Life After Death

PeacefullyStoned · 11-25-2007, 03:30 PM

I am truly just curious as to what everybody beliefs are about life after death. I am not looking for a debate or anything like that... I am just interested in everybody thoughts.

Me personally, I have lost a close family member recently, and if I didn't believe there was something after death, then I would be completely lost. I find such comfort in the possibility, and it helps me greatly. I am not 100% about my own beliefs yet, but I will get there one day. Please share everybody.

Peace to all, thank you.

kiwi · 11-25-2007, 09:29 PM

yes I believe in life after death, I'm not really going to go into details, but I have seen and heard things in my life that now give me reason to believe.

heartguy · 11-26-2007, 01:51 PM

I was skeptical , about life after death, even though i spent 12 years in catholic schools. Constantly getting hit with rulers by nuns, well that's another story, lol.
In 98 , during open heart surgery, the dr's , after rebuilding my heart, tried to start it back up by a defib. well, over 10 minutes go by with them trying, finally it starts. During this time , I pass to the other side, see everyone who i knew, who has died, wanted to stay so badly, but was told that "it wasn't my time yet". So, I believe in life after death, and your life does pass through your mind in those last few seconds. The way i look at it is, God is real, so is the after life, others don't believe in god or an after life, If i'm right, i covered my bases, if i'm wrong and they're right, i've lost nothing but know i've treated others as i'd like to be treated.

peace and love
heart

btw, God is a woman, so much for catholics beliefs, lol

DBoone · 11-26-2007, 02:28 PM

i dont believe in the religious afterlife. i believe that when we die our energy or life force like i like to call, some people call it your spirit, our energy is released from our body into the universe. so basically we just go back to where we came from mother nature. when i die i dont want there to be a funereal just bury me in the woods with no coffin so i can decompose naturally and become one with mother nature again.

Fidmark · 07-06-2008, 07:46 PM

as a very cynical atheist i think that when we pass away, we are deleted from the universe and earth, which seems a pretty grim prospect, but i think thats how it is... one nice big sleep......... although really i have no idea, and look forward to seeing what happens (or what doesn't). one big old mystery!

The_Masta_Danny_Boy · 08-08-2008, 01:28 PM

I'm not fixed to my opinion and always keep an open mind about this sort of thing but my own idea is that no; there is no life after death. Depressing, i know, but its just my opinion and a matter of learning the positives.

The way i look at it the universe works to a kind of system, everything seems to work in a cycle. Tides, planents, resperation and such all work in a cycle. I believe that when we die the correct system is for our bodies is to decompose and be used by the surroundings to give them life and so on. Of course when burried in a coffin this doesn't really happen but don't get me wrong, i don't think everyone should be just thrown in a hole somewhere randomly when they die, i just think that this is how the system is ment to work. The best example is from the animal kindom where thier bodys decompose and are used by plants and animals as a source of food or nutrition.

It might seem depressing to think that there is no real purpose but there is. It is for the continuation of life.

My opinion, open to change, makes sense to me as i have had no experiance like some people claim. I partly hope I'm wrong to be honest but i guess we'll all have to just wait and see.

All i know is we should live life as well as we can so that it isn't wasted no matter what happens in the end.

Now if you'll excuse me i need a jay

Apologies for rambling on

DGC1982 · 08-08-2008, 01:49 PM

I believe in Truthism and we were created by big lizard aliens from outerspace. Lol J/K but seriously there is a religion that believes exactly that.

www.truthism.com

Take the time to read this I promise you will get a good laugh. Well except for you Truthist's out there... Um no offense

Seriously though, I believe that when I die my spirit will leave my body. Now where it goes after that... Hell if I know, but I have seen a spirit in real life so that is why I am a firm believer in the after life.

JarvisJahRastafari · 08-08-2008, 06:01 PM

I don't think there's a way to find out what happens after death. Not in this life anyway.

I've decided I'm just going to wait for the surprise.....

Osprey · 08-08-2008, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiwi

yes I believe in life after death, I'm not really going to go into details, but I have seen and heard things in my life that now give me reason to believe.

Damn. That was my line exactly!

phreakkk · 08-10-2008, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidmark

as a very cynical atheist i think that when we pass away, we are deleted from the universe and earth, which seems a pretty grim prospect, but i think thats how it is... one nice big sleep......... although really i have no idea, and look forward to seeing what happens (or what doesn't). one big old mystery!

I'm going to have to agree with this one, it seems logical that our life just stops, but then there is no way to prove what will happen

perfectsong13 · 08-20-2008, 07:20 AM

Like a bunch of others, I've had multiple experiences that only have strengthened my belief in life after death. I don't outwardly practice religion per se, but inside I have some fairly strong religious beliefs, however basic they may be. Life after death though is one of the few things that I'm quite sure of.

SkullsFB · 08-20-2008, 08:18 AM

What if this really is hell and we are just trapped here in a never ending cycle of death and rebirth????

What if this is like those choose your own story novels. You know the ones if you choose this turn to page 35 type things. Lets just say this life we are stuck in is an escape from the day to day life of our true spirits???

Shit I don't know but I guess we will all find out. I guess I hedge my bets by treating others how I would like be treated.

Joshuwa · 08-25-2008, 12:43 AM

I believe after life there is heaven, where you see the best and most happy parts of your life over and over for eternity, feeling happy and content forever.
And hell is just the opposite of that, the worst most depressing times of your life for eternity.

LiSrD · 08-25-2008, 02:39 AM

I was a self-proclaimed atheist from the age of 8 up until I was about 15, then I decided that it was equally as illogical to profess that God absolutely does not exist as it is to profess that he does, so I resorted to agnosticism. I believe that human beings have an understanding too limited to be able to answer age old questions such as the existance of God, including the question of life after death. I used to think we would just get lost into oblivion and there would be absolutely nothing, that our consciousness would simply cease to exist, but now I'm 50-50. The reason is because I take absolutely nothing I perceive for granted, including my reasoning and rationality, as a human. No matter how much analysis and philosophical breaking-down anyone does, it merely stands upon what we have known since our birth, which is perceiving all we do with our senses. I do believe, though, that many people need hope and faith in order to survive, and that it can be a good thing (as well as bad, obviously, because it can be used to control though fear etc.). Curiosity made the bi-polar cat insane.

Have no idea, won't know till I die (might not even know then in case I don't have any sort of consciousness) and I'm OK with it. Doesn't bug me anymore

LiSrD · 08-25-2008, 02:47 AM

If I had to pick a religion though, I'd go with buddhism. In contrast with other main religions (apart from hinduism) they don't blieve in a timeline (genesis and then everything just ends) they believe in a neverending cycle of rebirth. I can see it everywhere (seasons, a carcass fertilizing the ground etc.) so it seems to make sense.. although I won't go as far as to say that reincarnation is definite (may be, may not be.).. you guys know the spiraling, puzzle-accumulating, enlightening, realization feeling u get on acid? that really pushed me towards buddhist philosophy. Don't know for sure of what it and what isn't though...guess we're all just gonna find out

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