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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl
Personally, I believe there is a God an He sent His only Son to redeem mankind and that one day it will be on Earth as it is in heaven and I don't care if anyone thinks that's silly or not. When the day comes that their souls are judged, they will be granted entry into Paradise if I have anything to say about it, because ours is a God of mercy. Or, if that day doesn't come, at least I tried to live my life like a good person.
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I may be one of the few who won't fault you for saying that. I don't know that you're wrong. I just no longer believe without some evidence.
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What does scare me is that, if there is no afterlife, what happens when you die? The brain continues electrical activity for a while, right? Is it possible that you could still be aware? What if you were trapped in a nightmare world generated by randomly firing neurons while your brain slowly fades away?
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I've long believed that the reason people who are dying slowly accept death is that as the brain shuts down the awareness itself begins to dim. Have you ever been so sick that you didn't care if you lived or died? Or recieved a blow to the head that left you nearly senseless, aware but not caring? I thing a few synapses going off after the main shutdown isn't enough to leave us aware.
Of course there's that old
Tales From The Crypt episode in which a dead doctor is still aware and feeling as his brother starts to cut his head open...