Originally posted by Vector J
I'd go out on a limb to say that theres some kind of overlap in people believeing both of those things. So the question arises, for those that
believe in an afterlife and also aliens, do aliens die and go to the sameplace humans do?
I think you're thinking too small here.
If ALL is connected... wwwiiiich it IS..
meaning all consciousness is one thing experiencing it's self, then we are part in parcel with any other conscious being.
If there's a way to create a perfect balance of immortality and complete comfort in your surroundings and access to all the information you desire,
while harmonizing with other beings as efficiently and pleasurably as possible, then I'd say "heaven" is literally scientifically and spiritually
achievable through actions taken to get there.
It's quite likely that other ancient races have already created a reality as such through diligence and hard work , discovery, trial and error, and
sacrifice.
To exist in such a situation would be most desirable.
To be able to recall the exact information of a specific person's mind-state and personality before death and recreate that, accessing that
"soul".. or "personality packet of info"...bringing it back into that person's previous form...throuuuugh TECHNOLOGY (biological, quantum, EM, or
not)...would be the equivalent to resurrection.
I think thinking about "heaven" as some unattainable intangible pretty netherworld that we can't fathom is limiting and primitive.
I think thinking about "heaven" as an actual state of being that we work towards, by being CLEVER.. using ingenuity.. is realistic and very possible
in our future, distant or not.
This paradise reality would be the goal any intelligence would want.
It's a constant, a standard that all beings would strive for.
So i think it would be pretty much a mathematical logistics issue where all races and beings would arrive at the same "heaven".
A REAL .. TANGIBLE one.
good post. OP.. thanks for asking.
as scoffing as many may be at the idea of the thread, i think it's a worthy contemplation.
starry starry flag flag.
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[edit on 9-11-2008 by prevenge]