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If you act right you will have very few regrets.
I still don't know what you mean by "soul" in this context.Yes ... the soul is what we truly are.
So you will have a different heart? Not the one you are thinking with now?We're not going to have the same bodies in Heaven.
So you will have a different heart?
And a different brain?
Hinduism is originally not a religion rather is civilization derived from Hindu Kush (Indus Valley). Strong Religion, culture, community or society's behaviour all together form civilization. Indus Valley had many small-small religions founded during settlement of groups. Each group had deity and own god to follow, therefore, you can perceive Hinduism has so many Gods. There were two major religions 1st Shaivism and 2nd Vaishnavism.
Hinduism was too vast to handle thus corrupted due to Brahmin dominance and new religion emerged 'Jainism' and 'Buddhism'. In other words Hinduism is huge tree with many branches like - Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and others. They all emerged as a result of religious crisis, similar to Judaism to Christianity and again break up to catholic, orthodox and so on. From barbaric religious rule to Islam then again break up to Shia and Sunni. All the religions and their inscriptions are same for betterment of the society. All the regions have Heaven and Hell to restrict unlawful practices that harms peaceful society.
Now your point Life after death - Is typical and complicated topic and may be joke for some. However, my explanation is - Are we electronic device? Battery goes off and we are finished. There has to be some force controlling our behaviour if not each one would have behaved same way. But some are very lucky and some looser, some are angrier, more pleasing, obstinate, fool, and intelligent and so on, why we react to surrounding environment? What forces us to get attracted? How Jesus touched one and got cured? Jesus was born on day rising glittering star. What was that? How 3-4 strangers from East came to know and visited to honour the divine birth. Planetary position is important during birth, so planets control us as sea waves by the Moon. These questions we ordinary people cannot answer, but drove sages to realize that all living species are part of energy and each individual has own energy field, in other words is Aura. Widening and narrowing energy field depends on what you sow you reap. A goal is fixed by God (unexplainable to me), is from super people of other planets, or Abraham or Shiva, or Energy rays of planets. I dont know what I know is that there is some force that controls and we are tools. One has to achieve energy field fixed and has to go through the cycle of birth and death. One more point is that we are the creator of negative and positive environment on living earth. When negative environment reached extreme some force emerges to revive to positive but when positive environment reaches extreme it stinks and invites negative. This is what happened to all the religions, was introduced for welfare and security but over the time decayed to split up for new ideological religion. Sorry if it hurts anyone and I ask for pardon
That's because Christianity is only about life after death, if there was no promise of an after life there would be no Christians, Christians are only in it for what they hope to get out of it, Christianity is pure selfishness.
The soul is not you, but a copy of you?
How do you know it will "survive"? Is this demonstrable?
The mind is an emergent process, a property of the brain. How do you disconnect a process? In what will this process take place if not a brain?It's an analogy. Your soul is you but becomes disconnected from your physical body after you die.
Is circular reasoning required here? Only those that believe that it can be demonstrated believe that it can be demonstrated?Not to you.
The heart is part of the body.We're back to the Star Trek transporter problem. I am my body, my brain. A copy of me is not me.
Helping you think, in some unknown way...The heart is part of the body.
The brain is part of the body.
The soul resides in the heart.
How is that, if Bob has to leave all of his stuff (memories in his brain) behind? Doesn't sound like Bob will be Bob anymore.Bob lives in Apartment A.
Bob is removed from Apartment A and given a new apartment building.
Bob is still Bob.
The heart is part of the body.
The brain is part of the body.
The soul resides in the heart.
Are you being literal here? As in heart transplant recipients have the souls of the donors in them?
The mind is an emergent process, a property of the brain. How do you disconnect a process? In what will this process take place if not a brain?
Is circular reasoning required here? Only those that believe that it can be demonstrated believe that it can be demonstrated?
How is it demonstrable to you?
Can you define "spirit" in a manner that would make it a functional equivalent to a brain? No?Spirit.
I asked, is circular reasoning required here? Only those that believe that it can be demonstrated believe that it can be demonstrated?You don't have to believe it if you don't want to.
How do you discern "spiritual experiences" from self deception? Circular reasoning?Via spiritual experiences.
Can you define "spirit" in a manner that would make it a functional equivalent to a brain? No?
I asked, is circular reasoning required here? Only those that believe that it can be demonstrated believe that it can be demonstrated?
I do not see belief as a choice, but what is the alleged penalty if I don't "want" to believe in the existence of your particular deity?
How do you discern "spiritual experiences" from self deception? Circular reasoning?
No, define "spirit" in some manner that would differentiate it from something you are just making up to fill a gap in your explanation.You mean explain how it works?
Circular reasoning then.If you don't have faith or don't believe you could, you won't see it.
I believe we are only talking about ancient myths and characters in books.Nothing much different from what you probably already believe.
The problem with self deception is that it is very deceptive.You would have to have one to know.
That's because Christianity is only about life after death, if there was no promise of an after life there would be no Christians, Christians are only in it for what they hope to get out of it, Christianity is pure selfishness.
Who said anything about talking to me or learning from me?I talk to you because I want to learn from you.
I want to learn from you because I want to have a better eternal life.
What is wrong with this selfishness?
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