Originally posted by LesMisanthrope
reply to post by NorEaster
All I can say is yes, yes and yes. Elegantly put as usual.
But wouldn't this development be deemed unnecessary to someone who believes in an eternal afterlife?
Not at all. When you were gestating for 9 months, was it unnecessary to develop because you had an additional (up to) 90 years of corporeal existence
to look forward to? Not if the placenta was the one place where that gestational development was possible and if it was the only place where that
gestational development was possible. Yes, you continued to grow and develop after that stage of development was completed, but if you'd emerged
unfinished from that specific stage (before acquiring a viable digestive system or pulmonary system for instance) then what chance would you have had
with successfully managing the next (up to) 90 years of corporeal existence. Not much. In fact, in that case, you'd be lucky if modern technology
would allow you any version of corporeal existence whatsoever.
The corporeal realm is very different than the eternal realm, and the corporeal human is physically unlike the fully viable and fully developed
eternal human being. Most folks call it the difference between being physical and being spiritual, but then they turn around and can't really quantify
the difference without leaning on esoteric poetic overviews that mirror ancient musings as their version of an explanation of that definite
difference. What hasn't been widely embraced is a clearly defined delineative physical/structural definition of what makes the eternal human being
different than the finite corporeal human being. But, that doesn't mean that the difference can't be defined. It just means that no one's convinced
the people of this planet that they've identified that difference. After all, humanity is the only reality definer that anyone depends on - regardless
of which research study or ancient papyrus is presented as authoritative.
What develops during the corporeal life of an individual is as important as what develops during the embryonic gestation process that allows that
individual to live a corporeal life. It's different, but certainly no less critical to the strength and viability of the fully developed person who
will emerge once that corporeal life has completed its contribution to that developmental whole.
Keep in mind, if you could've been fully aware of those 9 months you spent in utero, no one would've been able to convince you that those 9 months in
that sac were just a gestational stage of development. No way in hell. Even if they pointed out all the sounds that seemed to be coming from
everywhere, and insisted that they were clues to the existence of a whole world just beyond the thin membrane that protected you and gave you the
chance to prepare for that world.
And would you have known what it takes to survive (nervous system development, pulmonary systems in full working order, a fully functional digestive
system) in that big wide wonderful world just beyond the uterine wall? No. Could anyone from the big world have ever slipped back inside that placenta
with you to prove to you that the world out there actually exists and that the stuff you're developing is going to be the difference between a full
active life and a brief existence in a hospital bed? No. Would anyone ave even considered it something to attempt on behalf of your own inherent
incapacity to imagine that world while you were gestating? I certainly hope not.
There's a lot that we don't know about the full ramifications of our moments here as we make our way through this obviously temporary corporeal stage
of existence. However, there are many clues that can help us determine what isn't true about this stage, and maybe that's a good place to start when
examining corporeal human life and what it may or may not be associated with. It's too bad that we traditionally begin with what might be possible,
and arrange our theories from there.
edit on 2/6/2012 by NorEaster because: (no reason given)
It seems like in some minds* this is it so it may be for it is all that in the
mind of the projector that this is it. Which relates to the otherside how much do you believe in the CREATOR of ALL??? If at all and if 1 does not
believe in the CREATOR OR A CREATED god OR HIGHER POWER, then are they worth of opinionated acceptance SHOULD BE THE QUESTION OF VALUE NOT WHY NOT GO
KILL THY SELF
