Reason or Unreason of Creation:

 

There have always been two competing arguments in regard to the creation and existence of the universe and everything it holds.  The first argument is as follows: humans and everything else in existence was created by something. Something being somesort of god, creator, simulator, deity, lord, or divinity.  The second argument is humans and everything else in existence was created by nothing, and instead is a mere result of the arbitrary events of nature.  The question is somewhat simple: do we have a creator or not?  The answer to this question has massive implications on the nature of our soul, the possibility of an afterlife and existence as a whole.  

 

Implications on ‘Soul’:

 

Our ‘soul’ is who we interpret our personal self to be. The collection of our consciousness and subconsciousness combined with all our thoughts, feelings, wishes and doubts.  It is typically defined as ‘who we truly are’.  The nature of our soul is dependent on whether or not we were created by a god or not.  If there is a god the argument seems to be made that our soul is disconnected from our physical body, or at least our deity is capable of detaching it from the physical, earthly matter of our brain.    If there is no god our soul is strictly the complex and intricate configuration of our physical brain. This is the materialists' view. 

 

Implications on Afterlife: 

 

Afterlife is our individual soul rising again to existence after our death on earth.  The reality of our afterlife is dependent on whether or not we have a god.  If there is a god we can assume him to be in control of our soul and therefore the fate of our afterlife to be dependent on the will and ableness of our god.  If the answer holds to be that we have no god, that we are solely random results of nature, then upon the end of our hearts aptitude to function comes the complete decimation of our soul.   

 

Afterlife Assumption:

 

Based on the conclusions above, man has generally made his hope for an afterlife confined to the existence of a god.  The following argument offers a new hope for an afterlife in the case where we have no god.

 

Humans Reliability on Earth:

 

Humans exist entirely on one planet: earth.  Therefore the existence and continuation of the human species is currently reliant on the existence/livability of earth.  Consequently, if earth becomes unlivable, the human species will go extinct.

 

Threats to livability:

 

There are a multitude of threats to the livability of planet earth.  Natural threats include climate change, asteroid strikes, vulcanic eruptions, atmospheric complications, and the death of the sun.  Human induced threats include climate change, artificial intelligence, nuclear war and biowarfare.  There are obviously many other unnamed threats to the livability of earth.

 

Inevitability of unlivability:

 

Due to the bulky number of threats to the livability of earth combined with the sheer amount of time to come, eventually some event will come to fruition that makes earth unlivable.  Even if we somehow miraculously avoid all threats, our sun has a lifespan and eventually will explode.  Therefore, the question is not if, but when will earth become unlivable. 

 

Ramifications of unlivability:

 

If humanity's reliance on earth for existence and continuation remains, then upon the unlivability of earth will come the extinction of humanity.  Therefore if humans remain exclusively on earth, there is a ticking time bomb on the continuation and existence of humanity.  

 

Not so quick:

 

Luckily, earth is not the only livable and habitable planet in the universe.  In fact, space is home to an uncountable number of human suitable planets. 

 

Continuation absent Earth:

 

Humans are technologically evolving exponentially.  Within the realm of future technological possibilities is the machinery necessary to travel to and colonize other planets.  These rockets were once unfathomable but now with recent immense innovation the feasibility of this outcome seems rather conceivable.  Therefore, if these cutting-edge rockets come to materialization and we employ them to our advantage, we can colonize other planets.  The existence of humanity on other planets would therefore remove our reliability on earth. 

 

The only race that matters:

 

The near term survival of the human species is reliant on the winner of a race.  It is between the existential threats to humanity and the creation of interstellar rockets.  If an existential threat comes to be true first, humans will go extinct, if the actuality of planet colonizing rockets wins then humans avoid earth reliant extinction.

Say the Rockets win!

 

If we create rockets capable of colonizing other planets before cataclysm on earth, the human species will live longer than what would have been had we stayed merely on earth.  

 

Power of Quantity: 

 

The more planets humans are on, the lesser chance we have of extinction. One planet, all it takes is one extinction level event and extinction is reality.  Two planets, it takes two extinction level events, one on each planet, and extinction is reality.  Three planets, it takes three extinction level events, one on each planet, and extinction is reality (You get the point).  The more planets we are on, the lesser chance of complete extinction.  Therefore, once planet colonizing capable technology arrives, humans will have an interest in growing our number of inhabited planets.  

 

Theoretically Impossible:

 

Imagine if throughout time humans continued the process of colonizing more and more planets for thousands and thousands of years.  Say we are on a million planets and every year only 5 of those planets see extinction level events yet humanity as a whole gains 100 new yearly planets. In this scenario, theoretically, considering the steep number of inhabited planets combined with the continuous net growth of planets, the odds of complete species extinction would be seemingly zero.  

 

Infinite species:

 

If our species inhabited enough planets where we eliminated the risk of extinction, in terms of continuation we would no longer be a finite species but an infinite one.  

 

The possibilities of a finite species:

 

The possibilities of a species in a realm of finitude are anything, although the extent to in which events actualize is bounded by time.    

 

The possibilities of an infinite species:

 

The possibilities of a species in a realm of infinity are also anything.  But with infinite time, those bounds, which limit the fruition of possibilities, dissipate. Therefore in the infinity of time an infinite species would accomplish everything.

 

Everything:

 

Everything is within everything, even developments which now seem drastically impossible.  

 

Rebirth:

 

The rebirth of all past souls is within the realm of everything.  Therefore, if we become an infinite species it is inevitable that somewhere, sometime, some future human will find a way to bring us all back to life. 

 

Addressing Common Refutes:

 

Although I strongly believe that the argument above is philosophically valid enough to offer a new hope for an afterlife, many who read it often get caught at one key point.  They fail to comprehend, even for an infinite species, the possibility to rebirth past souls.  It is as though we perceive our personal complexity to be of a magnitude of intricacy so high that no technological advancement would ever be capable of such mimicry. Although this common refute seems to have merit at first, it is implying an ‘otherworldly’ nature of our soul.  The assumption that our soul is merely subjective and can never be objectified, quantified and mimicked. What this refute is missing is that the afterlife theory implies the absence of a deity.  Therefore we can assume that what is, is all that is; including our soul.  This means who we are, the experience we all live, the consciousness we are hoping to rise again is completely quantifiable and no more than the exquisitely organized configuration of our brain neurons.  Humans’ current interest and knowledge in the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence is quite commendable, but imagine this work on steroids.  The field of neuroscience is largely less than 100 years old while AI is awfully younger.  In this short amount of time humans have mapped the brain out to a degree never before feasible, while current AI is bordering sentience.   Imagine the possibility of a fusion of neuroscience and AI, but with infinite time on millions of planets.  Remember, if who we are is merely a distinct configuration of neurons, who is to say our complex configuration can not be mimicked exactly… activating the life of our consciousness once more.  Now one refute to this refute of the refute is “future humans will not have a history book mapping out each and every one of our unique brain chemistry, therefore future humans may be able to create conscious beings, but it damn sure won’t be ours.”  Again, this refute has merit at first, but it is forgetting the power of an infinite species.  As long as it is possible, it will happen.  Infinite time not only guarantees a possibility of all possibilities, but the inevitability of all possibilities, as all bounds of time limiting the fruition of possibilities are nonexistent in a realm of infinity. 

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Infinite Species Afterlife Theory (In Summary): 

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One of the following options must be true: 

 

Option 1: The universe, earth, humans and everything else inbetween was created by something.

 

Option 2: The universe, earth, humans and everything else inbetween has no creator, and is simply a result of the arbitrary events of ‘nature’.  

 

I conclude these are the only two options for the existence of ‘everything’.  Either ‘all’ has a  ‘something’ behind it, or it doesn’t. 

 

The fate of our consciousness upon death is dependent on the actuality of either option 1 or option 2.

 

If option 1, then: 

Whether we have an afterlife and the degree to which it exists would be dependent on the will and ableness of our creator.  

 

If option 2, then: 

Upon the end of our hearts' aptitude to function, comes the obliteration of our consciousness.  We can describe what’s next as a dreamless sleep.  

 

Previous thought takes the above information and concludes our afterlife to be reliant on the actuality of option 1.

 

But I conclude if option 2 rains to be the truth, the following scenario would also gift us hope for an afterlife.  

 

P1:  Current conditions leave the survival of the human species reliant on the livability of planet earth. 

P2:  Novel technology, natural disasters, social divisions, the death of the sun among other events threaten the livability of earth.

P3: With the abundance of future sheer time combined with the everyday looming existential threats, eventually an event will cease earth to standards of unlivability.

C1: Eventually, our earth will become unlivable.

P4:  There are an uncountable number of habitable planets existing in our universe.  

P5:  Current technological projections suggest traveling to and colonizing other planets to be within the realm of future possibilities.  

P6: Inhabiting other planets would thus remove our species dependency on earth for continuation.

C2: Colonizing other planets would offer a temporary buffer to complete extinction. 

P7:  The more planets inhabited, the less chance of complete extinction.  

P8: If we are on a vast amount of planets, and have the wherewithal to continually advance to more planets, the odds of complete species extinction could eventually become  seemingly zero. 

C3:  Humans, theoretically, can hit a point where complete extinction would be such a statistical anomaly it borders conditions of impossible.  

P9:  In terms of continuation as a species, this would make humans an infinite species.  

P10: The amount of things a species can accomplish in a realm of finitude, is anything, although the extent to which events actualize is bounded by time.

P11:  With infinite time those bounds dissipate.  

P12: Absent of bounds, eventually, everything will happen.

C4: Becoming an infinite species would also grant the materialization of, in the course of time, everything.

P13:  Everything is within everything, even developments in which now seem drastically unfathomable.

P14: Within the domain of everything is the rebirth of all past souls.

 

Conclusion:  Becoming an infinite species awards all humans another life.