Originally posted by arjue
Ok, this is probably hard to follow, so bare with me...

A few weeks ago, I got really, really drunk. I needed to piss really bad, so I went to the toilet. I couldn't stand straight, so I ended up pissing everywhere. I thought to myself "Ah fuck, this sucks. I wonder if I'm gonna remember this...", then I came to a realisation. If I wasn't going to remember it, I wouldn't be experiencing the moment, ie I will remember it because it is currently happening to me.


Sure enough, the next day, still slightly tipsy, I remembered it.


This got me thinking. If I remember it because it happened, perhaps it happened because I remembered it? By this logic, one could say that existance is merely a collection of moments and memories.

So then, the only reason yesterday existed is because we remember it today, and the only reason today exists is because we'll remember it tomorrow. So what happens when we die? Scientifically speaking, the brain stops functioning, so all of these memories we have built up over a life time should dissappear. However, even if I was to die tonight, because today exists, I know for a fact that I will remember it tomorrow.

Does this not prove that our souls are eternal?
If a trees falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?

Seriously, though, you're probably the only person here that would draw the meaning of life from squirting piss all over the walls while drunk off your ass.

And no, it doesn't prove that our souls are eternal (hey, that's not the thread's topic...). One could easliy counter that our brains are simply computers, and when you die, it's like wiping your hard drive. *POOF*, all that data gone...