56 answers answered between 1932 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A
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The contributor to the programme I remember with the most pleasure is the man who said that not existing for thousands and thousands of years before his birth had never worried him for a moment, so why should going back into non-existence at this death cause him dismay? Everyone laughed when he said that and so did I, and as I laughed I thought: “Dead right!”
I will let you know when I find out.
Twenty-one grams of energy goes into the universe.
When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
You have to go to the end of the line.
Nothing at all.
We drift off to a beautiful place where we live a better, fuller life than what we’ve left.
The rest is silence.
There are no more interviews.
I hope I’ll find my mother and father in heaven. Only my father would probably say, “You can’t come and live here, boy!”
That’s the 64-million-dollar question.
Nobody has answered this one yet.