RE: Problem dealing with death as an atheist
May 13, 2011 at 1:36 am
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2011 at 1:36 am by Girlysprite.)
I would also remind you that Pascal's wager falls apart when you remember that there is not one religion to choose from. I mean, it basically means 'I'd better cover all my bases and believe!' --> so, believe in what?
Which personality would you mean? The personality you had as a child? As an adult? You mean that a personality developed due to brain trauma is 'less real'? But what if a person becomes mucxh nicer after a brain trauma? It happens. That's just temporary and lost in some way? And what if a baby would get brain damage at birth? What is his 'true personality?'
What is 'personality' anyways. Some traits may seem inherent for a person, and they may be, but people develop a lot of traits due to the way they have been raised.
Quote:Quote:As for the soul: The problem is that many concepts of the soul consider the soul to be something unchangable, but at the same time personality is a basic part of the soul. It is already proven that damage in certain parts of the brain can change someone completely. Nice and easygoing persons can become vile toxic monsters, or the other way around. And not just brain damage changes how we act and what we are: hormones and certain types of drugs can change persons significantly. Personality is something that is embedded in the brain.I don't consider the idea of "soul" as something unchangeable. We, after all, change as time passes. The "soul" should preserve our personality (in other words, if you consider the afterlife, you can't claim to live another life if your spirit got into a new body but you are tabula rasa - without personality, memory, anything: It would simply not be you!).
Which personality would you mean? The personality you had as a child? As an adult? You mean that a personality developed due to brain trauma is 'less real'? But what if a person becomes mucxh nicer after a brain trauma? It happens. That's just temporary and lost in some way? And what if a baby would get brain damage at birth? What is his 'true personality?'
What is 'personality' anyways. Some traits may seem inherent for a person, and they may be, but people develop a lot of traits due to the way they have been raised.
When I was a Christian, I was annoyed with dogmatic condescending Christians. Now that I'm an atheist, I'm annoyed with dogmatic condescending atheists. Just goes to prove that people are the same, regardless of what they do or don't believe.
