Nothingness (eternal, eternity, Christianity, Christian, heaven)

[sandandfoam]

Is the idea of nothingness just another way in which the finite human mind grapples with the concept of infinity?

[Guitar's Cry]

Perhaps. I find nothingness, like infinity, is nearly impossible to imagine. All I can usually do is imagine the word and concept.

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by stephenw

Is the idea of nothingness just another way in which the finite human mind grapples with the concept of infinity?

No ...

[Magic Man]

Originally Posted by stephenw

Is the idea of nothingness just another way in which the finite human mind grapples with the concept of infinity?

I'm not sure whether it's the same thing. It might just be. I don think that they are similar concepts, as GC alluded to. They are both impossible for me to imagine.

[Guitar's Cry]

Originally Posted by mball1297

I'm not sure whether it's the same thing. It might just be. I don think that they are similar concepts, as GC alluded to. They are both impossible for me to imagine.

It's kind of a funny thing, isn't it? In order to imagine nothingness, you need something to imagine. And in order to imagine infinity, you need a stopping point.

[Magic Man]

Originally Posted by Guitar's Cry

It's kind of a funny thing, isn't it? In order to imagine nothingness, you need something to imagine. And in order to imagine infinity, you need a stopping point.

Yeah, the human mind is funny that way. That's the problem is imagining nothingness as something. Every time I've really tried to imagine eternity, it has freaked me out. It was one thing I didn't like about Christianity. I would imagine Heaven as eternal, and try to imagine living forever, and it scared me.

[Guitar's Cry]

Originally Posted by mball1297

Yeah, the human mind is funny that way. That's the problem is imagining nothingness as something. Every time I've really tried to imagine eternity, it has freaked me out. It was one thing I didn't like about Christianity. I would imagine Heaven as eternal, and try to imagine living forever, and it scared me.

It is a rather frightening idea, to continue to exist forever.

But an argument could be made that whatever exists after death--like the soul, for instance--would be better equipped to deal with eternity. Something like that wouldn't be the same or have the same limitations as our mind.

[+Xausted]

Originally Posted by stephenw

Is the idea of nothingness just another way in which the finite human mind grapples with the concept of infinity?

Are you asking because you think they are the same or because if think they are not?



(btw - they are not the same thing)

[sandandfoam]

Originally Posted by +Xausted

Are you asking because you think they are the same or because if think they are not?

They seem the same to me. Everything seems to me like infinity in one direction, and nothing infinity in the other.

Originally Posted by +Xausted

(btw - they are not the same thing)

Why?

[Jayhawker Soule]

Originally Posted by stephenw

Why?

In all seriousness, why is this not a vapid question. Why don't you offer reasonable definitions for each term and suggest how the are the same thing?