Pre earth?

you know what i think....there is of course an after-life, but no before-life...

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I think there is neither, and that we are fundamentally in that state now.

So before this life we didn't exist, neither will we after? I suppose there are innumerable ways to define existence. For example, concept exits even if it is not written down, and even if no one understands it. And you can say someone exists in the memory of others, or that they still exist because the things they did in life have not been UNDONE by their demise... it is not as if they never existed, and therefor they exist. But I don't want to get into stretches on the definition... however I suppose it to be inevitable.

this is why people sometimes 'define their terms' when they write an article or engage in debate...but i'm sure you knew that already....just helping out some of our younger viewers....

I don't need to define anything more than I did in my first post. Everyone here is perfectly capable of sharing their opinions, and that's all they've been asked to do.

If your mind is clear, your are with Pythagoras.

There are those who believe that life here.....began out there.
Far across the galaxy..with tribes of humans.....who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians...or the Toltecs..or the Mayans......

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/conser.html



No, this is not a science lesson. I am relating existence to a law of physics.
I believe that "we" have always been here, in one form or another. (No, I am definitely NOT talking about reincarnation).

In this life, IMO, we are born, we die. Our molecules are taken into the earth, and we may end up as part of the earth, or even a flower.

I agree with SCoates that what we do on this earth, does make changes in the following generations. For some, it is a miniscule change...........perhaps your granddaughter remembering the wonderful talks you had with her, and how they shaped HER life, and how it will shape the life of her descendents. For others, their lives will have a more lasting impact, Shakespeare, Jesus, Beethoven. So in THAT sense we ARE immortal.

It seems to me that intelligence would be subject to that same conservation as matter. Merely that if a presence, or consciousness exists which is capable of comprehension, then that presence has always and will always exist. I realize however that comparing that concept to a widely accepted theory does nothing to prove it.