But technically speaking it wouldn't be your death. You would just be unconscious until time circles, and then regain consciousness when time reaches your birth. Also if time is a full circle, how can we make sense of before and after?It happens 'after life' so it technically counts as an afterlife. — Devans99
Also if time is a full circle, how can we make sense of before and after? — Purple Pond
I think it is a poor choice of words. How about, what are the chances for a conscious existence after physical death? — Vince
I think perhaps you can differentiate before from after because the cause always precedes the effect. — Vince
You still need continuity of the self in order to become unconscious and regain consciousness again. Where is the self when your body dies?think it is a poor choice of words. How about, what are the chances for a conscious existence after physical death? — Vince
That poses a problem for circular time. Where does the cause begin in the whole circle?I think perhaps you can differentiate before from after because the cause always precedes the effect. — Vince
That poses a problem for circular time. Where does the cause begin in the whole circle? — Purple Pond
You still need continuity of the self in order to become unconscious and regain consciousness again. Where is the self when your body dies? — Purple Pond
That poses a problem for circular time. Where does the cause begin in the whole circle? — Purple Pond
The loop thing is just satisfying because it partly solves the infinity problem. It's finite but has no apparent boundaries. — Vince
Because it's impossible to know where it actually starts. You can say that it starts at the left side, or you can say at the right side. Of course you can choose an arbitrary point and call it "start", but so what? You can arbitrarily call a dog a "cat".Why do you say a line segment has no start or end? — Devans99
I think it would be documented on the web somewhere if there was such an obvious hole in the prime mover argument... really you are clutching at straws. You are wrong on this one and just won't admit it is one possibility. The other is you are just too dumb to comprehend the dynamics of the situation. — Devans99
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