Life After Death

[wes]

Waiting for Wes to confirm

You funny bastard !  LOL 

[Automation]

One of the things that has disappointed me as a philosopher is to discover there is no evidence, other than the fabricated Bible, that he even existed.

Without wishing to be a pedant; that would make you a historian, not a philosopher.

That said, I would be intrigued to read your philosophical thesis.

[galain]

"NOT" if you are muslim , they go to paradise & get 72 virgins 

I'm picturing these jihadists arriving to a cloud full of computer nerds.

[joswift]

heres an idea, most near death experiences talk about going towards a light, maybe the light is the outside of a vagina and when you go through into the light you are just reborn again with no memory of your previous life.

[Humble Narcissist]

"NOT" if you are muslim , they go to paradise & get 72 virgins 

I'd rather have 12 whores.  What am I going to do with 72 virgins?

[Arthur Nus]

I'd rather have 12 whores.  What am I going to do with 72 virgins?

post on getbig?

[pellius]

Yeah, but most of us think of these things in high school.

Actually, no. Young people rarely think about death and the afterlife. They think they are immortal. Some of the greatest thinkers have pondered this concept throughout all of history and have come up with various theories. This is not child's play. Whether you believe life has any transcendent meaning or just a random concussions in the universe shapes your metaphysics and ethics. After all, if it really doesn't matter if you are good or evil, Hitler and Mother Teresa share the same ultimate fate, and since it's much harder to be good in this world, then the choice is clear and life is all about what you can away with.

[joswift]

Actually, no. Young people rarely think about death and the afterlife. They think they are immortal. Some of the greatest thinkers have pondered this concept throughout all of history and have come up with various theories. This is not child's play. Whether you believe life has any transcendent meaning or just a random concussions in the universe shapes your metaphysics and ethics. After all, if it really doesn't matter if you are good or evil, Hitler and Mother Teresa share the same ultimate fate, and since it's much harder to be good in this world, then the choice is clear and life is all about what you can away with.

I think the ego makes us believe we are special in the universe and not just a simple organism like any other, self awareness is a curse, it gives us just enough intelligence to think there just might be something else but not the knowledge to work out what it is.

[Humble Narcissist]

post on getbig?

[YngiweRhoads]

Actually, no. Young people rarely think about death and the afterlife. They think they are immortal. Some of the greatest thinkers have pondered this concept throughout all of history and have come up with various theories. This is not child's play. Whether you believe life has any transcendent meaning or just a random concussions in the universe shapes your metaphysics and ethics. After all, if it really doesn't matter if you are good or evil, Hitler and Mother Teresa share the same ultimate fate, and since it's much harder to be good in this world, then the choice is clear and life is all about what you can away with.

I thought about it often in my youth. In retrospect, it was probably due to the amount of weed/hash/oil and hallicinogens I was doing at the time. 

Nothing feeds a bad trip like an existential crisis.

[Taffin]

Without wishing to be a pedant; that would make you a historian, not a philosopher.

That said, I would be intrigued to read your philosophical thesis.

 

[Tapeworm]

I'll wager Vince's Philosophy of Exercise dissertation is more rigorous than anything by Baudrillard.

[funk51]

"NOT" if you are muslim , they go to paradise & get 72 virgins 

  unfortunately they look like this.

[DanM]

Just like a cat or dog watching someone typing on a laptop would only see fingers moving around, completely unable to comprehend what is beyond their scope - there is at least a plausible chance that part of our awareness could continue on in ways which due to our biological constraints, we just can't even fathom.

[ThisisOverload]

Just like a cat or dog watching someone typing on a laptop would only see fingers moving around, completely unable to comprehend what is beyond their scope - there is at least a plausible chance that part of our awareness could continue on in ways which due to our biological constraints, we just can't even fathom.

From terms of how our matter is distributed after we die this is true.

However there is no biological way for us to remain in a state of consciousness or awareness.

That's the kicker, once our brain dies, there is no way for us to be aware of anything. That goes against every aspect of "life" and science.

[Taffin]

Just like a cat or dog watching someone typing on a laptop would only see fingers moving around, completely unable to comprehend what is beyond their scope - there is at least a plausible chance that part of our awareness could continue on in ways which due to our biological constraints, we just can't even fathom.

There's a Matt C joke here that I'm too lazy to put together... 

[Humble Narcissist]

From terms of how our matter is distributed after we die this is true.

However there is no biological way for us to remain in a state of consciousness or awareness.

That's the kicker, once our brain dies, there is no way for us to be aware of anything. That goes against every aspect of "life" and science.

Our consciousness is not contained in our biology.

[Humble Narcissist]

Getbig: a panoply of pansychists, panhandlers, and pandemic-denying pansexuals. It's pandemonium!

Don't forget those with Peter Pan Syndrome.

[funk51]

                turn up your speakers.

[Teutonic Knight]

Looks like old funk41 is @ the last bus stop 

[King Shizzo]

Don't forget those with Peter Pan Syndrome.

Still on the fence with Michael Jackson. Michael, has the same historical relvance as Michelangelo, regardless of mediums. Humans are a fickel species.

We hold grudges. We tell lies. We believe lies.

We follow blindly.

[AbrahamG]

Still on the fence with Michael Jackson. Michael, has the same historical relvance as Michelangelo, regardless of mediums. Humans are a fickel species.

We hold grudges. We tell lies. We believe lies.

We follow blindly. We get drunk. We suck a cock(s). We boast about it on get big.

Fixed for truth.

[pellius]

I thought about it often in my youth. In retrospect, it was probably due to the amount of weed/hash/oil and hallicinogens I was doing at the time. 

Nothing feeds a bad trip like an existential crisis.

So did I, and I also took religion very seriously. There are exceptions.

[Automation]

No, it wouldn't. Vince can elaborate if he wishes, though. I'm on a phone.

Historian:

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time.

I stand corrected!

[Matt]

There's a Matt C joke here that I'm too lazy to put together... 

Yep. 

PS - What happens when you die? Do you know? I'm not depressed, but there's not a moment in my life I wouldn't select being snuffed out for eternity if I could select that. I don't think people should fear nonexistence. That's like fearing an eternal dreamless sleep. That would be fantastic to me.