I have a question for those of you who don't believe in life after death.

For the people that don't believe in life after death, I have this "question."
Would you pay for a delicious cake, that when you finish eating it, you would completely forget that you ever ate it?
Would you write a 3-paged essay about why you love your favorite band so that you could meet them for a day, but then forget you ever met them the next day?
Would you read a 1000 paged book that would touch your heart, but after you finish the last page, you forgot you ever read the book?

Ultimately, would you live and enjoy your life, create priceless bonds with people, accomplish so much,and live throughso many experiences,to die one day and forget any of it happened, all of your memories, joys and experiences disappearing with your conscience? Of course you wouldn't feel anything so it wouldn't matter, but as you are feeling right now, what are your thoughts?
I'm by no means trying to put anything on you ormake you believe anything, I'm just asking the question and wondering what your thoughts are.
I personally don't believe in a "hell", but I do believe that what you do in your life now will affect your position in a non-material life to come.

Would you pay for a delicious cake, that when you finish eating it, you would completely forget that you ever ate it?
Would you write a 3-paged essay about why you love your favorite band so that you could meet them for a day, but then forget you ever met them the next day?
Would you read a 1000 paged book that would touch your heart and your life, but after you finish the last page, you forgot you ever read the book?

rubber-chicken

I'm pretty sure thats how a lot of things work.

what do you mean would I? Of course I would live and enjoy my life. Dying is out of my hands though, and rationally when our brain dies so does our ability to percieve anything. It's not my fault im not gonna have a though let alone a memory when I die, it is what it is.

how do you know if you have/havent already been reincarnated?

I have a question for you. How can the memory exist after death in a soul when the concept makes no sense to begin with? When someone gets a head injury they change (whether it be forgetting things or a personality shift due to the injury), proving that memory and things like it are tied to the brain. If a soul and memories were independent of the body someone could suffer severe head injuries and always retain their memory.

Now the idea of a soul could be real but until you give some logical proof you are just throwing around what you think is right.

For the people that don't believe in life after death, I have this "question."
Would you pay for a delicious cake, that when you finish eating it, you would completely forget that you ever ate it?
Would you write a 3-paged essay about why you love your favorite band so that you could meet them for a day, but then forget you ever met them the next day?
Would you read a 1000 paged book that would touch your heart, but after you finish the last page, you forgot you ever read the book?

Ultimately, would you live and enjoy your life, create priceless bonds with people, accomplish so much,and live throughso many experiences,to die one day and forget any of it happened, all of your memories, joys and experiences disappearing with your conscience? Of course you wouldn't feel anything so it wouldn't matter, but as you are feeling right now, what are your thoughts?
I'm by no means trying to put anything on you ormake you believe anything, I'm just asking the question and wondering what your thoughts are.
I personally don't believe in a "hell", but I do believe that what you do in your life now will affect your position in a non-material life to come.

rubber-chicken

That happens to me now - it comes with age - you'll see :P

I came in here hoping that you would ask them if they believed in life after love.

*Sigh*

cake gives me gas music sucks reading is for fools.comp_atkins

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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]Just because someone believes in something that you don't agree with does not make it one.HNNNGH

It's ironic that you're using this 'pathetic forum'

[QUOTE="HNNNGH"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]Just because someone believes in something that you don't agree with does not make it one.DroidPhysX

It's ironicthat you're using this 'pathetic forum'

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]

[QUOTE="HNNNGH"]The prevalence of this particular strawman on this pathetic excuse for a forum is genuinely disturbingHNNNGH

It's ironicthat you're using this 'pathetic forum'

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]

[QUOTE="HNNNGH"]The prevalence of this particular strawman on this pathetic excuse for a forum is genuinely disturbingHNNNGH

It's ironicthat you're using this 'pathetic forum'

When I die, I wont be able to reflect on all the things I lost.

I will be dead an no longer exist.

I will live my life, enjoy it and not worry about pleasing some kind of higher power. I am not going to spend my life, worshipping something that does not effect me in any way and is a giant waste of time and could be doing something more constructive like watching a movie. I also do not need religion to tell me what is right and wrong.

To me religion is a giant sham that is no longer necessary in todays world.

Just my 2 cents. Some people believe in religion and thats great, but I dont.

I believe in Reincarnation. I do not believe in Heaven or Hell.

[QUOTE="HNNNGH"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"]

It's ironicthat you're using this 'pathetic forum'

Ace6301

Would you pay for a delicious cake, that when you finish eating it, you would completely forget that you ever ate it?

rubber-chicken

Unless I'm the only one that doesn't remember every single cake they've ever paid for and eaten, I'd say the answer to this is a resounding yes.

I have a question for you, OT. This world will eventually cease to exist. With a certainty of a 100%. The sun will die and explode and this planet will be smashed to dust. That means that everything in this planet is pointless and we should destroy everything, since it will be completely gone in years to come??

I have a question for you, OT. This world will eventually cease to exist. With a certainty of a 100%. The sun will die and explode and this planet will be smashed to particles.curono

I have a question for you, OT. This world will eventually cease to exist. With a certainty of a 100%. The sun will die and explode and this planet will be smashed to dust. That means that everything in this planet is pointless and we should destroy everything, since it will be completely gone in years to come??

curono

I actually find that I enjoy life more because I know that I have this one life. Amnesiac23

[QUOTE="curono"]

I have a question for you, OT. This world will eventually cease to exist. With a certainty of a 100%. The sun will die and explode and this planet will be smashed to dust. That means that everything in this planet is pointless and we should destroy everything, since it will be completely gone in years to come??

xaos

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="curono"]

I have a question for you, OT. This world will eventually cease to exist. With a certainty of a 100%. The sun will die and explode and this planet will be smashed to dust. That means that everything in this planet is pointless and we should destroy everything, since it will be completely gone in years to come??

curono

just by looking at the TC post you can see why people believe in an afterlife. it's just easier think about.

i don't believe in an afterlife, but i don't really think of death.

it's just a part of life, and even though you do lose all your memories, you don't know you do.

the only reason it seems bad is because you're conscious and you have all your thoughts & memories.

Your analogies are pretty terrible.xaos

What was the 17th cake you ate. Please describe the event to me in detail.

Clearly your life is a waste if you can't even do this.