The Afterlife
 

What are everyone's thoughts on what happens after death. Also, why do you believe this. Don't just say because it's your religion. Something is there that you like that keeps you there.

Serious responses please.

you cant know because we havnt been there

Re: The Afterlife
 

errrrrrrrrrrrr did you miss this?

And on to the question, I think nothing happens. When you die, you stop thinking, you lose sight, hearing, taste, feeling, and any other form of senses or self-awareness.. Nothingness.

Id like to think there is another place to go, or maybe coming back as a supernatural being.

But when we die, we decompose.

Simple as that. We live on in the memories of others.

I have an extremely strong feeling, almost knowing it as a fact, that I will once again join the supreme being, or rather, realize that their is more to me than just me, and that I, as is everyone else, part of this divine being, that is the basic foundation of everything that is alive. Kinda like the Hindu (i think) belief of joining, umm. Brahma? I think thats what it is. the big universal soul. I can't explain why I think this, and why I feel so strongly about it, but i do.

i think that its whatever you want to happen, so for everyone it's different.

I think man has an innate sense that there is something larger then he is out there. All men are in some type of denile

Well how can you know? I feel the question should be "What makes who you are as a person, and where does that go once you die?".

I think death is the end, kaput, no more story. And moreover, even if there is something after death, we shouldn't be too worried and need to live as if there weren't. Seems to me that its much more important to worry about this life now and that life later, and Im certainly not restricting myself in this world because of fear of another...

The afterlife, in my less than expert opinion, will change from person to person. I agree that it will be pretty much whatever you want it to be, but not Robin-Williams-Technicolor-Loserville-Dreams type either. Our consciousness forms the boundaries of what we perceive, and we live in the world bound by those mental rules. The "rules," however, will probably be somewhat less stringent and more user-dependent--a personal vision, as opposed to a mass-consciousness opinion, like our third dimensional reality right now.

Me, I'm hopin' for some real exploration afterwards, y'know?

I'm gonna go with the paradise afterlife... it sounds nice! I wanna be in a a a a bikini paradise! on a beach!!!!! I'll be good if there's a chance of eternity in paradise.. (I donno if I spelt paradise right)

You die, brain activity ceases, you decompose, worms eat some of you, the bird eats the worm, the cat eats the bird and so on. Some of you evaporates into the air, you water trees, fill lakes, etc. You make yourself useful.

Death begets life, do you live on in this sense? In a way I suppose, my hope is that in some way we do live on like this, because the idea that you sleep and never wake disturbs me to no end, and this thought soothes me.The thought that my remains will breath life into some creature, which would develope a brain, heart, lungs, what have you, and I'll be left to ponder the question all over again.

Then again there's always the idea of heaven, and I can't disprove the existance of a god. I'm hard pressed to choose the big bang theory over creationism actually. I'll see when I get there, or maybe not, but the hope is what keeps me happy =).

A couple of good books that address this subject by people who had near death experiences are: Embraced by the Light and Life after Death. Each one say to me that we experience after death what we expect to experience. If we expect to see Jesus, we will see Jesus. If we expect to see loved ones, we will see loved ones. Maybe it is all in the mind. Maybe we really do live on. IMO, what matters is that we live this life to the fullest, learning as much as we can along the way, and doing our best to be a positive contributing member of society.

After death we're dead, full stop. At some point, Christ will come back "to judge the living and the dead", and the dead will be resurrected in the flesh. The resurrection of the body is really important to me -- I don't think I could believe in a religion that didn't teach this. I like my body!

I think that it would be difficult to assume that nothing could exist beyond this world. There are so many things that science can't explain. For me the after-life consists of having all of the lingering questions of this life answered at last. I would say these questions are answered by God, or Jesus. Others might say that they would meet Allah, Muhommed, If you believe in Karma, you may come back as something else. Largely I think that there is somthing beyond this world, and maybe we do indeed get the after-life that we wish for. If you want to see a interesting view on this topic, watch the movie What Dreams May Come.

choose, and it is yours. everything is possible, so why the hell not choose something wonderful?

I think this is true... but if you think about it, it is so confusing... how can something different happen to every individual person when they die?...

I believe in reincarnation, that a persons' soul can live hundreds of different lives, but each life is important in its growth.. Has anyone ever been around a person that seems to be really old and wise but may be younger than you?

i believe that after this life your soul is reincarnated to the next. Depending on how you have lived this life will have a large bearing on the next. to me if you are A "sinner" your next life will be as a snail to learn patience, a mole to learn humilty and so on sand so forth. In the end after you have learn to be in the likeness of god you become an angel and aide those who have yet to finish their path to righteousness. I also believe that you are fated in life to do and have certain possesions, happiness, love, etc.

For everything there is a neverending cycle- birth, death, rebirth.
Evil can and will not exist without good and visa versa.
You also reap what you sew. There is a sliver of truth in every saying those are a few!!

My thoughts exactly