SaltPork

what could you do, you're dead.

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It was like that when I got here....I swear.

sierra2774

I guess you wouldn't be able to do much about it, but deal with it.

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dimbulb

i'll believe that there is an afterlife when i see it with my own eyes.......

Macheath

As an agnostic I'd just shrug my shoulders and say "well that's nice".

If I were in Hell (the physical place) and I was being made to suffer, I'd consider God unjust in usurping my free will.

I hate how modern christianity has portrayed hell as a physical place. Hell should be a state of mind where you bring mental and emotional suffering on your own shoulders by your own free will and by your knowledge of the kind of life you led.

It shouldn't be a physical place where God "punishes" you for not listening to Jerry Falwell.

cdwonderful

ask for a refund?

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Baron2

Bang all the angels

Or something, you couldn't die so I'd do pretty much anything.

Fob_Magi

I am not christian.
I do not believe in god/afterlife.
I do not disbelieve in god/afterlife.
I am pursuing buddhism.

I have no expectations for the afterlife.. I'll just be pleased if there is one.. =)

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Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I live I will kill you, if I die you are forgiven".
Such is the Rule of Honor.

Spidey

I would think to myself, well if this is the decision i made and its wrong then there is nothing i can do about. You can't learn from this mistake, but you can look forward to see the outcome.

MSD

I'd just deal with whatever is there. Not much else I can do, I mean what can you say, "Uh, I don't believe in heaven can you make me just go away?"

I also think that those of you who have nothing to say on the subject would be quite pleased if you turned out to be wrong and did end up in heaven

GakFace

First off... I would thinking nothing of it if there weren't an afterlife. I'm living my life the way I like it, thus no regrets.

I don't see it as an AFTERLife tho.. Merely our energy does not die, only our physical body does. As for how it feels? I've felt it. Sure maybe I'm insane, but i truely believe I've felt the feeling before. Its undescribable, but when there is no concept of time.. like there is here on earth, you don't feel bored.. you don't feel like youcan't wait until its all over... That feeling doesn't exist, its very relaxing.

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RoboBlaster:
Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

gibber71

I don't think there is an afterlife.I believe it is all made up to appease and justify the existence of organized religion and for those who support it.

Nad Adam

Don't worry, just listen to the wise words of Black Adder the first (Edmund).



Edmund: Well, well, let's take Hell: You know, Hell isn't as bad as it's cracked up to be.

Graveney: What?

Edmund: No, no, no, no. No, you see, the thing about Heaven, is that Heaven is for people who like the sort of things that go on in Heaven, like, uh, well, singing, talking to God, watering pot plants...

Graveney: Ew...

Edmund: Whereas Hell, on the other hand, is for people who like the other sorts of things: adultery, pillage, torture -- those areas.

Graveney: Really?

Edmund: Mm! Give your lands to the Crown, and once you're dead, you'll have the time of your life!

Graveney: Adultery? Pillage? Through all eternity?

Edmund: Yep!

bubbaspike

Just adapt and carry on the best I can

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Macheath

Nad Adam, sage advice there from Blackadder the First - but I still bloody don't want to die the way he did...

codling grinder *shudder*

ARTelevision

I think I keep missing the point of these hypothetical ones, so bear with me...

um. if the afterlife wasn't what I expected...
OK then, that depends on what I expect the afterlife to be, I think.

I think this life here is the afterlife. OK, so is it what I expected?

no. I don't remember expecting anything.

I want to play but can't seem to get the knack. I'll think about it some more and get back to you - thanks.

wait. a sec,

If I expect this life here to be the afterlife, then yes! it's exactly what I expected...OK then how would I react?

I would just accept it.

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greytone

I would stamp my feet and whine about how unfair it all is.

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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"

pazza

i would be pissed. All these years of trying to do the right thing to avoid judgement then the judgement never comes.

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platypus

Hard to say as I have absolutely no expectation of an afterlife.

But if I were to expect something and subsequently found that I was duped by false advertising, I suppose my reaction might be influenced by who turned out to be the actual 'chosen' people.

I mean, if I were to show up at the gate and was greated by L. Ron Hubbard, John Travolta, Tom Cruise, and Kirstie Alley, I think I'd blow a gasket and demand a refund or at least another trip around.

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paddyjoe

go with the flow baby, just go with the flow

4thTimeLucky

Keep a very close eye on which arrow on the elevator lit up.

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krwlz

id say id be fucked...after all im not religious at all, and id be meeting satan....id flip out

SpoilSport

I'd demand a "DO OVER" just like in elementary school.

vermin

Christian here,

severely bummed.

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Minus000

I would be happy, that there is anything. I belive that I myself am infinite. I neither started or will finish.

Liquor Dealer

I would be totally pissed - I'd pick up my toys and go somewhere else.

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Zello

That sounds about right.

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apetaster

In the afterlife I fully expect to make my eternal presence known in the form of glorious, nutrient rich worm castings - no more, no less.

suviko

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platypus

Who cares about your virginity? As long as you've got the box it came in.

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Stilts

What if they'll only give you in-afterlife credit?

BoCo

<center>First thing I'd do?......

start kickin' sum ass!!!

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bender

If I awoke and found no afterlife I think that I'd kill myself.

duckduck

Well, if I awoke after death, then there's an afterlife. If heaven isn't what I thought it'd be, but I'm still alive in the afterlife? I'd basically say "Meh, close enough."

However, if by nothing, you mean....NOTHING; then my thoughts would be just that--nothing. I'd be a rotting corpse and that's all.

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Charlatan

As I believe that there is no after life... I suppose I would be surprised to be certain and forced to reassess my world view.

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- Old Man Luedecke

viveleroi0

I would do the same thing I do now... stand around saying

"what the hell is this?"

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Killconey

First of all, the answer would strongly depend on where I end up. If I ended up in Heaven despite all my sins, I would be happy. If I ended up in Hell despite all my virtues, I would be anguished. If I ended up born as an untouchable despite all my Karma, I would be sort of confused because I don't really understand how Hinduism works. If death is the end, I wouldn't be anything.

Second of all, I'm a little confused by some of the responses on these boards. If all you respond to a hypothetical question in philosophy is, "Man I don't give a fuck that wouldn't happen anyway," or the ever popular, "I'm not a Christian and don't believe in god so fuck that," aren't you missing the point of philosophy? The goal is to stretch your beliefs and your understandings, not to regurgitate the moral meal you've already eaten.

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mystmarimatt

"shit! i knew i should have turned left at the giant halo"

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Words of Wisdom:

If you could really get to know someone and know that they weren't lying to you, then you would know the world was real. Because you could agree on things, you could compare notes. That must be why people get married or make Art. So they'll be able to really know something and not go insane.

MacGnG

it would be okay cause it's just somethin new

Reese

If the afterlife is not what I expected...

I expect heaven and hell, I expect people who love and worship god to go to heaven, and people who don't love and don't worship god to go to hell. I think that maybe some people get into heaven that aren't meant to and maybe people can go to hell even after being accepted into heaven, satan was banished so it shows that there is free will in heaven, at least amongst angels.

So, what are the believed other possibilities other than heaven and hell. There is nothingness in which case I wouldnt be surprised because well.. nothing..

There is rebirth. Most people dont remember their previous life so again... nothing to expect... I dont know the rules of rebirth so if its like your are bad this life you'll be punished in the next. Well if I'm not going to remember it, why the hell do I care what happens?

Ghosts- Not much is believed here.. they exist, they roam, but nothing ever really explained other than they are seen sometimes, maybe reliving their life over and over not knowing they are dead...so...again....nothing...

I think its impossible for me to understand athiest. I mean, if your a good person, nothing happens. if your a bad person, nothing happens. If God is real at least I followed him, but if I'm following a non-existant god then nothing is going to happen so why does it matter? The "right" religion might have died 100 million years ago. I don't KNOW but I have faith that I got the right one.

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lovechild

How do you know you're not dead now?
(a tip of the hat to William Burroughs)