Yo, ED, I didn't get to your last post yet, but the main line in it was this: “There has never, ever been any credible evidence to suggest that any further consciousness or life exists outside of this.”
That's going to be at the heart of all of this, and I was going to start another thread on that anyway.
Since I'm neither interested nor qualified to discuss the technical aspects of when dead is really dead, hence the NDE stuff and all that, I'm going to beg off that portion and stick with the main shot I put here. Fair?
Looks like I'm going to have to, as our small sample so far has shown that the point has whizzed by. No, this isn't some awkward attempt to compare science and religion. I'm actually horrified that anyone would come to that conclusion since nothing in there remotely suggests it.
If you strip the imagery, there's a lot in there, and I'm happy to discuss any and all of it, but the point has nothing to do with science. It's about atheism and worldviews. I would suggest reading it again or asking specific questions about specific parts.
That's going to be at the heart of all of this, and I was going to start another thread on that anyway.
Since I'm neither interested nor qualified to discuss the technical aspects of when dead is really dead, hence the NDE stuff and all that, I'm going to beg off that portion and stick with the main shot I put here. Fair?
(September 6, 2011 at 3:36 am)ElDinero Wrote: Quite. Adding imagery to your point doesn't make it any more true. If it's some awkward attempt to compare science to religion, that's simply and provably untrue. Try again.
Looks like I'm going to have to, as our small sample so far has shown that the point has whizzed by. No, this isn't some awkward attempt to compare science and religion. I'm actually horrified that anyone would come to that conclusion since nothing in there remotely suggests it.
If you strip the imagery, there's a lot in there, and I'm happy to discuss any and all of it, but the point has nothing to do with science. It's about atheism and worldviews. I would suggest reading it again or asking specific questions about specific parts.
