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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
Not a popular answer but ... we cease to exist any longer. Like a broken laptop.
ExperienceDLT · M
@Dainbramadge your answer could be fact though no one really knows so can't say that it is incorrect
PhoenixPhail · M
@Dainbramadge The people who believe that are going to be VERY surprised when their bodies die, which is the ONLY thing that dies.
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Dainbramadge · 56-60, M
@PhoenixPhail Not trying to be argumentative, especially on this topic beings as it can be very sensitive to a lot of people.
I have hallucinated from lack of oxygen to the brain and it was very, very vivid. The only reason I knew it was a hallucination was because of the events that followed and recovering from the event my brain returned to normal function.
This was one of the events from my life that cause me to believe what I do about the here after.
Think about it. Your brain is you. It is every feeling you have and every thought you think. So with that minimized version of what I am trying to convey in mind, what would it take to cause someone to believe in dragons? Just an example.
With our understanding of the real world we know that there are no nor ever have been any dragons on this planet. No proof. But there are books about them. There are even people that believe they actually were real and they have even found a fossil that resembles a dragon. But what if say a person, non-believer, was to be involved in an automobile accident and they suffered a closed head injury. A closed head injury is damage to the brain caused from the brain rushing forward, inside the skull, and pushing the protective layer of fluid away and the brain makes contact with the skull.
Now remember the brain is everything you think.
Now the brain is damaged and isn't working right. So who is to say that they are going to be able to discern from what is reality and what is just a reaction to the damage.
Just like LSD can alter perception so can brain damage.
So in this state the person has a vivid memory of the accident site and them laying on the ground dying and they see a dragon fly over the seen. Circling as tho it were interested in the event, then flying off.
Now hallucinations are a common occurrence in people with brain damage. So how do they know that it didn't really happen??? There brain says it did. No one else there was looking up to see or not to see it. So this person could choose to believe that they actually saw a dragon or that it was a vivid result of their brain damage.
After reading this i should just delete it. I won't because i worked hard on it, but, I should because I am in no way attempting to breach anyone's faith.
This is just my reasoning to what I wrote earlier.
I have hallucinated from lack of oxygen to the brain and it was very, very vivid. The only reason I knew it was a hallucination was because of the events that followed and recovering from the event my brain returned to normal function.
This was one of the events from my life that cause me to believe what I do about the here after.
Think about it. Your brain is you. It is every feeling you have and every thought you think. So with that minimized version of what I am trying to convey in mind, what would it take to cause someone to believe in dragons? Just an example.
With our understanding of the real world we know that there are no nor ever have been any dragons on this planet. No proof. But there are books about them. There are even people that believe they actually were real and they have even found a fossil that resembles a dragon. But what if say a person, non-believer, was to be involved in an automobile accident and they suffered a closed head injury. A closed head injury is damage to the brain caused from the brain rushing forward, inside the skull, and pushing the protective layer of fluid away and the brain makes contact with the skull.
Now remember the brain is everything you think.
Now the brain is damaged and isn't working right. So who is to say that they are going to be able to discern from what is reality and what is just a reaction to the damage.
Just like LSD can alter perception so can brain damage.
So in this state the person has a vivid memory of the accident site and them laying on the ground dying and they see a dragon fly over the seen. Circling as tho it were interested in the event, then flying off.
Now hallucinations are a common occurrence in people with brain damage. So how do they know that it didn't really happen??? There brain says it did. No one else there was looking up to see or not to see it. So this person could choose to believe that they actually saw a dragon or that it was a vivid result of their brain damage.
After reading this i should just delete it. I won't because i worked hard on it, but, I should because I am in no way attempting to breach anyone's faith.
This is just my reasoning to what I wrote earlier.