Really it will likely be how it was before you were born.
Exactly. I love using that idea, and do quite often in face to face debates. We get to talking about God and heaven and people ask:
"Well, what happens when you die then?" I reply with something to the effect of "Well, remember what it was like before you were born? Yeah, death is just like that."
Thanks to Samuel Clements aka Mark Twain for the idea, which is where I first heard it explained in such a manner, although I'm sure it was around long before him.
I reply with something to the effect of "Well, remember what it was like before you were born? Yeah, death is just like that."
You know before I stumbled onto the concept of death being described in this way I was having trouble imagining non existence. So I do understand how people would naturally gravitate to a concept of existing after we die. I don't think the concept of non existence is one we naturally conceive.
You know before I stumbled onto the concept of death being described in this way I was having trouble imagining non existence. So I do understand how people would naturally gravitate to a concept of existing after we die. I don't think the concept of non existence is one we naturally conceive.
I agree. In a life where everything we perceive is shaped by our concept of existence it is an absolutely foreign idea to consider non-existence, just as it is so foreign to try to comprehend infinity. Our minds are so limited in these capacities that it does seem like a natural occurrence that we would develop some idea of an afterlife simply because we can't fathom pure nothingness. Not to mention it is a huge blow to the ego to think that we spend all of our time living and creating that when we die it amounts to jack squat.
This question can be argued about literally forever. No one has ever died and then come back to tell what happened. But I know that this 85 or so years on a giant spinning mud ball in the universe is not all there is in life. If you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and died on the cross for ALL our sins with ALL your heart, you go the Heaven for eternity. If you don't, you spend eternity in Hell. It is not about being a good person, but believing in God. I know that my body will be buried or cremated, but that is what will happen to my spirit.
This question can be argued about literally forever
Partial of stardust #314159...: Hey stardust #1411414141414....Is there an afterlife?
Unlikely it has been literally forever.
But I know that this 85 or so years on a giant spinning mud ball in the universe is not all there is in life.
Any proof of that?
f you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and died on the cross for ALL our sins with ALL your heart, you go the Heaven for eternity. If you don't, you spend eternity in Hell. It is not about being a good person, but believing in God
That seems like an unhealthy thing to have in your bloodstream, you might want to get your circulatory system checked out...
And by the way, this "Jesus" sounds like a real ass, torturing people forever for not injecting themselves...
Jesus Christ people, I don't care if you disagree the kid doesn't deserve to be flamed; this thread is an opinion thread as you could never hope to prove what happens after we do.
Well yes - however, the burden of proof lies on the one making the claim. In this case the claim is that we go to some special/mystical plane after we die - that requires some proof in my eyes.
The proof is subjective to the individual as philosophical truth usually is.
We are talking about physical truth here, are we not? Weather there is an afterlife or not does not depend on the individual, no more than gravity or electricity does. And besides, that kid had it coming. He posted nearly the similar "Jesus Freak" typical post on several threads.
