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Jun 5, 2010, 12:44 PM
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Birth / Death
Hello:
Was I dead before I was alive?
excon
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Jun 5, 2010, 12:47 PM
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No. That is all.
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Jun 5, 2010, 01:32 PM
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Hi, excon!
That would depend on what a person considers to be "dead", and perhaps even "alive".
How would you define "dead", please?
Thanks!
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Experts
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Jun 5, 2010, 01:57 PM
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If death is the absence of life, and there is no life before conception, then there must be death before conception.
However, if life preexists death, then death cannot preexist life.
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Computer Expert and Renaissance Man
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Jun 5, 2010, 01:58 PM
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Umm, you're alive? <eg>
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Expert
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Jun 5, 2010, 05:30 PM
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Depending on your faith, you may have been my great aunt, or by some thoughs how do you know you are alive now.
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Jun 5, 2010, 06:49 PM
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I believe that we are always alive. There is no before or after. There is just constant of being in one form or another..
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Expert
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Jun 9, 2010, 01:43 PM
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If something doesn't exist, and has never existed, it can be neither dead nor alive. You did not exist prior to your being conceived by your parents. Your mother had one piece of what would eventually become you, and your father another piece, but separately they were not "you." Therefore, you were neither dead nor alive prior to that moment in time. So the period of your being alive was not preceded by being dead, but rather was preceded by nothing.
At least that's my take on it.
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Jun 9, 2010, 02:35 PM
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Dead means the absence of life,you have to be alive before you die,physically anyway,so physically you did not exist before you were conceived.
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Jun 9, 2010, 02:46 PM
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The thing is I am talking spiritually. We are always alive I believe. Even before being conceived.
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Jun 9, 2010, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jesushelper1976
The thing is I am talking spiritually. We are always alive I believe. Even before being conceived.
I believe in soul and spirit too,but I could not pinpoint the beginning of soul or spirit,too many theories and not enough head space.
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Jun 9, 2010, 02:51 PM
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Hello again,
Am I my body?
excon
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Jun 9, 2010, 03:05 PM
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I believe the person that is excon, the essence of excon, the qualities that tell me it is excon and not hheath or Curleyben or J_9, are always alive. Many religions call that the "soul" or "spirit" of a person. Your parents created the physical (the twinkly blue eyes and the right-handedness and the curly hair, etc.) excon, but how that got matched up with the spirit part to make the complete excon package, I have no idea. I also believe even though the physical part will die, the spirit part continues to exist.
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Jun 9, 2010, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Wondergirl
continues to exist.
Hello again, WG:
Was my spirit dead before it existed?
excon
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Jun 9, 2010, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by excon
Hello again, WG:
Was my spirit dead before it existed?
excon
No,
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Jobs & Parenting Expert
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Jun 9, 2010, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by excon
Hello again, WG:
Was my spirit dead before it existed?
excon
I said, "I believe the person that is excon, the essence of excon, the qualities that tell me it is excon and not hheath or Curleyben or J_9, are always alive."
I believe your spirit has always existed. Excon was romping around in another dimension before he landed on Earth and AMHD.
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Jun 9, 2010, 03:44 PM
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Auntie,
I believe the same thing.
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New Member
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Jun 13, 2010, 08:24 AM
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Perhaps we might rephrase this question. "Did I exist before I existed?".
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Jun 16, 2010, 05:40 AM
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The Soul is eternal, and therefore never dies, the body is temporary so does.
The spark, essence, spiritual aspect of us is timeless, spaceless and deathless.
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Uber Member
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Jun 16, 2010, 06:47 AM
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I would like to add, the thought that. We have always existed... There was no beginning and no end. God has always been and we have always been part of God.
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