do dead people think?

fish · Jan 21, 2011

latest question from my 5 yo girl, answers on a postcard (or gravestone) please ......

Banana · Jan 21, 2011

Well, I would tell her that zombies are obsessed with eating brains. Not to sure if they "think" about them tho ....

I would make a great dad

edo · Jan 22, 2011

Is 5 too young for her to watch The Matrix?? I remember watching Robocop when I was 8

crabfoot · Jan 22, 2011

You are a soul who has a body. When you leave that body, your soul still thinks, but not about things to do with this world - many differences to adjust to in the next world.

monaghan · Jan 22, 2011

fish said:
latest question from my 5 yo girl, answers on a postcard (or gravestone) please ......

Depends on how you view us.

If you take the current aggressively atheist view that we are just a cosmic accident as the result of an explosion several billion years ago, then I would have to suggest that we become worm food and therefore are as incapable of thought as the next bit of rotten matter that the worm decided to blunder his way through.

Personally, I believe that we will meet our maker and be judged to determine our future. I would therefore assume that we would need to retain the capacity to think in whatever form we continue to exist in.

disruptive · Jan 22, 2011

no, but some work in government.

aZooZa · Jan 22, 2011

Scientifically, maybe. There is talk about a fresh cadaver losing a few ounces of weight at the time of passing. I believe in the tenet that matter cannot be destroyed. I'd tell her that she may wake up one day and be a butterfly. Seriously.

fish · Jan 22, 2011

some good responses, thanks. Will be having an interesting discussion with the littl'un :smile:

Systreg · Jan 22, 2011

crabfoot said:
You are a soul who has a body. When you leave that body, your soul still thinks, but not about things to do with this world - many differences to adjust to in the next world.

Crabby, are you talking from experience? Wake up, it's only a dream