I remember seeing this one TV show, I forget which one, where a character died and came back by some plot device technology. The scripted conversation between characters I remember went something like this:
"It was probably just a hallucination, like most NDEs."
"No, there was no 'near death' about it. You were flatlining."
I understood this was a work of fiction but my over-analytic brain couldn't help but start asking questions.
"If you were brain dead, how could you 'see' and 'hear' anything since the senses are filtered and interpreted through the brain?"
"...and even if you could see and hear anything, how could you remember what you saw or heard, since memories are stored in the brain? Anything you experienced, even assuming consciousness exists independent of the brain, should be lost since you had nowhere to store that memory for later access."
"...and if somehow this soul-stuff remembers anything, how come we can't use that when the brain is damaged?"
"It was probably just a hallucination, like most NDEs."
"No, there was no 'near death' about it. You were flatlining."
I understood this was a work of fiction but my over-analytic brain couldn't help but start asking questions.
"If you were brain dead, how could you 'see' and 'hear' anything since the senses are filtered and interpreted through the brain?"
"...and even if you could see and hear anything, how could you remember what you saw or heard, since memories are stored in the brain? Anything you experienced, even assuming consciousness exists independent of the brain, should be lost since you had nowhere to store that memory for later access."
"...and if somehow this soul-stuff remembers anything, how come we can't use that when the brain is damaged?"
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
