Whilst we do seem to be natural dualists & consistently resistent to the idea that we end, I'm not sure this is evidence of it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Most of the funerals I have attended have been funerals of ppl who didn't believe in an afterlife arranged by ppl who don't believe in one.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
They still bury/cremate them in best clothes with beloved & significant objects with them. I think its a ritual of valuing who they were.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
We have evidence of a variety of cultures without formalized religion like ours that treated their dead as if they lived on after death.
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Replying to @DoubleDumas
But what does this look like? Where's the separation between 'you'll need this in the afterlife' & 'This is symbolic of who you were.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Go to H.sapiens sapiens historical treatment of death. Almost every culture through time has had some concept of the soul.
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Replying to @DoubleDumas
I agree with that. I said so. I don't doubt that we have believed this for a very long time.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DoubleDumas
If you discover someone buried in a boat in a culture that believed you cross a river to reach Heaven, clear evidence.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @DoubleDumas
If someone discovers my dog's remains buried with his favourite toy & blanket & assumes I thought he was going somewhere, they'd be wrong.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Would you do that if you hadn't grown up in a society where those actions have some significance?
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I don't know. How is this relevant? I'm going to leave it here.
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