What happens after death?

[Snowman]

Thats because you believe in an afterlife, monkey. Learn how to read.

LOL... if i die first im coming to germany to haunt you.

 

[raywaters11]

After death... Usually a funeral, sometimes cremation, sometimes police intervention...

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I don't know I haven't died yet. But there is no proof anything exists after you die so I believe that'll be it.

 

[S O F I]

If it wasn't there then I wouldn't even regret because I wouldn't exist any more.

If what wasn't there, the after-life?

If you knew there was no after-life, you wouldn't regret dying?

I'm confused as to what you mean.


Anyway (addressing the topic generally now), I wonder what people expect out of discussions like this. Illumination? Just stroking the intellectual boner?

 

[_carmi]

nothing?

 

[Bobby Sands]

isnt this much the same as the "do you believe in god" thread?

Yes i believe that there is something after death.

 

[masta247]

If what wasn't there, the after-life?

If you knew there was no after-life, you wouldn't regret dying?

I'm confused as to what you mean.


Anyway (addressing the topic generally now), I wonder what people expect out of discussions like this. Illumination? Just stroking the intellectual boner?

If there wasn't any after-life you wouldn't regret believing in it before you died because you wouldn't be conscious, while it is easier to die believing that there is something after that.

I made this thread because it's a question that most people analyze in their lifes. It's probably the biggest unanswered question. That's why I was curious to get opinions from people from all around the world and various cultures. I wonder what do they think about it - how do they imagine death from their own perspective.

 

[Duke]

Death is the inevitable consequence of life itself. Right now I fear death in the sense that I don't want to die yet. I'm only 22, I'd like some more time on here. But that's a fear for the time of your death. Not so much fear for death itself. Death itself is part of the ongoing process of reality, I accept that. I die, my building blocks go on to do different things. The only truly "immortal" thing is energy. And we're all energy. Everything is energy. It's the constant reshaping of energy, the phases of which we view as life and death, creation and destruction.

I do not believe in "higher powers", other than those of existance itself. I do not totally dismiss the idea of some form of higher power, after all I don't know. But I'll believe it when I see it. I suppose that's why they call it faith.

I do reject the idea of a type of God that the three big ones like to put forth. Omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient AND he loves us all. Fuck off.

For me, accepting the theoretical idea of a higher power is one thing, giving any credit to the stories of organized religion is a big no no, however. As such, I don't believe in any type of conscious afterlife for an individual.