Okay, let's examine your three propositions:
(1) Memory is perception of time and consciousness.
(2) If there is no afterlife, then we go from nothing to nothing, there would be no memory so there would be no perception of time.
(3) Therefore, our memories must be preserved in some way...
Except that no mentally capable adult seriously believes in the Tooth Fairy or Father Christmas, whereas many mentally capable adults profess a belief in God. Of course, you may, as Professor Dawkins does, insist that they are not mentally capable precisely because they believe in God, but this...
The problem with this argument, though, -- the reason why it will convince no one who opposes abortion on the grounds that it is murder -- is that it is circular. It presupposes that a "right to life" is alienable when it is consequentially convenient to do so. Essentially, to a pro-life...
I am a Calvinistic, Orthodox Presbyterian Christian.
What this *does not* mean is that I follow John Calvin (actually, I like Luther's writings better) or that I think that those who disagree with Calvinism aren't Christians (this is a Hyper-Calvinist teaching) or that I subscribe to...
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