I'm still rather young, and I lack experience, and I have few people to discuss this with in real life.
I hope this hasn't already been discussed, I noticed a "hell" and a "death" thread, I did a cursory read through, and gleaned a good bit of information. (it was a long thread. :p)
I'm still curious, is there a scientific basis for an afterlife?
I mean, according to science, consciousness and sentience is a pattern of chemical reactions taking place in the carbon based blob we call the human brain. The brain is split into various parts, which in turn are made from various proteins, which in turn are composed of carbon, bonded to oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and other elements.
During death, this pattern is disrupted and the chemical reactions cease.
Scientifically, there is no afterlife.
The supposed "soul" does not leave the body, because the "soul" is composed of carbon compounds, which are still in the corpse, here on Earth. The mass of a corpse and the mass of a living human is the same. (I assume), and so, if that assumption holds true, then the "soul" has not entered into a foreign realm for punishment nor reward.
Perhaps, I just didnt think of it enough, and there's another answer to it.
I mean, light is a massless particle, so, what if a soul is a massless particle?
This is just hypothetical, but my point is, what if there was something I missed along the line?
I'm really hoping for a christian or any religion which believes in an afterlife to hopefully point out a mistake I made in my reasoning, which is rooted in science, or similar fact.
I hope this hasn't already been discussed, I noticed a "hell" and a "death" thread, I did a cursory read through, and gleaned a good bit of information. (it was a long thread. :p)
I'm still curious, is there a scientific basis for an afterlife?
I mean, according to science, consciousness and sentience is a pattern of chemical reactions taking place in the carbon based blob we call the human brain. The brain is split into various parts, which in turn are made from various proteins, which in turn are composed of carbon, bonded to oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and other elements.
During death, this pattern is disrupted and the chemical reactions cease.
Scientifically, there is no afterlife.
The supposed "soul" does not leave the body, because the "soul" is composed of carbon compounds, which are still in the corpse, here on Earth. The mass of a corpse and the mass of a living human is the same. (I assume), and so, if that assumption holds true, then the "soul" has not entered into a foreign realm for punishment nor reward.
Perhaps, I just didnt think of it enough, and there's another answer to it.
I mean, light is a massless particle, so, what if a soul is a massless particle?
This is just hypothetical, but my point is, what if there was something I missed along the line?
I'm really hoping for a christian or any religion which believes in an afterlife to hopefully point out a mistake I made in my reasoning, which is rooted in science, or similar fact.
Humanity has become too complacent, the only limits which exist are the limits we create.
