RE: A rational explanation for hell?
July 25, 2011 at 8:29 am
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2011 at 8:33 am by DeistPaladin.)
(July 22, 2011 at 1:08 pm)Epimethean Wrote: I blame Dante for the development of this bullshit notion. It took art-not science-to make hell into a full tilt nastiness, and that fact underscores exactly why the notion is pure rubbish. Aside from extortion and coercion, hell has zero value philosophically. It is a political expedient now.
Dante was writing a work of fiction and labeled it as such. In fact, the intent was political satire.
Jesus in the Gospels described a cruel torture where a rich man just wanted a drop of water as he was being cooked alive in the flames. Muhammad came along and created a Hell that would make Dante's look like "Heck" in comparison. Don't be too hard on Dante.
(July 24, 2011 at 6:39 pm)C Rod Wrote: You wont know till your dead so how are you certain when you are alive?
Memory is stored in the brain and accessed from it. Furthermore, memory can be lost if the brain is damaged, either through injuries, illness (like Alzheimer's) or simply old age. Like a damaged hard drive, some files can be lost if the drive is damaged or formatted.
Knowing that memory is lost from damage to the brain, what would be any basis of hope that memory would survive the process of death, which destroys the brain utterly?
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