The first law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy can be changed but it cannot enter or exit existence. Energy can also be stored. An object can contain energy due to its position or possibly its chemical makeup. Not only this, energy can be transferred from one object to another. This is a generally accepted idea.
The body and mind are thought to be linked, working together to meet the common goal of an overall being. We think and we then act. We eat, breath, and sleep by way of transforming different types of energy. We are all born with an innate desire to survive, our will to live. Some may refer to this as our soul. Who’s to say then that the soul isn’t simply another form of energy, one that cannot yet be measured or calculated.
Seeing as no one so far, in the history of the Earth, has been able to prove or disprove the existence of an afterlife, those who believe can only attempt to increase their chances of reaching such a place. Why is it then that we preserve our dead, embalming them and burying them in coffins or storing them in tombs? I believe that if the body and mind are linked, and that energy can be transferred, that one’s body should simply be thrown in the ground and allowed to decay. In this way energy (and potentially the soul) could be recycled and used to benefit other organisms and the Earth as a whole.
I agree, I find it logically stupid to burry ourselves in coffins and sometimes those are encased in concrete. Our world working on cycles should use our bodies as nutrients for other animals and plants. Without that interaction our bodies become wasteful and not important even though we are trying to make them important by putting them in a big pretty box with nice handles. I also find it a huge waste of money.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I mean no disrespect by my comments, I am purely trying to look at it from a scientific point of view.