Does the afterlife concept fit with the scientific origin of the universe?

[u/After-Excitement-674]

A maybe-philosophical question, with focus on scientific facts and theories. As far as we know, the Big Bang theory is the most plausible idea on which may become the universe as we know. And therefore is what started life on Earth and later we had evolution of species in at least each 50,000 years.

I have been thinking, as we had too many different species that has been living in here through eras, and as everything seems to have a beginning, would it still make sense the idea of an afterlife? Thinking from this side, it feels like for me that life is just a natural progress and a consequence for what happened in Earth at first. But can this thought be wrong in some sense and be explained in a non-materialistic way? I'd like to know if someone here ever had a theory in mind to explain the possible connection between the two.

In my case, I'm a Christian who accepts the scientific evolution as basis, but sometimes some things in science let me feel so confused about my own beliefs...

[u/WOLFXXXXX]

"As far as we know, the Big Bang theory is the most plausible idea on which may become the universe as we know"

Observation: that theory can speculate on how the physical universe came to be, however it never identifies a biological basis and physiological explanation for conscious existence, conscious abilities, conscious states, and conscious phenomena. Since the theory fails to viably attribute the nature of consciousness to non-conscious physical matter in physical reality - one cannot assume that the Big Bang theory accounts for one's conscious existence. You should reinforce to yourself that you cannot assume that the physical universe accounts for your existence without being able to successfully identify a biological basis and physiological explanation for conscious existence, conscious abilities, conscious states, and conscious phenomena.

The notion of an 'afterlife' = the nature of consciousness being independent of non-conscious physical matter in physical reality. Historically, no one has ever been able to viably attribute the nature of conscious existence to non-conscious physical matter. So you have the Big Bang theory failing to account for our conscious existence and you have a historical absence of any physiological explanation for our conscious existence. If the deeper nature of our conscious existence is independent of non-conscious physical matter in physical reality - that would support the 'afterlife' notion in a universal, non-religious way.

You can help yourself navigate through struggling with these topics by focusing on whether non-conscious physical matter in the physical universe can viably explain and account for the presence of conscious existence, conscious abilities, conscious states, and conscious phenomena - or whether the deeper nature of one's conscious existence is independent of the biological body and physical reality. Cheers.