Hi y'all - that isn't a generalization, it is a firm statement that "people at the very least are unsure....." I for one, am not unsure, and I can probably name quite a few more here who are likewise. There is a blank slate and it occurs in the mind after death.
On Oct 17, 2:48 pm, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You mean you don't appreciate generalities? But, this generality > speaks some truth anthropologically because we have created these > things to explain our questions. Similar brain structures produce > similar ideas all over the world. There is no tabula rasa. Death is > THE common denominator. What is unacceptable to you? The mistaken > belief in an afterlife, or the unsurity?Most, if not all cultures > create religion, block by block, this is a chunk off that mysterious > block. > > On Oct 17, 11:48 am, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all - certainly we can examine this. First page "And yet people > > in every culture believe in an afterlife of some kind or, at the very > > least, are unsure about what happens to the mind at death" > > I cannot accept this statement. > > > On Oct 17, 11:06 am, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Perhaps the human psyche, or soul, is a standing wave front of merged > > > brain systems crashing to nothingness, when by accident, we are > > > damaged enough to be pronounced dead (No electrical current - no > > > function of any kind). These systems only cascade fail slowly as we > > > die of other problems. By slowly I mean in an electrical sense, which > > > is actually so fast you wouldnt notice the ebb... > > > > this is a good subject and article. Can we pick and pull pieces of its > > > body to examine? > > > > << it doesn’t tell us why people see the soul unbuckling itself from > > > the body and floating off like an invisible helium balloon into the > > > realm of eternity. After all, there’s nothing to stop us from having > > > afterlife beliefs that involve the still active mind being entombed in > > > the skull and deliriously happy. Yet almost nobody has such a > > > belief.>> > > > > People "see" strangeness while grieving, or with atltered brain > > > tructures/chemistry, and outside input from chemical friends. To see > > > and observe death on a cold day... observing the last chilled breath > > > dissappear on the wind, should provide an appropriate image. An out of > > > body experience, explainable by science, brings the sensation of > > > floating above the body. There are so many ways to come at that > > > impression. Trapped in a decomposing body? How unaesthetic. Repulsion > > > explainable by the deterioration of the flesh. Not even our evolved > > > fanciful fantasy equipment can overcome that one. > > > > Can we discuss the entirety of death? this is fun. > > > > On Oct 15, 3:33 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=never-say-die&ec=su_neversaydie-Hidequoted > > > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
