@Mozared: Go Creationism vs evolution is too often discussed in these cases, what I care to tell people is: these have nothing to do with the existence of God or anything like that, just like saying the Earth moves around the Sun didn't "kill" any God. Religious books carry lots of ancient thoughts and many of them have been proved wrong, but not even one is directly related to the core concepts of those religions, like the existence of Gods or moral codes.
I consider myself an atheist, but as a teacher and as a person who respects the freedom of thought and belief, and must always show where the real discussion lies. I had to teach evolution to religious students before and in the end what made me happy is that they understand better these religion vs science discussions.
Sorry that I'm out of topic again, but maybe guys like TaintedWisp should have had better teachers (or maybe should have paid attention to them).
@Nebuli2: Go Yes, but what I meant is that maybe you can feel the pain that killed you, not necessarily from brain damage. As one example if death by fire is painful, maybe the brain will feel that pain until the brain cells themselves are destroyed.
Going back to topic I agree with a previous post (I think it was Nebuli) that said the afterlife is just like the "beforelife" so its nothing. Your brain dies, maybe some physiological imprint stays for a while and then nothing. This idea of a physiological imprint is one of my friend's worst nightmare, he believes that if you have a painful death you will feel it until your brain cells die and can't feel it anymore.
But if there's a real afterlife I will come here and send you guys a ghot PM ok? You should do the same if you die and we can solve this issue.
Thomas Henry Huxley once said that science's objective is not to destroy the "unknown" but to increase our sphere of understanding and action. Those focusing on proving that God doesn't exist or anything like that through science should move the effort to something... useful to say the least.
@Taintedwisp: Go And are your numbers facts? Are you taking into consideration all kinds of science? I'm sure some field of research are constantly providing us with facts.
EDIT: if you dont believe in sicence break your computer right now and go live in a hut, because you are surounded by objects and technology thanks to science.
@Mozared: Go Creationism vs evolution is too often discussed in these cases, what I care to tell people is: these have nothing to do with the existence of God or anything like that, just like saying the Earth moves around the Sun didn't "kill" any God. Religious books carry lots of ancient thoughts and many of them have been proved wrong, but not even one is directly related to the core concepts of those religions, like the existence of Gods or moral codes.
I consider myself an atheist, but as a teacher and as a person who respects the freedom of thought and belief, and must always show where the real discussion lies. I had to teach evolution to religious students before and in the end what made me happy is that they understand better these religion vs science discussions.
Sorry that I'm out of topic again, but maybe guys like TaintedWisp should have had better teachers (or maybe should have paid attention to them).
@Nebuli2: Go Yes, but what I meant is that maybe you can feel the pain that killed you, not necessarily from brain damage. As one example if death by fire is painful, maybe the brain will feel that pain until the brain cells themselves are destroyed.
Going back to topic I agree with a previous post (I think it was Nebuli) that said the afterlife is just like the "beforelife" so its nothing. Your brain dies, maybe some physiological imprint stays for a while and then nothing. This idea of a physiological imprint is one of my friend's worst nightmare, he believes that if you have a painful death you will feel it until your brain cells die and can't feel it anymore.
But if there's a real afterlife I will come here and send you guys a ghot PM ok? You should do the same if you die and we can solve this issue.
Thomas Henry Huxley once said that science's objective is not to destroy the "unknown" but to increase our sphere of understanding and action. Those focusing on proving that God doesn't exist or anything like that through science should move the effort to something... useful to say the least.
@Taintedwisp: Go And are your numbers facts? Are you taking into consideration all kinds of science? I'm sure some field of research are constantly providing us with facts.
EDIT: if you dont believe in sicence break your computer right now and go live in a hut, because you are surounded by objects and technology thanks to science.