Lonely. |
Doesn't sound crazy -- it sounds pretty normal, considering that most people are still religious. At least they say they are. It's surprising that there are so few references to religion on this thread. |
Also catholics now regard Purgatory as a purification process not a place. On 4 August 1999, Pope John Paul II, speaking of purgatory, said: "The term does not indicate a place, but a condition of existence. Those who, after death, exist in a state of purification, are already in the love of Christ who removes from them the remnants of imperfection as "a condition of existence". |
If this is something that is very interesting to you, try reading the novel “Passage” by Connie Willis. It really stayed with me and affected how I think about death. |
Give me these documentaries over true crime/ reality shows/ gratuitous violence/ dystopian shows any day. I doubt that there is that much money in these shows compared to many other more popular shows but I am glad that some film makers are telling these stories. I am religious and I found it reassuring that so many people found their NDEs to be very peaceful. I don’t think Christians have a monopoly on God and look forward to great diversity in the next life. In my view, God is friendly to DEI 😀 |
So, you think we pre existed birth in some form. Interesting. |
I'm Christian and I think, and assume you know, that most of those visuals are metaphorical. I also think that meeting God isn't going to be like having a conversation. I think our consciousness after death must be fundamentally different. But I also admit I'm scared we do just wink out. |
It sounds like the above is something you made up and did not learn from your religion. PS: I think there nothing to be scared of if we just "wink out." It will be like before we were born. |
DP - there are actually Bible verses that support PPs belief For eg., "Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known". 1 Corinthians 13:9-13 In this passage, Paul is saying that our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and that we will eventually know fully, as God knows us. The hope of full revelation should encourage us to live faithfully and seek deeper understanding. Bible verses that address consciousness after death include Luke 16:19–31, John 11:25, and 1 Corinthians 15:52. These verses suggest that believers will be conscious and present with God after death. It will likely be very different from our current embodied states - maybe less of a conscious transformation for those who seek to clothe themselves in spiritual robes of selfless love, patience, kindness, humility, compassion and gentleness in this life. |
DP Those Christian bible verses seem very vivid explanation of after life. I don’t take them as metaphors. |
I had surgery in December and I kept staring at the ceiling and thinking the anesthesia wasn’t going to work. And then in what to me was no time at all I was opening my eyes in recovery. I was thinking about how that absolute blank of unconsciousness might be how death is, but find it depressing. I’m not at all religious or spiritual, but I find accounts of the tunnel toward light comforting. |
Who are the others? God? angels? |
100% Jesus was the OG of DEI. |
If it's a novel, that means it' fiction. Death s real and various religions have distinct ideas about what happens at death, e.g., the soul leaves the body. |
Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known". 1 Corinthians 13:9-13 Leaves a lot of room for interpretation |