Does anyone truly believe there is an after-life?

[Anonymous]

This is from another poster's thread about the death of a close friend. How she wishes she believed she would see her friend again. I feel the same way. I don't think there is anything beyond death but I hope I am wrong.

[Anonymous]

I am not religious at all.

I believe when we die our soul lives on and becomes one with another 'body'. No memory of your past bodes.

You don't go to heaven, you don't see people from the past, you don't maintain your body in some other form.

[Anonymous]

I'm spiritual but not religious so I do believe in something like an after-life, but it doesn't fit the common descriptions of heaven that we are used to hearing. I don't think we just end, just like I don't think we just began when we were born. Lots of varying beliefs on this one though; this type of discussion can be a minefield.

[Anonymous]

I believe as the first two posters believe - that there is something but it is not the common, religious belief of heaven and "going home to Jesus".

We all have had sensations of someone's presence after they are dead or vivid dreams involving talking to the dead person -- and I feel that there has to be something there more than the desire and subconscious. Hard to explain but I don't think death is the end.

[Anonymous]

Nope. In my mind, it's a clear fabrication to help people get through the pointlessness of life and the extreme grief of losing loved ones.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe as the first two posters believe - that there is something but it is not the common, religious belief of heaven and "going home to Jesus".

We all have had sensations of someone's presence after they are dead or vivid dreams involving talking to the dead person -- and I feel that there has to be something there more than the desire and subconscious. Hard to explain but I don't think death is the end.

I agree with this and the PPs referenced.

[Anonymous]

I do believe there's an after life. I don't think it's exactly what we've been taught to believe. I question a lot of what I've been taught, but I can't say I don't believe in Jesus, because I do believe in Him.

[Anonymous]

Yes, of course. To think we are the best it gets and that this life is the end-all-be-all is beyond arrogant.

[Anonymous]

It's wishful thinking. There's absolutely no evidence for an afterlife. We're worm food, people. Carpe diem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. To think we are the best it gets and that this life is the end-all-be-all is beyond arrogant.

Arrogant? You don't have to think we're the best in order to think that we're dead when we die.

What's arrogant is to think there was a supernatural being the universe wished into existence or something just in order to make an extra special species with magical souls that are impervious to the laws of physics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. To think we are the best it gets and that this life is the end-all-be-all is beyond arrogant.

Arrogant? You don't have to think we're the best in order to think that we're dead when we die.

What's arrogant is to think there was a supernatural being the universe wished into existence or something just in order to make an extra special species with magical souls that are impervious to the laws of physics.

Or, even better, that things just happened to fall into place accidentally! Yeah, that makes much more sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. In my mind, it's a clear fabrication to help people get through the pointlessness of life and the extreme grief of losing loved ones.

This is so sad. I'm so glad I wasn't raised this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course. To think we are the best it gets and that this life is the end-all-be-all is beyond arrogant.

Arrogant? You don't have to think we're the best in order to think that we're dead when we die.

What's arrogant is to think there was a supernatural being the universe wished into existence or something just in order to make an extra special species with magical souls that are impervious to the laws of physics.

Or, even better, that things just happened to fall into place accidentally! Yeah, that makes much more sense.

Right. Humans are way too complicated to have come into being without a creator. So, you explain that difficulty by pretending an even more complicated being popped into existence by magic. Makes perfect sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope. In my mind, it's a clear fabrication to help people get through the pointlessness of life and the extreme grief of losing loved ones.

This is so sad. I'm so glad I wasn't raised this way.

Does it matter to you if it's true? There's no right answer, but - assuming for the sake of the argument that there is no afterlife - I wonder if you think it would be better to be raised with a comforting lie about the afterlife than the hard truth about death.