Thread: Catholic Faith

Originally Posted by Xei

In this context, the number of dimensions of space are the minimum number of directions you need to reach any point in that space. On a piece of paper, it's 2 (e.g. up and down). In the world of our every day experience, it's 3 (e.g. forwards, left, up).

The salient point is that it's just a mathematical property of space. It has nothing to do with an afterlife. Living in 10 spacial dimensions doesn't have any more metaphysical implications than living in 3 or 2 spacial dimensions - which is to say, it has no metaphysical implications at all. There's no more reason to think that this is the case, than there is to think that having 3 fingers on each hand rather than 5 would have metaphysical implications.

Afterlife is just another word for functioning without a physical body. The frequency of a wave determines it's state (position/nature) within the dimensional field (that contains all dimensions ect). The periodic table of elements consists not only of varying numbers of protons within the atom ect. The way they re structured, bonded, and move in space, determine their properties. If you could focus your attention to vibrate your body at a certain rate of motion through your conscious will, you could theoretically dissolve your material body into energy beyond the material into light waveforms. Just like the principle of breaking glass through sound waves produces a material effect. Yogis have claimed before to be this to their body. So the concept is not unheard of. It's also the main goal of the esoteric societies and dates back to egypt. It involves alchemy and the main principle is temperance. That is to change alter the current state of things into a particular desired form. From the material point of view that is transmutation of metals.

Whatever your idea of metaphysical is, it does go into that, atleast until you can prove things through your own activity and experience.

Originally Posted by knight31

Afterlife is just another word for functioning without a physical body. The frequency of a wave determines it's state (position/nature) within the dimensional field (that contains all dimensions ect). The periodic table of elements consists not only of varying numbers of protons within the atom ect. The way they re structured, bonded, and move in space, determine their properties. If you could focus your attention to vibrate your body at a certain rate of motion through your conscious will, you could theoretically dissolve your material body into energy beyond the material into light waveforms. Just like the principle of breaking glass through sound waves produces a material effect. Yogis have claimed before to be this to their body. So the concept is not unheard of. It's also the main goal of the esoteric societies and dates back to egypt. It involves alchemy and the main principle is temperance. That is to change alter the current state of things into a particular desired form. From the material point of view that is transmutation of metals.

To provide a counterargument which is as substantive as your argument:

No.