t ns sc f suggest loa or soothing contemplation and encouraging reflection, but a a pro cess of communication between on spirit and another in om super physioal fashion, and a supplementary deduction would be tho human minds relative independence of th bodily organisation, and hence up-pfor th view that mind tn you oral U not cloly tied to, or strict )y limited In Its operations, and physical conditions (I) Findings of the DugUsh poc loty for Bhynical which show "either" telrpo- -t h opnratoa in a most far i vnglng manner emanating from or exploring and tapping th most secret re- mx. of what we call the memory f thU and that man, regardless of Mue and time, or sohicthlng of human personality may, and in mum i nses do. e survive tin !,UH if the body (4) The mathematical cn parity as shown In certain human rases (',) Mans resjmnxe I beauty seems something beyond the . ope of natural" explanation k Win. liviU to Hi A i th ur Thomson, noted English sc ntist and lecturer, upon whom both Edinburgh and McGill university hat conferred th degree is quoted as follow in Has Science Found God? (Thomas Y Crowell and Sona ) Science asks, What Is this? How does Jt ketp Whence came it and by what factors did It come to b as it Is What 1 it leading on to? but never ask x hy is this What Is Ita meaning or purpose This last question the deeper why. It quite beyond Die metier of science. 8ricnc cannot answer it, Indeed il never asked. Yet the question is for most mlnde irresponsible and answer com from th reflections of th philosopher or from the more naive Interpretations of the religious mind In thinking of mans rc Ugiotis activities as prompted th by strains involved In reaching the Ilmite of ordinary intellectual emotional, and practical endeavor, w must not fall into th error of supposing that religion is simply a human edifice. For were this th case, we should simply be sending tendrils around tendrils The enter of religion is a belief in a spiritual reality, beyond the everyday world, and the laigent fact in religious experience is the reward that come to man when he open his heart to the Supreme Reality. Is a Beauty Is a reality reality and their influence ia welt known so all through the ages man has been n warded by th bcautv, the music, the sunshine of the Supreme Reality to which h opens his heart. The vis that (Continued om Face Iwea) nt i c It u t chr t hi sl.ghltM hit of vwn or the has not rrnmc Mitiul tbe m t r will and pi obuh n of snot (orlui Dale i s, not xldene om f me it iio i r .it Mlcnt loiMirr the (.mnot pof stint uni ifiiMioftaltty New Mior Hnrn'io H o o' the h (Oku I niver n t hi o o- lir e . . t (. .i ro Inp rn it nr of purpose i m1 and m inn 'n tin unl-'r.dp ti t mhinr are n more N'lt tin on o' thM ''fninOh ran be li It d o ft id ri gli e some tl f om o' In t o )u i 'or the or of 'hse u rurrenri nnuirk ible f KTir" pern 'nl i e,it fomte no b t otlu h which fir tl Oil n n d or aiim linpl if if twith ho fub qunti ho ti ord niithoH if uitSMr In t hotc ' r n f ;i innii wMdi we r iitinonb rni nliuicn brows Mlib KnowiiHlgi iMvi rsitv f . n dn' pr 1 o' i i C i'u t t ( f dH 01 illgion coot nnd bianrli Thi now norm fnr cs probable than It did forii itm ago The mot wonbrful phenomenon f om erjerUnre !n thlt wondrrMi until rse fopnn.iA n nd 'm and prrvo? dirirting T at vii) in- oPTrxMl n ((iii)itii- hi A the tight that the evo I potllt ft of th origin fiotu a chnnes om blmction on v amt of man Mom rt lar otgMnsms by i'll em u e rgy nflarnri (' r w as arnj d gener- .i - ' u u ti a ' U ' F tit . ,j iii u hi out IM famous itnii J in" 'b .n ils took en j nn appears Iymp h M whuli pot f j r. i i sis to t oitn r siien renihed different con-- r was the reply o! h Wi that t haii Jeans e m two thousand mlUtor years rare this took eent ago plate a suond 'ur wandering blindly i ice linppimd to eome thr igh wilt in hailing dietanc of the sun .iut as thr un and moon raise ttiKi on the earth, so this mm and star mutt have raised tides on the eurfict of the sun but they would different from the puny li i d ur) uhuh the simill masses of th m ) n tflisis in our oceane I'lecwi Hurled Off a tidal war rfiust have g d om r the sutf.ue of the trtii a mounnn ul'imauh forming tain o' irodlsous in lglit hl(h w u.d r.ve tier highir and tngh-e- r is ht iAuhc of the dlt utiauce ran t c ircr and near r and be-- i re .! siond star bcg.in to room I idul pull had boroiur so ptaoiful that this mountain was terr to piccci and thu off am all fr ipniintt of Itself, such aa the rr t of a wave throws off epray Tin u mu ill fragments have been parent (uiuhuing around their sut f.ur since They ur the planets glint and email of which our e om ea sun And other stars we Itv t th sky ati a inttiiHcly hot i nf to be ablt to far ti o hot on ol ttur or ret.win i footing llu m So uiHO no doubt wire the xijictrd fragmciitK of the sun hn they wire f.ist Drown off fir.m itilly tby cooled, until now they ha vi but little intrinsic heat left their warmth being dnvtd kn(H( entinlv from tht radiation lte o )u r ue i , t t (r hand eltlnr 'vow sr i' n t in au h nlirlon o' lt a rr irtrr which naoni nieefjv bum nnn os o probibll It Dr trm bu religion whose 'rom range at arguimrit rtmu 'he infinite eomjloiln o' the It whole and nj'P in nth infinite 1e nod grand it Dir more one know a ihe more rmi at will be 0" appreelAtlor nr d acCpMinee whatever mai be the ultlmrite de. sion as to 1h iihditx cither of hr luicwn f?v t hf lb dured lnw r or he reasoning invedv- te d Just a mv (Ohmim in infmltetv more complex nn,i more wonder'll thnn 'hat of 'hr amtent Hebrew so much the rr ore true And a Is hit appreciation conxlnclny u e jt baaed upon a knowledge which la more complete In thi light the increased knowledge of he physical unlyrse which ha ben Rhon bx modern nrlfncc must he regard'd a the main inpira-"oand support o' A sane and riftsoned religious bliefM Arthur Stanlex aldington profienor if iMroivjjrn Cnm bridge FnglAnd nxi in hie book " orld 'enre and the Tnsien electrons "Hlarting from aether wc snd ohcr physical machinery, cannot rcarh con lous man and reniler count of wlmt apprfhind-e-in his onsciousncss Concelx-ahlwc might rearli a human mn. rlilne interacting bv r '1 x s with but we its e n tronment (annot reneb rational nmn rroralH responsible to pursue truth as to acthif and V(trons or to rrligion First ('siimc 1 iikiumn Rt'wln f nn 'onklm j ro'cvsor ir hc-c- n rin-miri- n ? ) d v l'il rx hrV ri ' in inrii'T oi o' tr m Hup ifourtime 1st r lipion Irniipir rut Mi d Of i I one t Thoe T cirne Fiund Cod' TroxxeTi ro Fxrbit'on deals only with process and doc not tOfjeh confident that it U the Imperfecvision that tion of our own rm nt "Vanity Wad u aonutlmts to ci I No one vanity of anitKS all no furnish scientific proof of the. nth-Mod but of ixIMhmo oi intor ism Wads to fataL'm and dlAir and while tin ism lend to filth hope and o e H the r ftuitH ve 1iaI! know t i r S lanni't solve the ihm W if nil ixlstincc lit mysttries whitlur we are iound, why vk nr xi hat It nil mifins r.uih alono dMlnltf pur u that there nr post in all Mer w r 'Pilsknowl rtl i m hi ll' living and ge g i i pr ill) im r jenlioli if ix Heg( Mi I u iikuII profit hd Hi ml fur r i' J.nglish 'thol mvii yiars and tow at lmki unlveraity speaks hi Sic plair.h in the sulject Mn M linn comltuxly and Mind pany 1MJ and Modern Mnluml 'an imp and Knoigent Kvnluiloi Nos'rond lompany 1121 OUUHC M.IHlifk'H I ,tn pt oi gnnli ev olnt ion as es 1 but writes tabUshrd fait hold thit we lmxp no adequat the way of th'ory or explanation fn in winch it has been the other hand Die view commonly ae cptid by men of schnee. that living things have been evolvid fiom a realm of inorganic matter and inirgy thit proceeded thm es-In m to mo to be turn iloc not tablish d indeed it see na to me very Invpiobablo and to be I regarddo not ed with much suspicion billovc that what w call mental a ronacious-neactivity or ixperhnce or of the ehemla-tr-v is a an and physic of the brain a T H Huxley t plphenomenon called It Nor do I believe that the relation between bodily and mental processes ran be stated in terms of parallelism, without Interaction (Mind and Body McMillan Co ) oi x h- iffitd on tin (ontrary that is tp kftv, inul!ignt "I bi'ieve numul tlvat and purposive, activity Is of real casual efficacy not only in the human spc.a but all through th animal world and probably In th whole icvlm o' living things Fall to 1 lx plain. "I behove that such activity a type of organisation that cannot ndonautcly described In terms of hMr and chemistry ae hev now ex ' niplies, In fact, annot be cxprai- miration th Mir d In terns i pntial distribu-t.r ' r of energy or loc-iit. or xnv h' r physical entitles I strongly Incline t or ilHt nee believe that such nrpantrntlon may, in the can of Ionian beings, b r may atii n urh a degroe such Im-pl- g t n ( am ort eh i I and-mu- sic |
