http://bible.org/seriespage/shall-we-know-each-other-heaven
From time immemorial men have held to the doctrine of recognition in the future life. Like an unbroken thread in human history, there has been a deep conviction in man’s spirit that the purpose of being created could not be fulfilled in his short-lived visit in this life.
The ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates could say that since “death conveys us to those regions which are inhabited by the spirits of departed men, will it not be unspeakably happy to escape from the hands of mere nominal judges? Is it possible for you to look upon this as an unimportant journey? Is it nothing to converse with Orpheus, and Homer, and Hesiod? Believe me, I could cheerfully suffer many a death on condition of realizing such a privilege. With what pleasure could I leave the world, to hold communion with Palamedes, Ajax, and others!”
It’s kind of interesting that the author points to historical commonalities to pursue the idea of a shared after-death experience across cultures, but he doesn’t then make the point that all of these cultures, except for the Jewish one, are doomed to hell and will not in fact have this pleasant privilege of communing with their friends, relatives, ancestors, and luminaries in the afterlife.
Belaboring the point for a minute: I think that is one of the biggest objections to Christianity, as presented.