(January 10, 2012 at 4:23 am)Godschild Wrote: What would generate the electrical impulse after one is dead, a person is considered dead when no electrical impulses are present.
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I saw it and understood, just was sayin...you know.
Well I hear you, Godschild. The thought of consciousness sustained outside the living brain has always struck me as unlikely to the point of absurdity. Nor do I think there is any 'electrical pattern' to be extracted and placed in some sort of machine or whatever to be preserved. To my mind when my brain is done, I am done.
So, are you one of those rare theists who values his relationship to God even if that only lasts while you live .. or do you think God can do the impossible and salvage your mind/soul/whatever apart from your body? Eeeww, I hope you aren't one of those who expects physical resurrection.
Oh, wait a minute, if you think God has a non-corporeal essence, I guess you could think we do too. Perhaps that part will be released one way or the other at death? [My preference, not that you asked, is that you just savor this life with God in it but as a totally mysterious presence. If after death you awake to the indescribable, you'll either get a nice bonus or I'll see you there.]