What do YOU think happens after death?

Do you return as an animal that best represented how you were during life?

Do you simply rest under the earth and do not ascend at all? Is death that: being inactive forever?

Is there a Heaven? Is there a Hell?

Whatever you believe, post your opinion on what happens after death here.

You become worm food.

As much as I would not like to believe this, I believe that when you die it is as you were before you were born, no consciousness of ever being.J-Man725

Yeah that's certainly the most scientific outcome. It is argued that without a functioning brain, you have no consciousness of any kind, and the best way of describing that state is by asking someone what it was like before they were born... but of course it's just a theory, and any idea could be true. Afterlife, heaven, hell, reincarnation, reborn as another person with no memory of a previous life.. the list is endless. We may never know.

[QUOTE="J-Man725"]As much as I would not like to believe this, I believe that when you die it is as you were before you were born, no consciousness of ever being.cjek

Yeah that's certainly the most scientific outcome. It is argued that without a functioning brain, you have no consciousness of any kind, and the best way of describing that state is by asking someone what it was like before they were born... but of course it's just a theory, and any idea could be true. Afterlife, heaven, hell, reincarnation, reborn as another person with no memory of a previous life.. the list is endless. We may never know.

I can't help but hope that i'm wrong.

I'd like to think that another state of being awaits me after death, but i'm just not certain. Like you said, we may never know. But I guess its all to be divulged in our own good time. ;)

As much as I would not like to believe this, I believe that when you die it is as you were before you were born, no consciousness of ever being.J-Man725

wow, my thoughts exactly...

as my dad's friend used to say, "i want to be buried, so the worms can eat me and something good can come out of my death"

popping out of existence would be kind of scary, but it seems the most reasonable explanation to me yet.

As much as I would not like to believe this, I believe that when you die it is as you were before you were born, no consciousness of ever being.J-Man725

I also think there's beyond that. If you read the mangas of Akira (the anime movie from back in the day), it may be easier to grasp. Once the consciousness of a singular organism reaches the 'level' of Akira, it is it's own universe...or reality. At that point, I guess it'd make sense to keep one own body after death (DBZ main characters)

Personally, I think that humans are horrified of the thought that we remain inactive forever after death, a feast for the ground and its inhabitants. They want to believe that we exist as spirits after we leave the world to comfort themselves, even though that is scientifically impossible. It can happen, but it's like saying you'll meetthe Tooth Fairy when you lose a tooth. You can believe it, but there's no proof.Skullcraft

QFT.

...good god, reading these posts, anyone else find this discussion kinda depressing?chrisrooR

i totally agree who would wanna know

There may be an afterlife but I don't believe in one. I've often felt that belief in the afterlife is largely the result of human conceit -the idea that the self is just too damned important not to be eternal.

"I can not end." I have a hunch that "Yes you can."

You die and that's it...Hope the reencarnation thing is true

Life goes on without you. You cease to exist.

I think that when you die, 1 of 2 things will happen. either A: you are judged and go to heaven cuz your name is in the book of life (list of people who go to heaven cuz they accepted Jesus christ) or B: you are judged and you go to hell (seperation from God. I think the whole fire and brimstone thing is a metaphor and what really happens is you are seperated from God for all eternity)mig_killer2

If that would really be it, I would gadly live eternitywithout that guy.

I dont know, I just hope its something cool. But you know what makes me angry cause I think about it so much, its just that im asking myself how it would be... to be nothing, I mean it can be like sleeping cause you cant dream and you dont wake up. Y ou can only see ''black'' cause you simply cannot see. So how would it be to ''live'' (lol ironic) an eternity of nothing...hmmm.TiJoe6

You wouldn't live it. It would be like before you were born. Simply nothing.

Go to the afterlife. People have been reported dead for minutes at a time and then coming back to life. These people claim to see their lives flash before their eyes, and seeing a light at the end of a dark tunnel (these aren't just myths you know). And some say that they have seen God. Why would they lie after just being dead for a few minutes?l0ve

Well those persons, just died, so they're in a really incrediby high stress level, so they can say anything, and the first thing that comes up to thir mind his probably the most popular theory of what happens after death

I dont know, I just hope its something cool. But you know what makes me angry cause I think about it so much, its just that im asking myself how it would be... to be nothing, I mean it can be like sleeping cause you cant dream and you dont wake up. Y ou can only see ''black'' cause you simply cannot see. So how would it be to ''live'' (lol ironic) an eternity of nothing...hmmm.TiJoe6

There wouldn't even be black.

[QUOTE="TiJoe6"]I dont know, I just hope its something cool. But you know what makes me angry cause I think about it so much, its just that im asking myself how it would be... to be nothing, I mean it can be like sleeping cause you cant dream and you dont wake up. Y ou can only see ''black'' cause you simply cannot see. So how would it be to ''live'' (lol ironic) an eternity of nothing...hmmm.dhyce

You wouldn't live it. It would be like before you were born. Simply nothing.

Yeah I know thats why I put the '' '', but thats exactly what im saying, how does it feel to be nothing, you know, its kind of complicated to explain what I mean, but I guess you get the idea

[QUOTE="l0ve"]Go to the afterlife. People have been reported dead for minutes at a time and then coming back to life. These people claim to see their lives flash before their eyes, and seeing a light at the end of a dark tunnel (these aren't just myths you know). And some say that they have seen God. Why would they lie after just being dead for a few minutes?TiJoe6

Well those persons, just died, so they're in a really incrediby high stress level, so they can say anything, and the first thing that comes up to thir mind his probably the most popular theory of what happens after death

Technically, it is the result of blood loss from the brain, and a partial shut-down of their nervous system. The experience of seeing light at the end of a dark tunnel is a common claim, but it has been proven to be related to blood deficiency of the brain from a series of centrifuge tests. There really is no such thing as a near-death experience.

[QUOTE="TiJoe6"]I dont know, I just hope its something cool. But you know what makes me angry cause I think about it so much, its just that im asking myself how it would be... to be nothing, I mean it can be like sleeping cause you cant dream and you dont wake up. Y ou can only see ''black'' cause you simply cannot see. So how would it be to ''live'' (lol ironic) an eternity of nothing...hmmm.niptuckSean

There wouldn't even be black.

lmao I KNOW!! thats what I mean, but sorry I meant ''cant''

[QUOTE="TiJoe6"]

[QUOTE="l0ve"]Go to the afterlife. People have been reported dead for minutes at a time and then coming back to life. These people claim to see their lives flash before their eyes, and seeing a light at the end of a dark tunnel (these aren't just myths you know). And some say that they have seen God. Why would they lie after just being dead for a few minutes?Blood-Scribe

Well those persons, just died, so they're in a really incrediby high stress level, so they can say anything, and the first thing that comes up to thir mind his probably the most popular theory of what happens after death

Technically, it is the result of blood loss from the brain, and a partial shut-down of their nervous system. The claim of seeing light at the end of a dark tunnel is a common claim, but it has been proven to be related to blood deficiency of the brain from a series of centrifuge tests. There really is no such thing as a near-death experience.

Well that was one of my theory, like holding somebody in a chokehold, after a while their brain wont have blood so they will start to see black and pass out

I don't believe anything happens after death. When you die, your body shuts down and you're gone forever.I do like the idea of reincarnation though. I find it much more appealing than heaven. Life is exciting, while perfection is boring.