RE: Question about permanent death
September 30, 2018 at 4:03 pm
(This post was last modified: September 30, 2018 at 4:06 pm by Reltzik.
Edit Reason: Fixed typos, smily
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I have been informed several times that as an atheist I am constrained by solipsism. That means that upon my death the world will cease to exist. Ergo, there is nothing after life.
More seriously, no, I don't believe in an afterlife. Not only is there no sort of reliable evidence for such a claim and such claims are usually formulated in such a way that we living people have no way of confirming them in a manner that can be reported to other living people, but the manner in which lesions to small sections of the brain can drastically alter a person's personality, intellect, reasoning ability, memories, and so forth, leaves significant doubt that these things can survive the brain's total destruction.
More seriously, no, I don't believe in an afterlife. Not only is there no sort of reliable evidence for such a claim and such claims are usually formulated in such a way that we living people have no way of confirming them in a manner that can be reported to other living people, but the manner in which lesions to small sections of the brain can drastically alter a person's personality, intellect, reasoning ability, memories, and so forth, leaves significant doubt that these things can survive the brain's total destruction.
Being an antipistevist is like being an antipastovist, only with epistemic responsibility instead of bruschetta.
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