Having read Plato, I think I'm okay with being judged by a good, objective judge, if it comes to that. — anonymous66
I happen to be Chinese today. — szardosszemagad
Fair enough.If I'm not judged, that would be okay, too. If I was to know in advance there was no afterlife, that would be okay, too. — anonymous66
Is there anything I can do about it?But what about an unfair judge? — szardosszemagad
can murder people after I die? How would that help? — anonymous66
In an ideal logical sense, I could, of course, be wrong. But if religion is a matter of knowledge in the sense that God is a tyrant who may be hiding and waiting to punish the skeptical, then what we are really talking about is a quasi-scientific hypothesis. — n0 0ne
But why is a God who rewards critical thinking and autonomy any less likely? Why not postulate a God who punishes believers or those who claim to know his nature and intentions? What if God despises all prophets as false prophets? — n0 0ne
The most important fact about death is no one really knows what happens during and after death.
So, all talk of an after-life, or not, is mere speculation.
That said, we can make some reasoned guesses on the matter.
If we look at death, as objectively as possible, restricted to only the observable, it appears death is a full-stop to existence.
— TheMadFool
That's to say there's no soul
, and no after-life.
In short, science doesn't seem to support the existence of a soul
which is necessary for an after-life to make sense.
It can be argued that the soul, being immaterial, can't be scientifically examined like, for instance, a rock.
Personally, I'm confused. On one hand we have sleep - which, to me, is what's death-like
I'm undecided on the matter. Perhaps one has to die first and find out for oneself.
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