From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/23/25 5:26 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > JTEM  posted:   
   > >> On 12/22/25 3:23 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> Is what you refer to as "your consciousness" like a spirit?   
   > >>   
   > >> I honestly do see it as an analogue for the soul.   
   > >   
   > > That's good. It has to be some kind of energy in order   
   > > for a consciousness to continue on after the death of   
   > > the physical body.   
   >   
   > "Quantum Consciousness" would place consciousness within the   
   > quantum world. It could exist everywhere and forever.   
      
   Does "Quantum Consciousness" require a physical element   
   in order to exist? Or can it exist in a non-physical form?   
   >   
   > >> That's a trope in our culture, but elsewhere people   
   > >> are very often reincarnated "normal" people.   
   > >>   
   > >> Reincarnation is a normal, accepted part of some religions.   
   > >   
   > > True. As I look around the world at societies where   
   > > those other religions are prevalent, I'm pretty sure   
   > > that I like our society better than any of those   
   > > other societies -- and that includes the atheistic   
   > > communist societies. I literally thank God often   
   > > that I was born in our society and not some other   
   > > society that exists in this world.   
   >   
   > Like Seattle.   
      
   And some of its suburbs? Yes, I'm extremely happy   
   that I don't live there -- as I'm equally happy   
   that I don't live too close to the big cities of   
   California.   
      
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