Control

[Thief]

you're not in control in this life

Who is in control in the next?

 

[Thief]

well......well......

a topic that no one cares to address

that's a new one for me

 

[Skwim]

Okay, I'll jump in.

If there's such a thing as the next life our actions would be controlled by the same force that controls them now: determinism. Cause and effect.

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[Thief]

Okay, I'll jump in.

If there's such a thing as the next life our actions would be controlled by the same force that controls them now: determinism. Cause and effect.

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ok.....but will that be you determining the next action?
or Something Greater dealing the next action on you?

I do agree.....cause and effect

 

[Skwim]

ok.....but will that be you determining the next action?
or Something Greater dealing the next action on you?

I do agree.....cause and effect

It will be me and all attendant outside causes, whatever they may be.

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[Thief]

It will be me and all attendant outside causes, whatever they may be.

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so in the scheme of hierarchy...how far up the list are you?

 

[Skwim]

so in the scheme of hierarchy...how far up the list are you?

Hierarchy?

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[Thief]

Hierarchy?

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of course
we have hierarchy in this life.....and you are not top of the line

and the next life?

 

[Vinayaka]

What determines whether or not a person is in control? Most certainly some folks have far more control over their lives than others.

 

[Twilight Hue]

One day you're the cat.

Next day you're the mouse.

 

[Skwim]

of course
we have hierarchy in this life.....and you are not top of the line

Just what hierarchical list is this, and who's ahead of me?

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[9-10ths_Penguin]

you're not in control in this life

Who is in control in the next?

Asking who is control of the afterlife before even establishing that there is an afterlife seems to me to be putting the cart before the horse.

 

[Thief]

I don't think we will need a cart...or a horse..... to get to where we are going

and in the scheme of superlatives......there is most likely an Almighty

 

[Unveiled Artist]

you're not in control in this life

Who is in control in the next?

None. We poof out of existence. Had some revelations of that experience. Afterlife is comfort but anything more, based on the person.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I don't think we will need a cart...or a horse..... to get to where we are going

If you’re having trouble with the idiom, then I can make the same point directly: it’s pointless to be asking who controls the afterlife when you haven’t even established that there is an afterlife.

and in the scheme of superlatives......there is most likely an Almighty

We were talking about the afterlife, not God.

 

[Thief]

If you’re having trouble with the idiom, then I can make the same point directly: it’s pointless to be asking who controls the afterlife when you haven’t even established that there is an afterlife.


We were talking about the afterlife, not God.

please note op

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

please note op

Right. My point is that you're begging the question. "Who is control of the next life" is moot until we can say that there is a "next life" to control.

 

[Thief]

Right. My point is that you're begging the question. "Who is control of the next life" is moot until we can say that there is a "next life" to control.

that is a different topic

I might assume at this point.....you won't deal with the possibility

you don't believe in the next life
and could it be.....you won't
because there would be Someone Greater than you.....in control

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

that is a different topic

I might assume at this point.....you won't deal with the possibility

The time for me to deal with it is when I see a good case for why it's even a reasonable possibility. Until then, I've filed the idea of an afterlife with - and given it no higher priority than - any number of other unsupported outlandish claims.

you don't believe in the next life
and could it be.....you won't
because there would be Someone Greater than you.....in control

Nope. I don't believe in it - or your "Someone Greater" - because I've never seen a good reason to do so.

 

[Thief]

The time for me to deal with it is when I see a good case for why it's even a reasonable possibility. Until then, I've filed the idea of an afterlife with - and given it no higher priority than - any number of other unsupported outlandish claims.


Nope. I don't believe in it - or your "Someone Greater" - because I've never seen a good reason to do so.

hmmmm

so...for the sake of continuing the thread......
you would have no One standing over you after your last breath
you simply refuse
even if you're wrong and the afterlife was waiting for you

?????