There are three options when it comes the survival hypothesis that could be true. Of course for us to survive death we would need self awareness along with the astral body. If we just had the astral body that is similiar but slightly different than the physical body then it would be just a zombie without self awareness. That is what makes us who we are. Also if only self-awareness survive death but no astral body then their is endless reincarnation. But if both remain intact once we die then an afterlife plus the possibility of reincarnation as well would be factual. To me after looking at all of the evidence that supports the survival hypothesis i would have to go with self awareness+astral body both remain intact after biological death of the physical body.
Here is a list of some of the phenomena that appear to point towards one or more of the options above.
Reincarnation evidence [Ian Stevenson's 21 best cases]- Indicative of self awareness surviving death but not indicative of an astral body also surviving
Best Evps- Indicative of self awareness
Cross Correspondences- Indicative of self awareness
Apparitions- Indicative of Astral Body
Nde/obe- Indicative of both
Drop In communicators- Indicative of self awareness
Here is a post by Michael Prescott that is related to this post.
http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2007/07/the-ego-persona.html
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Does Science Need Naturalism?
Many philosophers along with scientists would concede so. That any alternatives to naturalism must be avoided. That would include idealism along with dualism. It is true in nature all we see is natural phenomena, even though naturalism has succeeded in many frontiers. It runs a road block when it comes to consciousness itself and the nature of reality. The fact is dualism can explain all of the successes that naturalism can because dualism implies both natural phenomena and paranormal phenomena. Of course, if you concede that consciousness is just an illusion generated by the brain along with free will, and that no paranormal phenomena exist, then just monism[naturalism] is correct. One of the big reasons why most scientists are naturalists is because of the fear of god or religion is one of the best reasons for believing naturalism is right.
Of course, that reasoning is an appeal to fear than it is of following the evidence wherever that may leads us. When i say a fear of religion i don't mean a fear of going to church. What i mean is a fear of being associated with anything that sounds religious such as ghosts, poltergeists, mental mediumship etc. Of course, while mainstream scientists who the majority are naturalists feel no need to be associated with anything that sounds religious. Some mainstream scientists such as William James along with other scientists gathered an enormous amount repeatable scientific evidence that support the survival hypothesis. This is of course not what these psychical researchers ever imagine would happen. They wanted to show that all psychics were frauds, cold readers etc. I will say however there are some naturalist's are are openfully honest about their position [Searle, Lycan, Nagel along with a few others].
Of course, that reasoning is an appeal to fear than it is of following the evidence wherever that may leads us. When i say a fear of religion i don't mean a fear of going to church. What i mean is a fear of being associated with anything that sounds religious such as ghosts, poltergeists, mental mediumship etc. Of course, while mainstream scientists who the majority are naturalists feel no need to be associated with anything that sounds religious. Some mainstream scientists such as William James along with other scientists gathered an enormous amount repeatable scientific evidence that support the survival hypothesis. This is of course not what these psychical researchers ever imagine would happen. They wanted to show that all psychics were frauds, cold readers etc. I will say however there are some naturalist's are are openfully honest about their position [Searle, Lycan, Nagel along with a few others].
Monday, September 28, 2009
Mugen!!!
Well over the past few days i downloaded mugen, this is a game where you can install tons and tons of characters. You can play the game on your own desktop and yes the game is 100 percent free to install. So are the characters, stages etc. My roster of characters so far is pretty good.
My roster for Mugen
- Fat Albert
- Batman
- Homer Simpson
- Rocky Balboa
- Green Ranger
- Pink Ranger
- Black Ranger
- Red Ranger
- Superman
- Catwoman
- Bin Laden
- The Thing
- Megazord
- White Ranger
- Doll
- Bowser
- Mario
- Luiga
- Justice
- Metool
- Vader
- Soul
- Ronald
- Donatello
- Shaq
- Wolverine
- Ryu
-Ken
- Green Lantern
- The Shredder
- Robocop
- Pop Eye
- Godzilla
- The Joker
- Bugs Bunny
- Bloom
- Sailor Moon
- Sub-Zero
- Kintaro
-Thor
and much more!!!
My roster for Mugen
- Fat Albert
- Batman
- Homer Simpson
- Rocky Balboa
- Green Ranger
- Pink Ranger
- Black Ranger
- Red Ranger
- Superman
- Catwoman
- Bin Laden
- The Thing
- Megazord
- White Ranger
- Doll
- Bowser
- Mario
- Luiga
- Justice
- Metool
- Vader
- Soul
- Ronald
- Donatello
- Shaq
- Wolverine
- Ryu
-Ken
- Green Lantern
- The Shredder
- Robocop
- Pop Eye
- Godzilla
- The Joker
- Bugs Bunny
- Bloom
- Sailor Moon
- Sub-Zero
- Kintaro
-Thor
and much more!!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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Thank you it's time to retire this blog!
Retiring this blog it was fun but have been too busy to keep up with it. I appreciate all the views I have gotten.
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