Posted: Nov 18, 2010 3:19 pm
Rubicon wrote:darwin2 wrote:Rubicon wrote:Are you deliberately being obtuse here? This doesn't answer my question at all. I asked why you think your proposed claim about consciousness persisting after death is less absurd than the ones about invisible blue baboons on Saturn and purple fig leaves the size of Wales? What objective criteria do you use to determine that your claim is less absurd, and should therefore be considered more worthy as an area of scientific investigation? What do you have to offer, other than your opinion and your emotional attachment to your idea?
I suggest you read my reply to SafeAs Milk on page 8 of this thread made at 8:27am.
I did. This is what you said:I doubt if anyone on this thread cares about the existence or non-existence of an invisible pink unicorn. But death is real and it should be a concern of everyone. Consciousness may end at death or it may continue after death of the physical body. I think it is wise to have a plan for the contingency that consciousness may continue after death.
Personal opinion. Check.
Emotional attachment. Check.
Wishful thinking. Check.
Answer to question. Negative. Again.
Who cares what your opinion on what you think should be a concern to everyone is? Statements about invisible pink unicorns are not less absurd than yours just because you say so. If you repeat this nonsense one more time I will report you for preaching.
Now please be so kind as to answer this simplest of questions:
Statement [1]: Consciousness may persist after death.
Statement [2]: Invisible pink unicorns may exist.
Question: What objective criteria do you use to determine that statement [1] is less absurd than statement [2]?
Sir, preaching is when one attempts to shove one's beliefs down the throats of others. Give me one example of preaching that I have made. Yes I have made suggestions and expressed some opinions but never preached. You on the other hand have preached especially in the above quote. You want to deny me the right to give an opinion or make a suggestion. Yet you attempt to preach to me that my contention that it is possible for consciousness to continue after death is incorrect because I have no evidence at this moment in time. It appears you want the privilege of expressing an opinion reserved exclusively for you. When you accuse someone of preaching and you want to report that person for preaching, I suggest you take a look in the mirror and you will probably find the perpetrator.