RE: Afterlife
August 15, 2016 at 4:39 am
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2016 at 4:43 am by Alex K.)
(August 15, 2016 at 4:16 am)Arkilogue Wrote:(August 14, 2016 at 8:06 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: There is no afterlife. Consciousness is a manifestation of a physical system, the brain. When we die, that system is irreparably disrupted and ceases to function. Therefore our mind ends when the brain is disrupted at death.
There are many clinical reports of NDE consciousness after brain death.
http://www.near-death.com/science/eviden...-dead.html
Nope, there is no way to reliably time the subjective experience that is reported as having happened during complete inactivity of the brain. Everything speaks for those things being an experience originating from ordinary (albeit disturbed by extreme conditions) brain activity that happens before or after the brain has become inactive. Remember: the perception of the timing of memories and experiences is constructed by the brain, and when brain function is disrupted or interrupted, so is this internal book keeping device.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
