Re: How likely is it that there is an 'afterlife'?

by **jesus_of_suburbia** » Tue 10 Mar 2015, 13:17:45

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he kingdom of heaven and the life hereafter is nothing like what is here, and the metaphors used to describe it simply serve to assure the listener that material drives and needs will be of no concern. One asks if I marry the widow, whose wife is she in the afterlife.. its a foolish question, marriage ends at death, all physical things end at death, all emotions and possessive ties end at death; what is reborn is an entirely different existence. An existence that is truly suitable to sing to the glory of God.

by **Rod_Cloutier** » Tue 10 Mar 2015, 23:19:15

This guy was a skeptic like you, before and after, worth the listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... HBA28#t=10

(podcast)

by **aldente** » Fri 13 Mar 2015, 14:20:21

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 't') is enough.

by **AgentR11** » Fri 13 Mar 2015, 15:06:59

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aldente', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 't') is enough.

by **onlooker** » Mon 16 Mar 2015, 17:39:27

Very interesting topic and responses. Well my belief is that their is an afterlife in so much as we do have a soul/spirit which is eternal. I believe this because I believe in an eternal God. I find the universe too mysterious and unfathomable to have a basis in any reasoned explanation. Also, the existence of intelligence/consciousness reinforces my belief in God, in so much as I think that was the ultimate purpose of God in creating this universe so that beings like us can contemplate him. As to what awaits us after this life that to me is more of a mystery then that something does.

by **Rod_Cloutier** » Mon 16 Mar 2015, 18:27:51

When you think about it. This side of the fence HAS TO BE BETTER, than the other side 'heaven' of the afterlife. Otherwise there would be no one here and everything crammed like sardines in a can on the other side of the fence.

Souls in heaven envying the living. Living souls envying the dead. Who's right?

by **Newfie** » Mon 16 Mar 2015, 19:28:23

I think I figured this out in about third grade or so.

No chance in hell, dead is dead.

by **careinke** » Tue 17 Mar 2015, 21:43:24

I had this weird dream last night. Somehow, I had come to the realization that each of us never die, just the people around us. Sort of like each of us had our own alternate universe. We die in other peoples universes, but not in our own. Plus we never know about the other us's.

My proof was; I was still alive, while others around me continue to die as time goes on. This made me want to fix the environment for my great, great, great, grandchildren, who I would get to see, since I was immortal in my own universe.

I maintain my dreamed religion, makes as much sense as any other metaphysics belief. Perhaps I should call it a vision, and start my own religion. LOL

by **Newfie** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 07:33:20

Sounds a bit like "The Sixth Sense".

BTW, that movie was set on our street, one block over. My Wife sees patients in our home.

by **Pops** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 09:27:04

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Repent', 'S')ouls in heaven envying the living. Living souls envying the dead. Who's right?

by **Timo** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 09:54:44

The concept of a soul implies eternal life. Eternal life implies the existence of a soul even before we are physically born. Does everyone believe we had a soul before we were born? If we did have a soul, did were therefore choose to be born in human form, as opposed to any other form, anywhere else in the universe? If we did make that decision to be born in human form prior to our fertilization in our mother's womb, WTF were we thinking???

Our souls apparently have very short memories. And that's assuming our souls have memories, at all. Assuming our soul will continue to exist after we die, will we remember life in our human forms? Will we regret our decisions to be born as a human in the first place? Will we be greatful we're dead?

WOW! That peyote is some serious shit!

by **Pops** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 10:05:23

My question is, what were 7 billion souls doing when there were only a few million occupied in corporeal form here on earth?

by **Timo** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 10:15:20

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'M')y question is, what were 7 billion souls doing when there were only a few million occupied in corporeal form here on earth?

by **Rod_Cloutier** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 14:18:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')y question is, what were 7 billion souls doing when there were only a few million occupied in corporeal form here on earth?

by **Pops** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 14:30:33

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Repent', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'M')y question is, what were 7 billion souls doing when there were only a few million occupied in corporeal form here on earth?

by **AgentR11** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 14:45:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Timo', 'O')ur souls apparently have very short memories. And that's assuming our souls have memories, at all. Assuming our soul will continue to exist after we die, will we remember life in our human forms? Will we regret our decisions to be born as a human in the first place? Will we be greatful we're dead?

by **Pops** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 14:54:27

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', '&')quot;memory" is a biological artifact of consciousness;

by **AgentR11** » Wed 18 Mar 2015, 15:44:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', '&')quot;memory" is a biological artifact of consciousness;