"... On Aug 20, 5:18 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: ..."
> And I'd bet on the opposite happening. On that Last Day, the atheists > will finally understand what a huge error they've made...but it will > be too late to change their minds. Tell you what, if I'm right, we'll > both be returning on that day and we'll see. If you're right, it > simply won't matter as there will be no 'recall'. If we are > resurrected, then you'll know. And we'll both be waiting. You wait > and I'll wait. Ah well, you see Pat, you assume something about me based on my admission I'm atheist that is not true. You assume that #1, there is an end. I don't see that at all. It's more likely that life will go on forever just changing form and substance as time flows by. You also seem to assume that #2, if I'm right there will be no recall (or afterlife). Nothing could be further from the truth. I do believe in the possibility of life after death and even retaining individual identity (as opposed to just a vast pool of undifferentiated afterlife.) My belief is based in science alone: The laws of conservation of matter and energy. It seems to me they pretty much dictate that life or its energy will continue on after the disintegration of this body in another form perhaps. My belief (or perhaps it is a fervent hope) that it may be possible for an individual human's energy (no other species) to retain its unique identity simply based on my belief that human beings are the supreme creatures in the Universe. Now some may consider this belief to be as far-fetched as what I think belief in gods is, but that's all right. The proof is in the pudding.
