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Author Topic:   What do atheists think of death?
bluescat48
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Message 71 of 103 (461614)
03-26-2008 5:33 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by fgarb
02-24-2008 2:11 PM


My question to atheists is, assuming you're right and the universe is entirely governed by logic with no supernatural phenomena, why does it follow that when you die you will no longer exist? A counterexample would be that if the universe is sufficiently large or infinite (which is certainly possible according to what is known of current cosmology unless I am well off my mark), then assuming the laws of physics are roughly constant over large distances, it is inevitable that you also exist elsewhere. Then when you die you will still exist, just in a different location.
I will no longer exist, but the $2.89 worth of Hygrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, carbon etc. will. And will be recycled into whatever it will. But as for me, whatever it is that separates me from the mineral world will cease, at death.

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bluescat48
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Message 76 of 103 (461702)
03-27-2008 7:36 AM
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03-27-2008 12:10 AM


In that case, how do you define "I" in a way that is not satisfied by your electrochemical clone? Remember, we're assuming nothing supernatural for the sake of this argument.
I was using "I" as an example, I could simply have used it collectively stating any living organism.

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