Unfortunately, no, as these things are non-physical by definition, so physical evidence for these things would be awfully hard to produce. If a piece of physical evidence is suggested but it can be explained or discounted through science, there would be no reason to think that it is evidence for the afterlife. As far as non-physical evidence, there are accounts of people having near-death experiences and seeing what they perceived as heaven or hell. However, these episodes are as much evidence for dreams of a brain starved for oxygen as they are for supernatural existence.
2007-12-15 02:46:24
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answered by John 7
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No there is not a piece of metal (or any other object) that anyone has brought back from heaven, hell, or the afterlife. Just like you (or anyone else) can't can provide any evidence to prove your dream(s) or any other of the multiple experiences of a human beings.
However, most people choose to believe that their own lived experiences are real.
Early psychical researchers bravely set out to use science to test their beliefs in the afterlife starting in the 1880's and studied mediums, hypnosis, and apparitional experiences in a wonderful book listed below. The problem became that other theories besides the spirit theory (yes parapsychology has had testable theories since the days it was called psychical research despite the screams of debunkers) and it was impossible to separate the evidence for survival (spirit) hypothesis from evidence for ESP.
As that ESP has been demonstrated under experimental conditions most parapsychologist chose this line of research and stopped working on the survival hypothesis.
However, Ian Stevenson (deceased) most known for his work on reincarnation (which would be an afterlife did not give up this approach). His work continues and I have provided a link for you below.
Also, Dr. Gary Schwartz continues to explore the survival hypothesis at the University of Arizona VERITAS project (link below).
2007-12-15 13:36:15
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answered by psiexploration 7
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Nothing physical, but lots of ancedotal. I am a skeptic by nature, but I have had some experiences in my life that cannot be explained by natural causes. I have read some of Sylvia Browne's stuff, and I am sitll uncertain what I believe about her. I have also read quite a bit about Allison DuBois, and about "cold readings". No doubt Sylvia Browne is making plenty of money using her skills, and probably Allison DuBois is as well. But I do believe that there is something other than us, and there are presences around us that we cannot see.
2007-12-15 19:16:02
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answered by Anonymous
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There is no scientific evidence for any of these, no matter what anyone tells you.
It would be very difficult to obtain any absolute proof of these things.
Different religions all have their different stories, etc. The reason that there are thousands of religions and hundreds of different Gods worshiped, is the fact that no one can prove that they are right! So you can pretty much believe what you want.
There have been some who have attempted to study such, and give the studies fancy names, etc. But they have produced pretty much nothing. What is hilarious, is that they use so called "mediums" to do their studies. And they can't even prove themsleves real.
2007-12-16 14:06:42
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answered by madcat 5
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Go to the Catholic sites and look up stories of the saints. They usually tell about having spiritual experiences and probably some about experiences at death and after death. That's what confuses me so much about the Catholic church. They tell you all these stories..but if something happens with you..they say you're a kook .
PS...The saints were humans too...they could have been deceived just like some of us..but I hope not.
2007-12-15 19:14:54
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answered by Deenie 6
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Yes there is physical evivence of a spirit realm
1. There are hardcopy evidence of thermometers, and magnetometer readings done by ghost busters.
2. Kirlian photography has been around for 100 years or so.
Then there are tons of anecdotal evidence of people who were clinically dead for several minutes. The two most famous accounts that leap to mind are Betty J Eadie, and Dannion Brinkley. They are the authors of "Embraced By The Light", and "Saved By The Light" respectively.
I know more about the Dannion Brinkley account than Ms. Eadies. Mr. Brinkley was struck by lightning, and pronounced dead for 28 minutes and came back when he was being wheeled to the morgue.
Then there are MANY people of the Buddhist tradition that were enlightened, and were able to see both the physical and spiritual realms. They call it Nirvana.
2007-12-15 10:59:53
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answered by Rev. Two Bears 6
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No hard evidence,an anomaly here and there.Most of them fall apart after Scientific scrutiny.See the Shroud of Turin link.Believing in Heaven and Hell is an act of faith.If I remember correctly that's what they tell you in church.If it's good enough for them it will have to do for you.
2007-12-15 12:45:38
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answered by Dr. NG 7
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i think even if all evidence ever imagined will take shape in front of us and then bite us on the a.s.s., we (or most of us) will still say 'there is no evidence'.
for instance, the celestial black stone in mecca, saudi arabia; some believe it has been brought to abraham by an angel but others say it's a simple meteorite.
churches all over the world have parts of christian saints, the relics, parts of their organic bodies which simply do not... rot - it is believed that people 'god liked' do not rot after death, their bodies even begin to smell divine - and it is something people can still see with their own eyes, even though those relics are hundreds or thousands of years old.
again... it depends on you and only you - it depends if you want to accept or reject 'the evidence'.
but they are here.
2007-12-15 11:17:55
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answered by Mirko 7
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Look around you God has manifested Himself in His creation so no one will have an excuse saying there is no God.
2007-12-18 15:19:26
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answered by mark r 2
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heaven or hell.. i am not sure.. but afterlife yes..
2007-12-18 06:38:20
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answered by angel 3
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