SirParagon

Sep 2 2011, 03:28 AM

Espionage

Sep 1 2011, 08:26 PM

SirParagon

Aug 31 2011, 11:26 PM

Espionage

Aug 31 2011, 10:06 PM

retox

Aug 31 2011, 05:55 AM

Well, I've never really thought of what I would do after I you know, "leave", but I personally believe in reincarnation, but in a different way. I believe we will be born the with the same parents, same everything. But we have another chance at doing good in life until we are "pure-hearted", then we will live an afterlife.

But I don't really think about this often, it's just something in my head, nothing serious at all for me. I mean, when you gotta go, you gotta go.

I had this thought in my head as well a few days ago. It'd be nice to see how my life would be had I made a few different things.

Think about what you're saying logically for a second, forget what you've ever seen within entertainment media/what you have been taught, just how many unanswerable questions does that kind of notion generate? How many groundless assumptions are you making?

Don't mean to offend or anything, but instead of having faith in an afterlife (or... some sort of reset button), why not have faith in humanity conquering death itself? The latter is much more likely after all, by a long shot.

I'm not advocating everyone believe in it(hell I'm not either). It's something I just found interesting is all. Not all beliefs need to be logical for you to find interest in them.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence by the way.

Belief is siding with a notion that is backed up by evidence (to believe 2+2=4). Otherwise it's just wishful thinking. Experience is the basis of all knowledge, reason is the filter. Unfalsifiable assertions without evidence get us nowhere because they always generate a flip-side which cancels out the argument entirely (from a rational perspective).

Espionage

Sep 1 2011, 08:26 PM

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence by the way.

Necifix

Sep 2 2011, 04:25 AM

Espionage

Sep 1 2011, 08:26 PM

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence by the way.

There's no evidence that I don't have a third testicle, but, that doesn't mean I don't have one!

I hate the "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" thing. It can be used on SO many things.

Necifix

Sep 2 2011, 04:39 AM

Well, I must have said it either...

A) Awhile in the past when I believed in such a foolish and naive concept.

B) As a joke or in a joking/humorous situation, such as in the IRC.

C) I was referencing it in a deep discussion debate as I have recently and perhaps you got confused. I got in an argument over Cal with it in another topic over it.

When we die... nothing.

We can't comprehend what nothing is.

But, it truly is the void.

We will cease to exist.

Cal

Sep 2 2011, 03:45 AM

SirParagon

Sep 2 2011, 03:28 AM

Espionage

Sep 1 2011, 08:26 PM

SirParagon

Aug 31 2011, 11:26 PM

Espionage

Aug 31 2011, 10:06 PM

retox

Aug 31 2011, 05:55 AM

Well, I've never really thought of what I would do after I you know, "leave", but I personally believe in reincarnation, but in a different way. I believe we will be born the with the same parents, same everything. But we have another chance at doing good in life until we are "pure-hearted", then we will live an afterlife.

But I don't really think about this often, it's just something in my head, nothing serious at all for me. I mean, when you gotta go, you gotta go.

I had this thought in my head as well a few days ago. It'd be nice to see how my life would be had I made a few different things.

Think about what you're saying logically for a second, forget what you've ever seen within entertainment media/what you have been taught, just how many unanswerable questions does that kind of notion generate? How many groundless assumptions are you making?

Don't mean to offend or anything, but instead of having faith in an afterlife (or... some sort of reset button), why not have faith in humanity conquering death itself? The latter is much more likely after all, by a long shot.

I'm not advocating everyone believe in it(hell I'm not either). It's something I just found interesting is all. Not all beliefs need to be logical for you to find interest in them.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence by the way.

Belief is siding with a notion that is backed up by evidence (to believe 2+2=4). Otherwise it's just wishful thinking. Experience is the basis of all knowledge, reason is the filter. Unfalsifiable assertions without evidence get us nowhere because they always generate a flip-side which cancels out the argument entirely (from a rational perspective).

The term, "belief" is one of the most subjective terms in the dictionary. You can't truly call it by it's definition because everyone looks at it differently. For example, if 10 people are colorblind and they look at a red rock, what do they see? They see black and darkness, does this make the rock black? Of course not, but to that person it's hardly red either. Belief is the same way, there is a definition stored away somewhere but people don't see that it's red, they see that it's whatever they want it to be therefor making the true definition moot.

I personally define the term as, "Something that is probable by evidence, a personal experience, or absence of evidence."

Experience is also subjective because the significance of it is based on how much you have, which different amounts is "different levels" of experience to everyone. If I have been a babysitter for 5 years do I have a lot of experience? You would probably say yes if you have less than that, however you might say no if you have a lot more.

Just thought I would say this because throwing around loose terms can confuse people.