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Old 02-02-2008, 09:10 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by marmalade View Post
1) There is only one sure way of getting evidence. But I'm thinking you aren't quite ready yet to die.
2) When I think about all of life, it seems weird to me. Continued existence is no more weird than discontinued existence for existence in general is a very odd thing.
3) The only reason that discontinued existence wouldn't seem weird is because if it happened, you wouldn't be around to think anything.
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1) even when I die .... I could not be sure ..... reincarnated as a grasshopper say? .... but you are quite right, I'm not ready for the (pen?)ultimate experiment.
2) yes life is amazing, weird .... we (I presume) are certain as we can be that it is real...whatever that is. So I can use that as my point to extrapolate from (I know I need at least two).
3) I agree with the last part; but is it the only reason? I'm not a fan of shaving but Occam's razor and a lack of verifiable evidence come to mind.

Believing in afterlife does not make sense from an agnostic point of view.
For me, disbelieving that an after life does not exist is irrelevant.
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