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
But you would bury him that way because of your existence in a society that has a historical influence on you.
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Replying to @DoubleDumas
Quite possibly. Also a natural instinct to tend. Not a belief in an afterlife. That is my point. Why are we at such cross-purposes?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I thought we were discussing an interesting point. I didn't know this was adversarial. If so, sorry. I'll leave it.
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Replying to @DoubleDumas
Not adversarial. Just misunderstanding what I am and am not saying & I haven't been able to clear that up.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Aren't you saying that we can't assume Neand believed in an afterlife because we currently do similar things without believing in afterlife?
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No. Just that isn't necessarily evidence of it. Can we leave it please? I'm so bored now.
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