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From: Evil_Nigel on 16 Sep 2008 12:32
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On Sep 16, 8:21 am, "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-n...(a)yaWHOhoo.com>
wrote:

> Somebody tell me this is a hoax...
>
> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1692637.ece

It's made the other tabloids too.

It got me musing......

When a child dies, the parents often believe their little one has gone
to heaven and will be there, immutable, forever. (Personally I
wouldn't like to be trapped with the mind & body of a baby or a 4 year
old for ever.)

When a grandparent dies, relatives often believe their loved one has
gone to heaven and will be there, immutable, forever. Does that mean
they're condemned to all the drawbacks of being old as well as the
appearance?

Margaret Thatcher is apparently losing her marbles, and not in an
Ernest Saunders con-an-incompetent-unsackable-judge sort of way (eg
she frequently has to be reminded that Denis is dead). When she dies,
surely the devil wants her compos mentis and able to recall all her
crimes against humanity, otherwise there won't be much point in
torturing her for eternity.

So, if there is an afterlife, do you find yourself stuck with the mind
and attributes you had at the time of your death, or do you achieve
some sort of optimum state?

Evil Nigel
From: humble.life on 16 Sep 2008 13:03
Evil_Nigel(a)hotmail.co.uk wrote:
> x-no-archive: yes
>
> On Sep 16, 8:21 am, "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-n...(a)yaWHOhoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Somebody tell me this is a hoax...
>>
>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1692637.ece
>
> It's made the other tabloids too.
>
> It got me musing......
>
> When a child dies, the parents often believe their little one has gone
> to heaven and will be there, immutable, forever. (Personally I
> wouldn't like to be trapped with the mind & body of a baby or a 4 year
> old for ever.)
>
> When a grandparent dies, relatives often believe their loved one has
> gone to heaven and will be there, immutable, forever. Does that mean
> they're condemned to all the drawbacks of being old as well as the
> appearance?
>
> Margaret Thatcher is apparently losing her marbles, and not in an
> Ernest Saunders con-an-incompetent-unsackable-judge sort of way (eg
> she frequently has to be reminded that Denis is dead). When she dies,
> surely the devil wants her compos mentis and able to recall all her
> crimes against humanity, otherwise there won't be much point in
> torturing her for eternity.
>
> So, if there is an afterlife, do you find yourself stuck with the mind
> and attributes you had at the time of your death, or do you achieve
> some sort of optimum state?
>
> Evil Nigel

there are some beliefs that suggest we once remembered all of our
previous incarnations but that we had that "gift" removed from us.

so it might be that you'd remember far more than you'd wish.
From: csaenemy on 16 Sep 2008 15:34
"humble.life" <gn(a)t.com> wrote in news:6ja77sF26og3U1(a)mid.individual.net:

> there are some beliefs that suggest we once remembered all of our
> previous incarnations but that we had that "gift" removed from us.
>
> so it might be that you'd remember far more than you'd wish.

I enjoyed the musings of a DJ on the radio this morning as he read a letter
from one of his listeners who had a massive database of useless information
stored within his brain. 'Wouldn't it be cool if we could get rid of those
useless memories and free up some memory space for something more useful'
rather like deleting files from a hard drive.

Chris

--
Don�t worry about avoiding temptation as you grow older, it will avoid you.

Winston Churchill
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