Barbara Walters to Anchor HEAVEN: WHERE IS IT? HOW DO WE GET THERE?
Catholic, Jewish, Baptist, Mormon, Buddhist, Evangelical, Atheist,
Muslim, Terrorist, The Science "The God Gene".
Once again the news media has shunned the first people of this country,
we do not even get to speak on behalf of our Creator and our real home?
The
point to my comment on this story is that, every religious organization in
Indian country is hell bent on converting my people to their beliefs however,
every time they hold a religious round table, with the exception of Connecticut
Collage some years ago, the people that they are trying to convince that they
have the real GOD are excluded from
their meetings!
Now
do you suppose that is?
Well to the news media one would guess that we are still their savages?
As a Spiritual Leader I must once again protest on behalf of our people, Yes. we are people!
Barbara Walters, explores the meaning of heaven with religious leaders
of the major faiths, scientists, people who say they believe in heaven because
they have been there, with celebrities who are vocal about their beliefs, and
even with terrorists.
Catholic - Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, This life is not what we're made
for. We're made for heaven. We're made for the future." Jewish - "The
purpose of life is to live a decent life and that you do it for its own sake,
not for getting a reward," says Rabbi Neil Gillman. Baptist - Reverend
Calvin Butts heaven is "eternal joy and happiness because you are at one
with God." Mormon - Elder William R. Walker, "I think there are some
people who think we are not Christian, and that's a huge misconception,".
Buddhist - His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who says the purpose of life is to be
happy and to accomplish that by "warm-heartedness." He says heaven
"is [the] best place to further develop the spiritual practice... for
Buddhists the final goal is not just to reach there but to become Buddha.
[It's] not the end," and he tells Walters that you can come back as an animal:
"If someone do very badly... kill or steal... [he] could be born in an
animal body." Evangelical - The promise of heaven plays a central role in
the lives of Evangelicals, who believe you must be born again. Atheist -
"No, heaven doesn't exist, hell doesn't exist. We weren't alive before we
were born and we're not going to exist after we die, Ellen Johnson, a former
president of the American Atheists. Muslim - Islamic scholar Feisal Abdul Rauf
says "the real life is the next life... and based upon how we live this
life, it determines where we shall be in the next. Terrorists and Heaven -
Jihad Jarrar, a member of the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, only Muslims
will go to heaven and that the reason he chose a martyrdom operation was to
spend an eternity in paradise.
The Science of Heaven - Why does faith come easily to some and eludes
others? In search of the scientific rationale for heaven, Dr. Dean Hamer,
author of The God Gene, and a former geneticist at the National Institutes of
Health. Is there really a "God Gene" that affects people's level of
spirituality?
Near-Death Experiences - Walters also examines the phenomenon of the
near death experience. What happens when you journey to the other side of death
and back? Is this a real glimpse of Heaven or is there a scientific explanation
for the NDE?
Many scientists and doctors believe that the near-death experience is
simply a function of a dying brain. But not according to Deb Foster, who was
clinically dead for about four minutes and says she saw Heaven. Deb tells
Barbara, "I know what I experienced, and no scientist can deny the near
death experience. There is not proof that it doesn't exist. It exists, and I
was there." Walters also profiles Colton Burpo, who at four years old says
he saw Heaven during emergency surgery. His father, Todd Burpo, a pastor, has
written a bestselling book about his son's experience called "Heaven is
for Real."
Heaven and Real People - How do you tell children what happens to their
loved ones when they die? Who do you see when you arrive in heaven? Walters
talks to such people as Maria Shriver, author of a children's book on heaven,
and Mitch Albom, author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, for their take
on the afterlife.
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