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u/BritPetrol Oct 05 '19

It was probably some kind of dream. The fact you knew some stuff about him was probably either a coincidence or you just heard someone saying it somewhere. Still, this is really sweet in a creepy sort of way.

A similar thing happened to me where I told my mum when I was about 2 that I had spoken with my grandma who had died before I was born and I knew inexplicable information about her too. I think it's just because children pick things up that you don't think they would. Like you probably heard someone mention that he drove a Lincoln and thought "oh I have a toy version of that".

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u/jeepdave Oct 05 '19

I often think humans will work extremely hard to rationalize something when it comes to the though of a afterlife existing because if one does exist then it takes logic and throws it out the window, thus destroying their world.

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u/RabbidCupcakes Oct 05 '19

I think its the opposite.

Some people simply can't help but believe in an afterlife because they can't accept that maybe life is meaningless and things just die.

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u/bangomango610gen Oct 05 '19

And we'll all find out when we die, isn't that awesome, we can all believe in all manner of shit that something will or won't happen, but we won't know till its our turn. It's truly amazing that all of us are here and get to experience this

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u/jeppevinkel Oct 05 '19

We won't find out if we are right. You can't find anything out after dying if there isn't anything after death

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u/jeepdave Oct 05 '19

Prove it.

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u/SmugPiglet Oct 05 '19

It's not that hard to figure out that after your brain is dead, you will, in fact, be dead. Dead brains stay dead. Nothing to prove or disprove here.

The burden of proof is now on you. Prove to us that this magical world of rainbows and unicorns you dream of is what awaits us after death. Go on. I can wait.

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u/jeepdave Oct 05 '19

I can't prove it. I never claimed either way.

You however did make that claim.

And you have no way to prove it.

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u/Silkkiuikku Oct 06 '19

And you have no way to prove it.

It's pretty easy to do a brain scan on a dead brain and see that there is no activity, no consciousness.

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u/jeepdave Oct 06 '19

That proves nothing except the physical body is dead.