The possibility that lives persist after death is usually regarded as incompatible with science. It is not. A basic tenet of physics is the concept of space-time according to which the past endures and can be examined. Photographs by the Hubble telescope of stellar formations in the early universe are concrete evidence for this. The photos do not show dead hulks but dynamic entities giving birth to stars. It would be strange if events on Earth, including the lives of the departed, do not also persist in space-time. It should even be possible to take photos of people and events in the past, given the right technology. In fact, all photos are of the past rather than the present because of the time it takes light to travel from object to camera.
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