What is the rational argument about the chance to live again after death?

Question

I am expecting a logical and rational answer, not a religious dogma or something from the holy books

It seems to me that it is a (scientific) fact that nobody was a living creature before he(she) were born. Then "something" happened that make him/her live a life here in this world.
By the same token, would it be statistically possible to live again after death? (NOTE: This is not a religious dogma, or something from the Scriptures)

Answer 1

I think you might come back as a raccoon in your next life.

Answer 2

To ask for a logical answer and yet leave the bible out of the question is illogical in itself.

It would be like asking how does humans have life but refuse from the start to believe in a substance called oxygen.

There is a real and solid reason that the bible is so old and yet so current and if people would take the time not just to have faith in the bible because so many walk blindly believing in anything that religions teach but really research where it came from and what the real message is they would find the real answer to life after death.

Answer 3

If I understand your question, your are referring to the reanimation of dead or dying tissue.

This actually has been accomplished to a certain extent. In the 80s, in the times of the cryogenic craze where people could "freeze" themselves for the future. Dogs were experimented on. They were frozen then thawed. They died and then were reanimated. Or, their animation was suspended. A beagle was successfully "killed" by freezing and then thawed at a later date. I lost track of the study to see what the effects were for the beagle.

I assume by your context, that you weren't referring to silliness such as souls.

Since we have clinical evidence of cloning in other species, we can theoretically argue that after you have physically died, we can reanimate you through a hair follicle or other preserved cell. This wouldn't be "you" per se, but a genetic duplicate -- a reanimation by extension.

As cellular growth can be suspended. We could "freeze dry" you as you are dying and then once a cure is found for what is killing you, "bring you back to life".

In the history of human kind, though the technology and knowledge necessary to do this has only emerged since the about 1940s.

Answer 4

Life after death can neither be proved nor disproved. This is because one would have to undergo physical death in order to prove or disprove it, and by its very nature, disproving it would not be possible. Although it can easily be argued that not having direct knowledge of an afterlife constitutes evidence against life after death, life after death cannot be disproven
Obviously what's "reasonable" will differ a bit from person to person based on his/her context and beliefs, but I think most of us can agree on some fairly basic observations. First, you can't take it with you. Second, it's fair to say that because the physical stuff stays here, skills you've developed which are rooted in the physical world will become obsolete when you die. If we can take anything with us after death then, it would have to be something non-physical in nature. And the non-physical part of ourselves is our consciousness. It would stand to reason that if our "consciousness" found a new home (hokey expression, I know) then we would retain some part of it's knowledge, its experience into the next life we lived. There would be some defining evidence of a previous life...something more than deja vu, and past life memories that only surface when under hypnosis. Additionally, if we did travel from body to body in an unending cycle, I would expect that fear of death and fear of the unknown would be obsolete. We would have no reason to fear, even if we retained next to nothing in our consciousness I would expect that this we would retain.
All in all, I can find no conclusive evidence, ideology, or what have you, to believe in a life after death.

Answer 5

I firmly beleive that we do live again.We are made up of dna or pure energy thet can not be destroyed only created.how do we explain deja-vu clairvoyances and explain the un-expained occurences tht we all have expierenced in our lifes religion was introduced to control the masses of the people so as to establish some form of control and give people direction and meaning, which splintered into hundreds of groups sharing some of the beliefs while inventing their own.there are just too many examples of near death expierences paranormal activities and far too many people who beleive we do get other chances at living again to be just tossed aside as wishfull thinking I TOTALLY AND UNDONDITIONALLY BELEIVE IN LIFE AFTER DEATH

Answer 6

None that I have heard. From what evidence we have now, it seems all conciseness resides in the brain, which stops working at death. Therefore, all thoughts end at death, making, from what we know about life, the afterlife impossible.

Answer 7

that's impossible; the very idea of reincarnation relies on religious dogma and scriptures; although I think those scriptures may have problems explaining the increasing population. Does god keep a box of spare souls lying around? ;)
jk

Answer 8

i dont use the word death,,, i use passing on,,,, which is what i feel we do,,, we came from somewhere,, we are here for awhile, then we pass on to something else,,,,,,,,, as to an argument for it,,,,,, i would say the "anything is to be considered possible till proven impossible" would apply,,,,,, and i have never met anyone who could 100% say its not possible,,,,,
so if you take the word death out,,,, you would continue to be alive,,,,, as to whether you come back to earth as in this one,,,,, or whether you have a choice,,,,, that is the unknown,, but possible options

Answer 9

You're asking for an argument about living after dying that doesn't include anything religious?! You gnome.

Answer 10

why are you worried about it if you don't want to hear about something supernatural? if you are going to disavow any religious dogma then who you gonna put your trust in? yourself? OK this is what what. you gonna die and BOOM that's it. ashes to ashes ...dust to dust OK? no devil no hell no heaven no angels just dust...does that sound like a plan or what? so again why are you worried about afterlife mister?