(July 17, 2017 at 5:34 pm)Lek Wrote:(July 17, 2017 at 5:08 pm)mordant Wrote: 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?
It probably does not survive. After all, if a soul exists, why do people get Alzheimer's disease? Are you saying that a brain that is dead has better memory recall than a brain that is diseased? Where, ultimately, are our memories stored? If not our brains, then where? Or, are you saying that you are going to be some "memory-less soul" when you are dead?
