I have been looking at the Kaballah tree of life/death Yggdrasil/Qlipoth. It's actually fucking terrifying because it seems almost inevitable that it would mean going to the infernal worlds, which apparently is more suffering that the human mind can even comprehend. I really wish this wasn't the case but there it is.. these people knew more than I ever will. I can't avoid the endless knowledge on this I've heard in countless lectures. I hate even writing this because its deeply unfair that it should even be a possibility. If someone can help me disregard this or has insight on this I would like to know.
I can help you. You're citing religious beliefs from the 13th century, when probably-- outside of Rome, anyway-- more than 70% of the people on the planet couldn't read or write. I think that is likely a generous estimate, and many of those who could read were clergy.
Even if they could read or write, the general population was
completely scientifically ignorant. Keppler's laws of planetary motion and Copernicus' heliocentric theory didn't even come along until the 15th century. When Galileo later tried to further the acceptance of heliocentrism, he was found guilty of heresy by the Catholic Church and basically driven underground in his scientific studies.
In other words, what little scientific knowledge there was, was often quickly quashed by the church. At a time when people didn't understand basic ways in which the world around them worked, they used magic to explain it. Magic and superstition were the guiding forces, and they were controlled by the gods. Everyone's goal was basically to stay off the radar and not ask any questions that might draw the ire of the gods or the church that represented them.
What I'm saying is, why, for one second, would you even consider subscribing to the fevered dreams of the scientifically illiterate from over 600 years ago? The question shouldn't be how to disregard it, it should be
why would you regard it in the first place?
This would essentially put you in the same category as modern flat-earthers and evolution deniers; of course you're free to believe what you want, but these theories can't stand up to even the slightest breeze of intellectual honesty or critical thinking.
I don't believe in life after death; in fact, I think to do so trivializes the limited time we have on Earth. I don't want to discourage anyone who needs that hope, but no, I don't subscribe to that belief.
Can I disprove it? No. I can't disprove a negative. I can tell you this: just because I don't understand something, or it's a complete unknown to me, doesn't mean the explanation should be "magic". No one who thinks critically should ever fall back on this, ever.
When someone offers an idea or explanation, your only questions should be, "How do you know? Can you prove it?" If they can't, you should automatically be skeptical.
As Carl Sagan said, "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" .
