absolute impossibility theory

[loktai]

People do lots of things to kill themselves.
A friend of mine held his breath till he died.

I am sorry to hear your friend died, but I do not believe that was the cause of his death. You will lose conciousness before death due to lack of oxygen, which means you will no longer be able to forcibly hold your breathe.

It may well be that the cause of death was asphyxiation, but I do not think that was his choice, unless other circumstances were engineered such as a high nitrogen content in the room, which stops the he panic of imminent asphyxiation.

Was this the official coroners verdict into his death?

 

[SkyWriting]

You mean, like homeopathy? Astrology? Acupuncture? Truthers? New Age mystics? Muslims? Hindus? Moon landing hoaxers?

Looks to me like you have poor company. You are losing your case.

There is a fact about the human condition in that we crave to be in relationship with the Father.
It's been said to be an open hole in our "Heart" that is God shaped and needs to be filled. KD Lang covered this fact well:
Constant Craving Lyrics - K.d. Lang

Many millions of people have come up with substitute ideas and procedures to attempt to fill the hole.

Just having someone to talk to will often ease some of the pain.
And if they'll perform some procedure or offer a pill it helps to
add to the illusion.

I'm in the company of sinners, not saints. Just where a Christian belongs.

 

[SkyWriting]

Either god does not exist, or he tells each denomination something different.

I've been to church services for 20 or so denominations. I had a family member who used a wheelchair and we would go to different churches each week to see how accessible the churches were. Plus it was fun to meet new people and see the "differences".

The MAJOR differences was the character of the people who attended. Differences in denominations was a minor factor compared to the
diversity of the members.

 

[The Engineer]

There is a fact about the human condition in that we crave to be in relationship with the Father.

Source?

 

[Jamin4422]

A friend of mine held his breath till he died.

Even if you were to pass out from lack of breathing. As soon as you passed out the automatic breathing would take over. This use to be a trick that little kids played on their parents. If I do not get my way then I am going to hold my breath until I pass out. From a medical viewpoint, there really was no harm. Let 'em be if they want to hold their breath. When they see it does not work to get what they want, then they will try something else.

 

[Jamin4422]

I've been to church services for 20 or so denominations.

I was down in Florida one year for 6 weeks and I attended a lot of different churches. I remember one that just about every person shook my hand and welcomed me and told me how much they hope I came back and become a part of their group. I had other churches where just about no one talked to me at all. Then of course everything in between. That is the way it is with churches. There are extremes and everything in between.

 

[SkyWriting]

Even if you were to pass out from lack of breathing. As soon as you passed out the automatic breathing would take over. This use to be a trick that little kids played on their parents. If I do not get my way then I am going to hold my breath until I pass out. From a medical viewpoint, there really was no harm. Let 'em be if they want to hold their breath. When they see it does not work to get what they want, then they will try something else.

He was underwater at the time. Evidently the Autonomic nervous system doesn't take everything into account as an adult.

 

[SkyWriting]

Correct, some countries drive on the left.

And I can tell you, it's hard to adjust. Even harder is returning home and no longer being 100% confident that drivers will stay on the right. It's all faith.

 

[SkyWriting]

Guess you haven't seen anyone with Parkinsons disease then...

I've hand fed them. Seemed like a reason to me.

 

[And-U-Say]

Heard that from my dad all my life. It does not matter what religious people say about the Bible. The question is what does Science have to say about the Bible. Because this is a science forum, so that is what we talk about. We talk about what we can provide scientific evidence for. If there is no scientific evidence then that is faith based and science has nothing to say about that one way or the other. They would be wasting their time because they can not prove it or disprove it. Because to approve or disapprove is not science.

Missed the point here, didn't you.

I would be careful about that "Science has nothing to say about that". Unlike religion, science progresses. Some day Science may well address it. And history is any indication of the outcome, the bible will once again be shown to be shoddy history and made up stories.

 

[And-U-Say]

I've been to church services for 20 or so denominations. I had a family member who used a wheelchair and we would go to different churches each week to see how accessible the churches were. Plus it was fun to meet new people and see the "differences".

The MAJOR differences was the character of the people who attended. Differences in denominations was a minor factor compared to the
diversity of the members.

If that was the only difference you saw, you were not paying attention. i have also been to services for many different denominations. I have also looked much deeper than mere services. There are huge difference. Just because you don't want to see them or acknowledge them does not mean they don't exist.