Kevin's Watch

Yep, I respect their opinions. They have the right to 'em. And I have the right to say they're absolutely friggin' wrong. Or do I? Gotta check the Constitution, first . . .

I believe in life after death because energy cannot b destroyed. I believe in spiritual energy as well. What forms they take is another matter. I think any fear of death is fulite because, as Bill Cosby's grandfather told him when he asked if he was worried about senility, "No cause when I am I won't know it."

All right, okay. And I'm not arguing, just giving my viewpoint on the energy thing:

The energy that makes us up--makes our brains, our consciousness, and our awareness of being alive--are atoms. When we die, those atoms disperse. Yes, energy can't be destroyed, but energy could very well change from something that was aware of existence to a bunch of atoms, unaware of existence.

And I'm sorry if I acted like I "knew". Honestly, I don't know what death holds. Nobody knows. But the thing is, to say we know before we really do is to defeat ourselves--to stop ourselves short, when we could just about be grasping the truth, instead. I mean, if I told you "I know the moon is made of sand", then I'd not only be telling a lie but I'd have you believing it for maybe the rest of your life unless you found out better. We can't, as a people, settle for "I know", when there is much more of the picture to be discovered.

quatum theorists would say that an atom "knows" much more than we give it credit 4...I could go on and on, but I won't.

danlo wrote:quatum theorists would say that an atom "knows" much more than we give it credit 4

Well hey, that bodes all the better for my beliefs, then! (heh, ever since that last religion-debate thread we had so long ago, I've been secretly foaming at the mouth for a new one. This kind of stuff only whets my appetite! )