If there’s some kind of spiritual world then there must be things that sustain it, just as there are things that sustain the living world. Since in the living world these are physical things (water, heat, gravity) then in the spiritual world they must be spiritual things. Since we have no idea what sustains the soul, or what it inhabits, then we have to find a way to explain this in a rational manner. "Divinity" is as good a word as any.
I personally believe in God, and believe that he sustains the spiritual world. However, I believe that he works in the physical world as well, and as such the existance of God implies a life BEFORE the afterlife as well as during. References : Dear Greengunge: Prove there isn’t!
life after death implies some sort of divinity/deity, but the other way is not that same. if there is a god, he could probably do what ever the hell he wants (no pun…) References :
An afterlife that lives on as an infinite consciousness would indicate forces consisting of some sort of intelligence that’s continually creating life and has been in existence always.
This doesn’t mean that this infinite consciousness is a separate "higher authority", but it may be the All-In-All entirety from which each of our individual consciousnesses are derived from and are part of.
So, yes, I would call this a divine force. Afterlife implies divinity. References :
Finding the "existence" of any of these things is to have found the mind that identifies with concepts which are mistaken as truths. Fortunately identification with these concepts can (but not always) produce some decent behavior. There are some obvious exceptions as we all know. I’m betting that we all know someone who is dedicated to the "GOOD" because it is: Gods will, they have spoken directly with God, they are afrraid of going to hell or being reborn as an avocado. Thinking thus is only belief.
What IS is what one philosophy calls "suchness’ and is ever present regardless of any concepts, experience, words, thinking, speculating, implications or anything else that can be found about it.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
no, no, no and it works both ways, depending on how you define god and afterlife, it may only work one way
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February 9th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
prove there is life after death
prove the existence of god
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February 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Ask and you shall receive will bring you closer to God, not analysis.
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February 9th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
If there’s some kind of spiritual world then there must be things that sustain it, just as there are things that sustain the living world. Since in the living world these are physical things (water, heat, gravity) then in the spiritual world they must be spiritual things. Since we have no idea what sustains the soul, or what it inhabits, then we have to find a way to explain this in a rational manner. "Divinity" is as good a word as any.
I personally believe in God, and believe that he sustains the spiritual world. However, I believe that he works in the physical world as well, and as such the existance of God implies a life BEFORE the afterlife as well as during.
References :
Dear Greengunge: Prove there isn’t!
February 9th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
life after death implies some sort of divinity/deity, but the other way is not that same. if there is a god, he could probably do what ever the hell he wants (no pun…)
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February 9th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
can’t just be Godly and expect a non Godly reason of it all, INFINITY should never be underestimated
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February 9th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
An afterlife that lives on as an infinite consciousness would indicate forces consisting of some sort of intelligence that’s continually creating life and has been in existence always.
This doesn’t mean that this infinite consciousness is a separate "higher authority", but it may be the All-In-All entirety from which each of our individual consciousnesses are derived from and are part of.
So, yes, I would call this a divine force. Afterlife implies divinity.
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February 9th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Finding the "existence" of any of these things is to have found the mind that identifies with concepts which are mistaken as truths. Fortunately identification with these concepts can (but not always) produce some decent behavior. There are some obvious exceptions as we all know. I’m betting that we all know someone who is dedicated to the "GOOD" because it is: Gods will, they have spoken directly with God, they are afrraid of going to hell or being reborn as an avocado. Thinking thus is only belief.
What IS is what one philosophy calls "suchness’ and is ever present regardless of any concepts, experience, words, thinking, speculating, implications or anything else that can be found about it.
thanks
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