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Quote by: Athena You mean like a memory of a past life? I would say how I came to that memory was unexpected and therefore impressive. Now if I were building a bridge or designing a space ship, or planning public policy, empirical information would be important. But why press someone for empirical information about a belief you can completely ignore if you like? Or if you are interested, Hinduism provides an explanation. I can come up with scientific information if you are sincere, but that is a lot of work if you only want to argue. Otherwise, I am just being pragmatic, going with a belief that works for me, a whole lot better than see anyone else's working for them. Nice thing about being pragmatic is doesn't matter if what I think is possible is possible or not. When a person is pragmatic as long as a belief works, it is good enough. |
Yes, you have confirmed what I suspected. It is a belief that consoles you. It works for all practical purposes; and in the end for each individual a strategy is generaly devised for living in a world of unrelenting contingency, chance and change.
I was hoping perhaps for a little more of what some call "hard evidence". Then perhaps I could figure out a way to rationalize oblivion myself.
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