tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post9085851108178905216..comments2023-06-21T00:36:40.840-07:00Comments on Plead Ignorance: A cold beer in heaven.Robert the Skeptichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-55908993816518773692010-04-16T22:39:31.783-07:002010-04-16T22:39:31.783-07:00[grin][grin]Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-41517303248783999812010-04-15T23:37:13.393-07:002010-04-15T23:37:13.393-07:00Murr What could be more appropriate for when the t...<b>Murr</b> What could be more appropriate for when the time comes to "hang it all up"!Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-39169894872277221252010-04-15T23:10:35.570-07:002010-04-15T23:10:35.570-07:00I find my own life that much more beautiful with a...I find my own life that much more beautiful with a frame around it.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-30240455311235025782010-04-15T22:57:27.037-07:002010-04-15T22:57:27.037-07:00kara OK, you can have your heaven... but I give yo...<b>kara</b> OK, you can have your heaven... but I give you two weeks, tops, before you get totally bored.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-88710210168974586592010-04-15T19:48:11.842-07:002010-04-15T19:48:11.842-07:00in MY heaven, a shirtless johnny depp fans me with...in MY heaven, a shirtless johnny depp fans me with a giant palm as i recline on a beach where it is impossible to get sunburned.<br /><br />don't take it away from me!karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690274092026593186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-48228396607122517832010-04-15T09:18:38.325-07:002010-04-15T09:18:38.325-07:00Secret Agent Maybe YOUR grandma would do such a na...<b>Secret Agent</b> Maybe YOUR grandma would do such a naughty thing - mine, NEVER!Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-13839799963071310112010-04-15T04:39:01.432-07:002010-04-15T04:39:01.432-07:00The part that always gets me is when people talk a...The part that always gets me is when people talk about those who have died watching you from heaven. <i>"I know grandma is looking down from heaven right now (sniff)."</i> Really? At any moment she chooses? Or are there times where you are allowed a little privacy like when the camera moved to the curtain fluttering in the window when they had sex on the Truman Show. Because I find that whole being watched idea horrifying.secret agent womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03763879283931347382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-58615831590522925682010-04-14T16:40:16.117-07:002010-04-14T16:40:16.117-07:00BackRow Not to discount in any way your brush with...<b>BackRow</b> Not to discount in any way your brush with death which clearly would leave a profound impact on anyone... I am familiar with the "What the *Q(#*) do we know" film. This was produced by Tacoma resident J Z Knight who claims to "channel" 35,000 year-old spirit warrior "Ramtha". See: <b>http://skepdic.com/ramtha.html</b><br /><br />It's been a pretty good gig for Knight who has made millions by having Ramtha enter her body and give an eager public a lot of New Age feel good babble. Actress Shirley MacLaine has been a lucrative benefactor of Ramtha's blond host, believing she herself was once Cleopatra and reincarnated several times until her recent show biz persona.<br /><br />Anyway, the "bleep" film has been thoroughly discredited, one review of which you can read here: <b>http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=29460</b><br /><br />It was my understanding that some of the scientists who participated in the film, believing they were contributing to a genuinely scientific discourse, were rather pissed to find their interviews taken out of context.<br /><br />That aside, Near Death Experiences (NDE's) often leave a profound impact on those who experience them, though much of their effects can be explained through more prosaic explanations. Sounds like a good blog topic in itself!! Sincere thanks for your comments.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-46981728847464755522010-04-14T15:29:11.187-07:002010-04-14T15:29:11.187-07:00Whew! This makes mybrain hurt, it is hard to conce...Whew! This makes mybrain hurt, it is hard to conceptualize. I nearly died a few years ago-I had an allergic reaction to morphine and stopped breathing. There was no "white light" or "tunnel" that you hear about. There was just.....nothing until I reagained consciousness through the resuscitation. I think that has affected my belief system as to an afterlife. If anything, I think that the movie "What the *Q(#*) do we know?" showed as good an option as anything-a parallel universe in the time/space continuum. If you haven't seen the movie, I'd recommend it. A bit odd, but very thought-provoking. <br /><br />Thanks for the post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-78053717829490739812010-04-14T11:58:47.957-07:002010-04-14T11:58:47.957-07:00TechnoBabe Short answer: sure. Elements comprising...<b>TechnoBabe</b> Short answer: sure. Elements comprising the Earth and everything in it get recycled. Cells of our body are replaced, the elements comprising those parts enter and leave our bodies. Gravity keeps most of them on tightly on the earth, but 6 billion years from now our sun will cook this rock and spew much of it out into space. <br /><br />There Einstein showed us that matter (some of which was us) can be converted into energy... and/or back again. The same processes which coalesced the matter in the vicinity or our sun into our planet and eventually us! <br /><br />Our distributed elements could become part of another person, another star, another planet. The possibilities are quite elegant.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-86986737182021182622010-04-14T11:38:41.484-07:002010-04-14T11:38:41.484-07:00Do you think the particles that get redistributed ...Do you think the particles that get redistributed go a little bit here and a little bit there so the next places that have bits of what is currently you will be various persons?CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-57052669520231209372010-04-14T10:57:51.365-07:002010-04-14T10:57:51.365-07:00Bananas Indeed, but the software cannot exist outs...<b>Bananas</b> Indeed, but the software cannot exist outside the hardware (aka: another hard drive)... just as consciousness cannot exist outside the brain. That is what the proponents of a heaven are asking us to believe, that our consciousness can continue on without having a brain/mind. There is no evidence that it can and solid logic that it cannot.<br /><br />Still, damn I love <i>Star Trek</i>, there were certainly a collection of brilliant minds creating that body of work.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8095807065479059898.post-4143555941120229142010-04-14T10:44:12.151-07:002010-04-14T10:44:12.151-07:00But the particles that make you are just the hardw...But the particles that make you are just the hardware. What gives you your identity is the software. What you need is a way of copying your software to another hard drive, like Spock at the end of the first <i>Star Trek</i> movie.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.com