you cease to exist and rot in the ground ), but lately I'm not so sure. — dukkha
Reality already (at least) once before interrupted my non-existence — dukkha
a real pet peeve of mine is the reference to Eastern theology — Hanover
if there was some magic moment when a soul dropped into your body prior to birth, why can't that same magic soul drop into a new body after it becomes disembodied after my death and I can live again? — Hanover
Right, and why talk of one's death in the first place under the assumption that a part of oneself lives on? Reminds me of talk of ghosts assumed to be immaterial yet capable of rattling chains and the like.. . why can't that same magic soul drop into a new body after it becomes disembodied after my death and I can live again? . . . — Hanover
I think this is akin to asking: after all humans go extinct, is it possible for 'experiencing' at all to come into existence (i.e. would it be possible for a population of observers/first person experiencers to come into existence). And I do think that's possible.But even if there is no subject of experience, there is still an individualised experience existing (and it has a first person quality to it). What's to stop that existing again?
Considering what I wrote above, what that's particular to 'you' would carry over to the new body?I think what's most likely here is my/our understanding of time, the past, ourselves, and non/existence is seriously flawed. Maybe there is no past and times not linear, or maybe it is and I'm a soul which intermittently occupies various bodies.
Second, a real pet peeve of mine is the reference to Eastern theology in response to philosophical questions. We're all pretty attuned to the inappropriateness of references to Western theology (i.e. biblical cites), but every now and again we have to hear about Eastern systems like they matter here. — Hanover
I used to subscribe fairly strongly to an atheistic notion of death (I.e. You cease to exist and rot in the ground ), but lately I'm not so sure. — dukkha
Let's say I cease to exist at death. What is going to prevent me from coming into existence again? What's going to keep me dead? — dukkha
This is kind of worrying me, I don't want to be burdened with existence again and again. How do I make sure I stay dead and reality doesn't bother me again? — dukkha
What's the difference between Time A and Time C? Such that Time B followed from Time A, but a Time D *WONT* follow from Time C? — dukkha
What's my justification for believing time C will be permanent/unchangeable (i.e. an 'atheistic' death), when I know for a fact that Time A wasn't? — dukkha
How do I make sure I stay dead and reality doesn't bother me again? — dukkha
...there is no notion of dogma or revealed scripture in the East, generally speaking, that is comparable to what one finds in Abrahamic religions. — Thorongil
I think it is a contradiction to say "you" woke up again. — swstephe
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