(July 17, 2017 at 5:08 pm)mordant Wrote:(July 17, 2017 at 3:02 pm)Lek Wrote: When you say "eternal" I assume you mean it always existed and always will; no beginning and no end. When I contemplate that it makes me feel the same as when I contemplate God's infinity and our eternal life with him.Yes, we godless bastards have access to awe too.
Although if the universe is eternal it does not in any way imply that we are. You and I are particular configurations of matter and energy. The subatomic particles that make us up will survive; our consciousness will not.
But that's okay, because every heaven eventually becomes its own hell. I'm cool with being mortal.
Actually you don't know if our consciousness survives or not. How would science know?