If there is no life after death...

[bunnydrops]

Most here are talking about consciousness as a continuation of the self, but the self includes the body and the existence of the sensations the body brings to it. Consciousness may be like life itself and come in many forms. I once read an analogy that went like this: Consciousness is like a flowing river; there isn't an individual self, but when the river comes to a waterfall (birth), the river divides into many droplets that gain the illusion of self and can see that it is separate from the others, but in the end (death) the droplets reach the bottom and become part of the whole again.

[Cameroni]

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

What I was saying was it's more rational to think we are not alone in billions of galaxies than to think one almighty being created billions of galaxies and we are alone in billions of galaxies and we are created in God's image. 

 

Why? For all of them there is no evidence whatsoever.

 

All of them could be true or false. There is just no evidence for either case.

 

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Which makes more sense to you?

 

It's mere conjecture, in the absence of evidence. How much sense does conjecture make? As Buddha said, not a whole lot.

 

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

You think God or a God did all this?

 

It could be. There is no evidence against, nor any evidence for.

 

So either case is as valid as the other.

[spidermike007]

It's impossible for me to even fathom the possibility that there isn't life after death, and that reincarnation is not a reality. But there are alot of people who are incredibly limited in their thinking, very conventional minded, need scientific proof, and if there is no proof they just cannot conceive of the possibilities. 

[scorecard]

8 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

 

If there were more than one God we would surely see evidence, as they would be competing for our attention. Especially if there were three or more. God invented us, not the other way around. I don't lose sleep believing. It actually makes life easier knowing I'm a believer, not having to worry as I would if I wasn't.

 

God invented us.... what does that mean / what do you mean?