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Re: I really like you guys » lynn971

Posted by alexandra_k on December 22, 2005, at 19:50:36

In reply to Re: I really like you guys, posted by lynn971 on December 21, 2005, at 21:26:24

> uh! the thought of hell makes me cringe! I wish that there were no such thing as hell.

well... hell is what... believing in heaven buys you.

satan is what... believing in god buys you.

evil is what... believeing in good buys you.

they are just converse ideas...

and if you believe in one... the other sort of rides along for free...

basically... i reject them both.

it doesn't have to be that way.

buddists don't believe in hell.

i don't believe... in either heaven or hell.

basically...

while we surely do not know everything about consciousness...

if i become part of a tree...

i ain't gonna be 'me' trapped in a trees body.

how can i remember when memories are neural connections?

it is possible that what is essential to the neural connections is a complex mathematical function that can be realised on alternative hardware...

but if you want survival after death...
if you want *you* to survive after death...

i really don't think you can have that...

unless...

someone realises the mathematical function of your neural connections on alternative hardware...

like...

a computer program hooked up to a robot body...

or a virtual body...

in a virtual world...

probably not making much sense here...

 

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