re: Anyone believe in the afterlife?

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Anyone believe in the afterlife?

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Believe is a really strong word in this case.

Possible? Sure

Likely? Nope

Ever seen any sign of anything? Nope

I've lost people I loved and had them "visit" in dreams but IMO that's my brain doing shite to myself.

I am the type of person who has to see it to believe it. But I also admit I know nothing.

So it's possible but I don't live my current life based on that maybe being the case.

It's a cute quote but it begs the question,

Are you such a shitty person that only reason you led a good life is fear of God? Or could you be a good person without it?

Who do think an omniscient being actually gives paradise?

Also remember at least one self proclaimed Christian on here has declared that only morality derived from God keeps him from murdering people.

Consider that an afterlife also holes the abortion debate.

ETA: 3 downvotes so far and no rebuttal. Hmmmmm.




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Are you such a shitty person that only reason you led a good life is fear of God? Or could you be a good person without it?

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I think people are mainly good or mainly bad. They may use religion to mask it, but they are who they are.

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Who do think an omniscient being actually gives paradise?

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guess that depends on your definition of paradise. I hope it is, within our ability to understand, similar to this life. Main difference is the lack of sorrow that comes with the great experience of life.

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Consider that an afterlife also holes the abortion debate.

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does it? If you see the debate as the generation of a soul at the beginning of life, then those souls would presumably go to a favorable afterlife.

Now the women that perpetuate such actions and the people that facilitate such actions....that could be a different story.

Maybe we get glimpses of the multiverse and consider them the afterlife. Or maybe the religions are correct.

I don’t scoff at the idea of God. What I scoff at is the feeble attempts to put an almighty being into a tightly controlled box that you have to be a member of the club to talk to.

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I have faith that there is.

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for people of religious nature, this is the CORRECT, honest, informed way of answering this question... i applaud you for it...

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I do disagree that science has shown us a continuance of consciousness as it's pretty easy to show and verify its tied to the physiological functioning of the brain. Which is the tragedy of things like Alzheimer's, dementia, and brain injuries as this all either remove of change the essence of a person.

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I'll have to respectfully disagree. It is known that consciousness and the brain RELY and WORK together, but there is absolutely no evidence supporting the notion that the brain produces consciousness. It's the ultimate enigma.

Here's a quote by Edward Witten, largely responsible for popularity of the String Theory, who is compared to Einstein and Newton.

"I think consciousness will remain a mystery. Yes, that's what I tend to believe. I tend to think that the workings of the conscious brain will be elucidated to a large extent. Biologists and perhaps physicists will understand much better how the brain works. But why something that we call consciousness goes with those workings, I think that will remain mysterious. I have a much easier time imagining how we understand the Big Bang than I have imagining how we can understand consciousness... "

People have the right to believe what they want an at times I wish I had stronger faith, but this is how I look at the afterlife, religion, etc,

If there is a higher power, I have a really hard time people will be judged based on how they practiced their religion. The idea of having to be "saved" in order to avoid suffering for eternity just makes no sense at all to me.

We live in too complex of a world for it to be that simple.

Every single one of us are flawed and being flawed is extremely broad. If someone who isn't in their right mind commits a mortal sin, will they be punished for reacting to something that was beyond their control?

In reality, no one really knows what happens after we die. People might have strong faith into what they believe will happen, but no one has no idea. There is no proof.

If someone likes to gamble, hit up strip clubs every once in awhile, drinks on a regular basis and isn't a religious man, but would never hurt a fly. In fact, they are someone who will help people any chance they get, etc.. They will be punished for eternity while the good things they have done gets overlooked?

What if someone does some good things every once in awhile and attends church regularly, but they are only doing it so they don't go to hell? Is that a more selfish act because they are only doing these things because, in their mind, they want to avoid going to hell.

If everyone, in their right mind, wouldn't be assholes and just be considerate of other people, don't judge people based on their life style and offer help any time you can.. It doesn't matter what you believe, if there is an afterlife then you should be good. Because, again, life is too complex to look at it in black or white terms.

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for people of religious nature, this is the CORRECT, honest, informed way of answering this question... i applaud you for it...

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Well, I can't tell others what they should believe. My personal faith it exactly that- and it's non-transferrable. As for organized religion, I am not a regular participant, although I was raised Roman Catholic. I don't believe that disqualifies me. I happen to believe man is imperfect. We all have flaws. That would include the current Pope.

I'll stop now.