[NevadaGhosts]

Science of the day 'back then' claimed that the earth was flat. Modern day scientific beliefs are being changed daily. Scientists cannot explain away everything. There's more to this world than meets the eye. Just because many people have not seen ghosts/spirits doesn't mean that they don't exist.

[BabyPeanut]

define "life".

[NevadaGhosts]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BabyPeanut', 'd')efine "life".

[MikeB]

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[NevadaGhosts]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MikeB', 'M')r NVghost:$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')uman intellect and personality survive in energy form outside of the human body. We create our own reality. These free spirits can meet in that reality. I am not talking about a Christian-only heaven.

[Itch]

I'm not sure about life after death, but at least I'll get a huge DMT hit before death, unless my head explodes or gets crushed by a moving school bus. It's hard to have an opinion about life after death. I don't seem to recall any life before life, so I suspect that there isn't any life after death. I'm guessing that I'll hallucinate for a bit and then be eaten by bugs and bacteria.

[threadbear]

Itch, Why do you assume you're hallucinating on DMT? It seems that you are translated into another medium, a parallel or different universe. People who return from these places often say they have a more real quality than their mundane reality

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

Havind died I will say there is life after death. There are those who say tunnels and white light are the result of firing synapses and I won't argue that. Hypoglycemics can apparently see spontaneous blue metalic flashes where no electricity is.

I am sure someone can come up with a reason why I make digital watches go bonkers and die and can explain the abnormal amount of bio energy that people who have died get. If you look hard enough you can find whatever answer you seek. and that is my point. if it works for you cool. if not... move on.

[Terran]

I don't believe in life after death, mainly because I'm an atheist.
As far as ghost, it has been scientifically proven with certain equipments that its some from of energy drifting around.

At birth, and right before you die, DMT is naturally secreted by the human pineal gland, it is believed to play a role in dreaming, near-death experiences and other mystical states.

You acually "trip" on DMT twice in your life, once at birth and before you die. I believe that is when your pineal glands produces a hugh surge of it. This explains why some people claim to had lived "past lives" and when they experience the near death experience, they claim to had visited other worlds in this visionary state. DMT is the most powerful hallucinogen known to man, only LSD is more potant.

[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'e')xplains why some people claim to had lived "past lives" and when they experience the near death experience

[NevadaGhosts]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')s far as ghost, it has been scientifically proven with certain equipments that its some from of energy drifting around.

[MikeB]

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[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

I think if you admit or become open to one thing that means (to some) that you must become open to other things (vampires) and they don't have any definitive way to exclude some of these things as being unrealistic.

Since you can't totally prove or disprove some of these things, once you leave yourself open to some things its crazy making and there is no end to the things out there some people will want to convince you of. Once you start with the questions, there might never be an end to it and where does that leave the ground work you have laid to be able to understand your "reality".

A lot of people have such a tenuous grasp on reality to begin with that when they fly off the handle with these weird cockamamy ideas they tend to make others want to discount everything. these subject matters also make their grasp on reality more tenuous.

[Falconoffury]

I believe in life after death, but I don't really have a way of proving it. All I can say is that I feel my spirit. That's all the proof I need.

That reminds me of a song by a band called Live. I don't remember the exact words, but the singer says something like he doesn't need any proof, he looks at his daughter and he believes.

[RIPSmithianEconomics]

I and many of my friends have seen ghosts, but I don't personally believe. Seeing is not believing!

I don't believe in life after death either. I believe we are all a set of replicating proteins, and when we die some other set of replicating proteins uses us to replicate. I eat other creatures, I die, worms eat me, birds eat worms, cats eat birds, worms eat cats etc. etc.

[Licho]

I can't answer on this pool. You are mixing 2 completely unrelated things..
Like "ghosts" and some form of existence after death.

[Licho]

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')Any closed-minded person is not intelligent in my opinion. To leave open the door for any and all possibilities is a sign of higher intelligence. Why do athiests refuse to believe in life after death? Fear? What have you got to lose in believing life after death? Nothing. You will live a happier life on this side even if you are wrong and you don't live after death. It's a win-win situation to believe.

[RIPSmithianEconomics]

There are a number of reasons why Pascal's wager is useless, but in my opinion the greatest reason is that you DO suffer if you believe in something that isn't real.

[MikeB]

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[uNkNowN ElEmEnt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nd btw, believing into something just because you want to believe and not because you have some reason is usually sign of weaker mind and not higher intelligence..