Summary of objective immortality

• There are links between the thinking of Process Theology and that of Dual-aspect Monism
• Both Process Theology and Dual-aspect Monism are associated with Panpsychism:

  • this takes the view that every entity has some level of consciousness
  • it claims that there is no cut-off point for consciousness
• Panpsychism= the view that all entities are to some extent conscious. Consciousness is not limited to humans and other animals
• David Griffin claims that God and the universe exist panentheistically:

  • God is in the universe and the universe is in God, with God as the 'soul' of the universe
• Objective immortality means that after death, every entity survives in the mind of God:

  • For humans, that means actions, thoughts and ideas exist eternally as objects in the memory of the eternal God
  • Such survival is part of the total experience of God/the universe, so there is no sense of personal continuity with the individual who lived before
• Objective immortality- after death, every entity survives in the mind of Gid
• Some Process theologians think in terms of subjective immortality:

  • They think that God has the power to enable the survival of individuals in such a way that there is continuity of identity