Tom Wright - Imagining Eternal Life

Almost all religions offer some kind of life or awareness after physical death. Speculations of what such life after death might be like—the form it might take, how we might feel, what we might do—are deemed beyond our capacity to know. Yet anyway we feel compelled to speculate.

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Nicholas Thomas Wright is a leading English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian, and retired Anglican bishop.


Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

[bradleygt]

I am not a religious person, but I do like that there are different perspectives on this channel, which by the way, is one of my favorites

[davidbrisbane]

When I was younger I used to think eternal life would be great, but now that I am older I realise that if this happened that I'd die of boredom.

[darkknightsds]

Tom Wright is a wonderful man and I wish you would have him back on the program.

[Yazziza]

"We are just a shadow of our future self, and there is a real ultimate you that God will give as a gift to you" I really like that.

[oskarngo]

Do who’s reality is it?

I see myself as a young adult; my parents older; my grandparents very old...

...but my grandparents wants to see themselves as young and me as a baby...

So are Everyone the same age; etc???

[phuzbrain]

I don't fear death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. (Woody Allen)

[cloudstclass]

I can recall beautiful childhood memories as if they took place a moment ago. I would like to think eternity is very much like that.

[npcz]

Ten minutes of this conversation is just not enough! I'm a Christian, yet the concept of eternal life is... terrifying. This conversation gets the closest to addressing my fears. I got a little sense of peace from his perspective and interpretation, but I want more.

[MrSanford]

I think in non -religious terms, if you figure physical death is brain death-, that means an existence without physical memory. Just think of an Alzheimer’s patient. They are living in eternity right now with no past and the present moment is always as if it never happened before. They can’t get bored with the present moment because it’s always new to them

[Dion_Mustard]

those whom have Near Death or Out of Body Experiences describe a blissful journey filled with light and love and some sort of "spiritual" evolution, or an evolution of consciousness beyond the body. those whom have the experience are 1000% convinced they saw the afterlife. and there's much research out there to support this. so my fear of death is not so bad anymore.

[georgemaisie]

I got the distinct vibe that the interviewer desperately wanted to believe him, but, frankly, didn't believe a word of it.

[ramblingthoughtsandideas]

Speculations, speculations, speculations!!!

[kasumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin]

Thank you for interviewing such a heavyweight as NT Wright.

[willieanderson]

Eternal life starts here on earth, living in Eternal Life with the Father and the Son in the Kingdom of God here on earth for those that believe, not in religion but in the Relationship in Christ, 1 John 1:1-4.

[bertybertface]

I enjoy Tom's talks, although he would like everyone to join him in his belief system, he's never pushy about it.

[tibuigerard]

I love the way he ended with "we can only imagine... there's no way eternal life can be interesting

[complexlogic]

This channel should be called closer to western truth

[daheikkinen]

I don’t want to live forever. I’d take a few hundred if I could stay healthy, but eternity is too long

[Wol]

Amazing how educated men can blather away non sequiturs ad infinitum with no understanding of how meaningless they are.

[sonamoo]

If God created this world with this much of open possibilities, how much more would the future life be?
I like this insight and interpretation of Dr. Tom Wright. Very biblical indeed.