People don't have souls either, we're highly refined sructures of organic matter
People don't have souls either, we're highly refined sructures of organic matter
dude, time is not a function of the brain. That's as silly as saying that trees are a function of the brain, simply because your brain perceives the existence of trees.
so, you're saying that consciousness transcends all time? did your consciousness already kinda exist back when the dinosaurs were roaming the earth? Did the universe somehow know that earth's mammals would evolve into primates and humans, the one species clever enough to have souls/consciousness? Do your grandchildren's consciousness' already exist on some other level? So, that'd mean there's no free will.
another consequence to consider is this; you're saying that your consciousness/soul or whatever keeps existing after your brain is dead, and transcends time- ie, in a way, it has always existed. Even before your birth. so at some point, it 'moved' into your physical brain when it first developed. So your linear physical self should remember this!
You're not thinking through the consequences of your theory, here. Believe me, my boyfriend studied philosophy (and is currently reading a giant book on quantum physics), and while most of it still baffles me, I can tell you that any serious philosopher could see many gaping holes of logic in that which I didn't notice.
Also, there has been much debate about the meaning of dreams. However, dreams are clearly inspired by random combinations of past experiences, fears (ie, the 'naked in the classroom dream') and recent thoughts. At least mine are...
edit: also.. I do believe that when you're unconscious, you are not still self-conscious or aware. I mean the word does say un-conscious, defined as "not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead"
Last edited by Tiay; 08-09-07 at 08:22 AM.
omgz illusional wtf u talkin bout?
Life is for pros
In games like Battlefield 2 and most of CoD, you respawn. ****ing cheap. I think if you die, you should stay dead. Such as in MOH:AA, the most professional and hardcore game God has ever programmed. When you die, you're sorry ass stays dead. The noobs don't respawn. This ensures that only the pros remain.
As FPS Doug has long ago established, there are no respawn points in RL.
there are 100,000,000,000 galaxies with each galazy having over 100,000,000,000 stars and each star with a high probability of life on planets... makes you think about where you go after death.
i dont know where, but i bet we may visit other galaxies after we are gone.
with all this talk about death... and people dying... everyone who believes in life after death and what not must believe that your soul goes somewhere.
what i'm saying.. donut... since i don't believe that people have souls, then would you consider an abortion?? are you pro-choice or prolife?? i'm all about choice because like the rest of us, these blobs of cells called a fetus is nothing more to me that a hassle.. haha
raverboy
...this is just my perspective on the situation...
I am Pro-Choice, but I would not have an abortion, myself. Everyone should have the right to choose, though.
If it has a heartbeat, it's alive, however, if it's still dependent on the mother for survival, it's her body. That is all.
Anyway, how can anyone think they know what happens when you die? Idiotic. Nobody actually knows.
Spammer Spanker
dolphins have to have souls they can have sex for pleasure
I'm against abortion most days. If the little blob of cells has its own unique DNA it doesn't belong to mommy or daddy anymore