Do you believe in an afterlife? How does this affect your life?

I don't. I tried, and while I'm very open-minded, I (so far) just can't believe in anything besides eternal death.

It affects each and everything I do. I try to live life to the fullest while still securing my future. Of course I'm not yet where I want to be, but if I'm happy then the rest is just secondary, right?

What about you guys? Any life advice is welcome, we never stop learning.

Well, I used to be a firm believer, but now I'm not so sure. I mean, the idea of an afterlife certainly seems like it could've just been manufactured by people to cope with the hopelessness of the dark concept that once we die, it's game over. I can't help but still hope there is something after, though.

That's a bar on Omega right? Some guy tried to poison me there once!

Nah I don't believe in an afterlife. I believe that, when you die, your body's resources just rejoin the rest of the gunk here and, eventually, get used to make more people, animals, plants whatever. The only thing that lives on is your impact on the people you leave behind.

Jsut my opinion.

I tend to look at it this way: either there is an afterlife, or there isn't. If there is, no problem; if there isn't, then we won't be around to know that there isn't.

That's a bar on Omega right? Some guy tried to poison me there once!

Nah I don't believe in an afterlife. I believe that, when you die, your body's resources just rejoin the rest of the gunk here and, eventually, get used to make more people, animals, plants whatever. The only thing that lives on is your impact on the people you leave behind.

Jsut my opinion.

Chickan_117

I'm content with being able to provide a good life for my family, and securing enough wealth so they'll be able to live comfortably when I'm gone.

The after-life really means nothing to me, at the moment.

I'll get back to you on that. Oh wait...

well i like science personally

quantum physics tells us quite a few things about our reality and without going into the unnecessarily long part, there exists a possibility of up to 11 dimensions (so far theorized obviously) outside our own. if this is the case (thats a big if granted) then that means there is a distinct possibility of existing extradimensionally. being a 4 dimensional person in a 4 dimensional space (spacetime is considered a dimension by theorists) it becomes difficult to perceive something outside of those 4 dimensions as we are built out of 4d material and exist primarily in a 4d plane.

so thats an incredibly short and not nearly informative emough take on the possibility of existence after death via quantum physics.

nope. i think all that stuff is just nonsense to stop us fearing death. all you have is your time on this earth and once your dead your dead. make the most of it

I like to think so but than I would only be fooling myself.

I tend to look at it this way: either there is an afterlife, or there isn't. If there is, no problem; if there isn't, then we won't be around to know that there isn't.

GabuEx

I tend to look at it this way as well. It doesn't affect my life whatsoever, because I have no power over whether there is an afterlife or not. I prefer to focus on things I can control within the moment.

To be honest I haven't even gave thought to the concept of an afterlife for over a year now.

I don't care. I can never experience an afterlife until I'm DEAD. Nobody actually knows what the afterlife is like.

Every religious scripture, "out of body" experience, "near death" experience, all accounts of an afterlife are always from OTHER PEOPLE.

well i like science personally

quantum physics tells us quite a few things about our reality and without going into the unnecessarily long part, there exists a possibility of up to 11 dimensions (so far theorized obviously) outside our own. if this is the case (thats a big if granted) then that means there is a distinct possibility of existing extradimensionally. being a 4 dimensional person in a 4 dimensional space (spacetime is considered a dimension by theorists) it becomes difficult to perceive something outside of those 4 dimensions as we are built out of 4d material and exist primarily in a 4d plane.

so thats an incredibly short and not nearly informative emough take on the possibility of existence after death via quantum physics.

z4twenny

Is your life any different because of your beliefs?

freetoex

I do believe that when you die, you don't go to heaven and it's the end of yourself. However, I do believe in some kind of reincarnation.

I believe in something. What that is, and how it affects my life, I can't really say. I know in my heart that there's more to everything than any of us could ever understand or comprehend, and when I'm mean't to know (if I am mean't to know at all), I will. I know God isn't what our society has come to believe and understand, but that's only cause we've spent thousands of years trying to comprehend the Will and personality of a being that is literally beyond anything we CAN understand.

I don't believe in the afterlife. I see no reason to. It does affect my life. If there was a heaven where God demanded you to accept Jesus to get in, I would probably be more willing to evangelize. Then again, I'm really shy, so perhaps not.Genetic_Code

I tend to look at it this way: either there is an afterlife, or there isn't. If there is, no problem; if there isn't, then we won't be around to know that there isn't.

GabuEx

believing in an afterlife is just the way of putting your mind at ease because it's impossible to think there will be nothing and you will cease to exist because you see things all the time from the day you are born and there was never nothing.

it would be fun though.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

I tend to look at it this way: either there is an afterlife, or there isn't. If there is, no problem; if there isn't, then we won't be around to know that there isn't.

SkyWard20

Nobody should live their life in fear of something that does not exist.

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

I tend to look at it this way: either there is an afterlife, or there isn't. If there is, no problem; if there isn't, then we won't be around to know that there isn't.

bloodling

Nobody should live their life in fear of something that does not exist.

[QUOTE="SkyWard20"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

I tend to look at it this way: either there is an afterlife, or there isn't. If there is, no problem; if there isn't, then we won't be around to know that there isn't.

bloodling

Nobody should live their life in fear of something that does not exist.

This existence can cause a lot of suffering too. Why not the afterlife?SkyWard20

Nobody should live their life in fear of something, even if it does exist.

Everyone dies. If you die, and there is an afterlife, good for you, if there isn't one... you will be dead so you won't care.

I like to not think about it. that way it will be a surprise when i die.

Christian, so yes. I just live my life, I live my life according to my morals, guess that is how it affects it.

Well, the atoms of my body don't go away when I die, so I guess that is an "afterlife" of sorts.

I think notions of an afterlife in a religious/spiritual sense are just metaphors for the interchangeability of matter and energy coupled with the indestructibility of energy.

The ancients had similar thoughts and theories as we do, but perhaps they lacked the language to express these ideas. Instead of speaking through equations for example, they used analogy.

My initial response is "I Dont know, will never know, so I dont really think about it"

however, part of me thinks that A.) eternal punishment is too great a punishment; sorry, but not even Hitler or the greatest of baby murderers deserve such a harsh deal, and B.) eternal heaven might be eternally boring.

Can't we just be happy in this life and do our best here, instead of trying to live a life we dont want so we get on God's good side (if it even exists)?

nothing i've seen suggests there is anything but nothing after death

"isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" -douglas adams

Nope. I believe that there is part of the human body that most likely continues on after death (an energy that pervades despite the death of the physical body) but I do not believe that either our consciousness or "self" continues on after death. Consciousness is the result of our brain chemistry and its interaction with the physical world (i.e. through the senses).

I am a slight proponent of the idea of reincarnation... but not in the sense that is commonly understood. This isn't a process where a "soul" leaves one physical body and gets born in another based on its deeds in life... but merely that "energy" being reintegrated back into a new physical form, whether wholly or partially I couldn't tell you.

I am a slight proponent of the idea of reincarnation... but not in the sense that is commonly understood. This isn't a process where a "soul" leaves one physical body and gets born in another based on its deeds in life... but merely that "energy" being reintegrated back into a new physical form, whether wholly or partially I couldn't tell you.

foxhound_fox

Yeah. That's the same way I view reincarnation, though some would probably argue how did that energy get reintegrated into a new body without divine interventon....

My opinion on that matter is completely complex and would have me typing a long explanation that would probably get overlooked. I've came up with multiple theories though....

I don't. I tried, and while I'm very open-minded, I (so far) just can't believe in anything besides eternal death.

It affects each and everything I do. I try to live life to the fullest while still securing my future. Of course I'm not yet where I want to be, but if I'm happy then the rest is just secondary, right?

What about you guys? Any life advice is welcome, we never stop learning.

freetoex

I most certainly do, becuase I like magical things. You see I believe that what I am is not my body alone, and by the power of magic I'll continue to live for eternity. Dunno about the hows or whys of it tho.

well i like science personally

quantum physics tells us quite a few things about our reality and without going into the unnecessarily long part, there exists a possibility of up to 11 dimensions (so far theorized obviously) outside our own. if this is the case (thats a big if granted) then that means there is a distinct possibility of existing extradimensionally. being a 4 dimensional person in a 4 dimensional space (spacetime is considered a dimension by theorists) it becomes difficult to perceive something outside of those 4 dimensions as we are built out of 4d material and exist primarily in a 4d plane.

so thats an incredibly short and not nearly informative emough take on the possibility of existence after death via quantum physics.

z4twenny