Posted: Nov 15, 2010 3:40 pm
trubble76 wrote:darwin2 wrote:trubble76 wrote:
This is an attempt to equate believing in something for rational and empiracle reasons and believing in something because it's what you were told. There is just as much reason to believe in an afterlife as there is to believe in Russell's Teapot, or Sagan's dragon. ie none.
If that still doesn't convince you, then perhaps you could lend me £1000, I would repay it ten-fold in the hereafter.
What am I trying to convince you of? The theme in this thread is does consciousness continues after death or does it end after death. I don’t know the answer. At this point in time there is no evidence to support either possibility. All I suggest is that if one finds oneself conscious after the death of his physical body, it may be a good idea to use the scientific method to explore this new reality. I never stated that consciousness continues after death.
Please have another read, you have misunderstood. I did not suggest you were trying to convince me of anything, you might be but I made no such claim.
I know what the theme of the thread is, that's why I was replying to you. You can check, it's all quoted above.You are essentially playing the Pascal's Wager card, and mistakenly assigning the probabilty as 50%.
I apologize for any mis-reading of your post. However it not important to argue about the 50% probability. It is not an essential component to the theme of this thread. This thread addresses the undeniable fact that we humans will die at some point in our short existence on this planet. At this point in time we have absolutely no evidence that consciousness ceases at death or if it continues after death. Either it does or it doesn't. Since it is possible that it may continue after death, I offer the suggestion to one who may find himself conscious in an after death reality to use the scientific method to explore this reality. There is nothing complicated here. It is simply a suggestion for a possible realtiy that could take place when we die and how to deal with this possibility if it becomes a reality.