Mind_your_head
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:22 AM
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I feel pretty *special*.......I'm made from billion year old carbon |
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and I've been put together in this form, in this life.....and my 'carbon' will get recycled again...and again. But what of my soul, my consciousness? What happens to that? Where did it come from and where does it go?
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:23 AM
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1. Consciousness is not a separate entity from your body. |
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When you die, the consciousness ceases to function.
There is no such thing as a soul. At least, it's highly unlikely that it exists.
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:29 AM
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2. And you know this, how? |
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You sound very 'authorative' on the subject. Please explain. .....
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:31 AM
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3. I have no reason to believe that a "soul" exists. |
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There is no empirical evidence to support such a concept.
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Mind_your_head
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:39 AM
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4. oh, too bad for you then..... |
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Main Entry: em·pir·i·cal Pronunciation: \-i-kəl\ Variant(s): also em·pir·ic \-ik\ Function: adjective Date: 1569 1 : originating in or based on observation or experience <empirical data> 2 : relying on experience or observation alone often without due regard for system and theory <an empirical basis for the theory> 3 : capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment <empirical laws> 4 : of or relating to empiricism
— em·pir·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:42 AM
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:48 AM
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:44 AM
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6. I'm not sure why you posted that. I know the definition of "empirical". |
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And it doesn't prove me wrong nor prove you right.
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:53 AM
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9. Not everyone knows the definition of 'empirical'....heck, I wasn't sure myself |
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I thought it would be good to post it so that we all could be clear and speaking the 'same language'.
Peace, M_Y_H
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Fri Sep-25-09 04:16 AM
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14. So with that in mind, Do you believe that "souls" exist? |
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Fri Sep-25-09 04:04 AM
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Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 04:06 AM by Mind_your_head
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Fri Sep-25-09 04:06 AM
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13. Well, thankfully there is likely no heaven or hell. |
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So I'm not all that worried about wrath falling upon me for my actions.
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Fri Sep-25-09 04:18 AM
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15. As Blaise Pascal opined.. |
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Without knowing with certainty about heaven/hell.....the BEST/most logical course of action would be to behave in a manner in which you COUNT on a heaven/hell, b/c your actions will benefit the "common good", if there is no heaven/hell/afterlife....and if there IS an afterlife, we can only hope for mercy that our beloved creator will look at the "filthy rags" of good works that we will present before Him as 'good enough'. When all we needed to know that He had done all of the dirty work ~ forgiven our sins ~ and gone on from there....
How could He 'forgive our sins' when we can't/don't/won't stop sinning?
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Fri Sep-25-09 04:01 AM
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Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 04:02 AM by Quantess
tre t tpe + ne bt te ct plle cee n te kebr.
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:53 AM
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8. It was appropriated from funds for starving children |
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and since, as you have admitted, you have evolved, you will be socked with the evolution tax!
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Fri Sep-25-09 03:55 AM
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Fri Sep-25-09 04:32 AM
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16. You cite that frail, weak lump of flesh you call the human body as reason to feel special? |
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Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 04:33 AM by Selatius
You are cursed with being bound to a carcass you call your body. Likewise, we are all cursed. Primitive bags of sticks cannot express true grace.
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