Is There Really an Afterlife?

[devil5_advocate]

Is there afterlife? Or do things drop where you left off? I know different religions see this differently but I would ask you guys to reply as a person with his or her own believes, not including whatever your religion taught you unless you absolutey believe that that is true.

 

[BoulderHead]

Swear there ain't no heaven, pray there ain't no hell,
But I'll never know by livin', only my dyin' will tell
Only my dyin' will tell.
-Blood, Sweat, and Tears.

http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/music/07-01.htm

 

[devil5_advocate]

You phrase it so succintly Boulder...but yeah that is a certain way of looking at things...

 

[Sauwelios]

Check my Finite space in infinite time-thread.

 

[plus]

It certainly is an appealing idea - which would make me want to raise kids and lead a nice conventional stable life.

I have to raise doubts as to why people believe it is true. People are biased towards this from upbringing and sheer desire to believe it to be true.

 

[Sauwelios]

To whose post is yours a response, plus?

 

[Iacchus32]

I died and gave birth to myself, and I don't even go to church. Of course I may just be delusional ...

http://www.dionysus.org/x0501.html

 

[plus]

Originally posted by Sauwelios
To whose post is yours a response, plus?

I was alluding to the origional question - why the idea of the afterlife is so popular.

 

[Jikx]

I'm hoping when i die, I'm well, dead. Unable to think, unable to do anything ... if not I'm pretty screwed :(

 

[BoulderHead]

That sounds painful

Originally posted by Iacchus32
I died and gave birth to myself...

Did you feel any younger afterwards?

 

[Iacchus32]

Originally posted by BoulderHead
Did you feel any younger afterwards?

Yes, but when I looked in the mirror I looked older! Not easy to deal with! ...

And yet, while I still feel younger (16 years later), I look even older!?

 

[Alexander]

Originally posted by devil5_advocate
Is there afterlife? Or do things drop where you left off? I know different religions see this differently but I would ask you guys to reply as a person with his or her own believes, not including whatever your religion taught you unless you absolutey believe that that is true.

Let's use a little of logic to analyse the situation.

Death is absense (or end) of life, right? That is what we call death (definition of death).

So, is there life in the absense of life? Nope.

Just by definition.

 

[ray b]

maybe there is a after life
but it maynot be ruled by your christian god
some aztec god may ask how many POW
you killed for him to insure the sunrize!

or budda may ask what you deserve to go back as!