RE: Life after death?
July 2, 2014 at 5:01 pm
(This post was last modified: July 2, 2014 at 5:02 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(July 2, 2014 at 4:55 pm)Purplundy Wrote:(July 2, 2014 at 10:50 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: 'Your metaphysical person' is an idea about as devoid of substance as possible. What exactly is 'your metaphysical person', if it doesn't have any sort of consciousness?Metaphysical things don't tend to contain substance, or else they'd be physcial.
Every thing that exists permanently affects the universe in some way. So do the things that make what we call 'you'. And when the factor that separates you from manure is gone, the effect that that manure had while it was you remains, no matter how small it is. Any rock or tree can replicate the effect of your life on planet Earth. But only you can have the effect you did on the human community.
Are you equating the legacy that we leave after us to our 'metaphysical self'? Because if so you're employing a lot of spiritual language with a lot of baggage to simply say 'your actions can have long lasting consequences'. Still no idea what this 'metaphysical self' has to do with any sort of 'life after death' if we as conscious beings aren't around to experience it.
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