Death...Afterlife?

[Emme888]

Just wondering on what your thoughts are on the afterlife situation...

Whether you believe in Heaven or Hell or neither. When you die what happens, does it go black and is that purgatory?

Here's my take on the situation:

Once you die, your own life is played before you, and every hurt you ever caused someone else you than feel. Or every joy, ect... But all the emotions are intensified, and once your life is done, you go to heaven. Everybody does, for the film you see is either a punishment or a reward for you living a good/bad life.

The only reason someone would go to hell, is if they were truely unsorry for the acts they did against god, themself, another, or humanity.

So what are your takes on it all?

Sorry for the downer mood of this thread, I thought it would be nice to hear others opinions, and open some peoples to new ones.

P.S sorry for the long post..
:blackeye: *don't hurt me, I just had alot to say that's all!! I swear!*

[Celia]

[color=0099FF][size=1] umm...... I was a Christian until my mom met a friend that's Buddhist and she started believing in Buddha too! And now that I live with my mom, I am influenced by her.

According to my mom, a sinned body could not be reborn. So I guess you stay in that step where you are waiting to be reborn again.
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[Juu]

[color=ff00cc] [size=1]*nods* Heaven would be nice, you know, since you get to be with your family and frends again after you die.

Though, I also am leaning a bit more towards reincarnation. I always imagine it as something like, once you close your eyes for the last time, you open them again, just like you did at first when you were a baby. Kinda like, when you first open your eyes, the soul has actually been returned or something... oo;

Anyway, people have asked why you don't remember anything from your past life if you're born again. Well, according to this book, you drink from a gourd, that makes you lose your memory, and your soul leaves in this trace-like state.

Though, I'm not Buddhist or Hindu. ^^;[/color] [/size]

[Change]

All religions are ok in my book, as is athiesm. I feel that actions speak louder than words, and you'll find out soon eough, don't be in such a rush to find out =P

[XeEmO]

Actually, I was reading a book on Buddhism recently and there was a story about a woman who remembered her past life. She started drawing pictures of this place she apparently used to live. It turned out to be a real place so she went there. She also talked to the person who used to be her son (he was pretty old at that point) and told him about events from a long time ago. Her son from the other life remembered hearing about the events she described as a child. The book said that a lot of other people have similar experiences. I found that kind of interesting whether or not it was true. My beliefs also lean toward reincarnation.

[Terpischore]

[color=b60039]I'd like to believe in what Juu said, I would like to live forever. Not in the same life, though. I'd want to live again, but ntot really know it, you know? Just like that drinking gourd thing, you'd lose your memory of your pastl ife and just go on to another one.[/color]

[Sandy]

In my believe this life is all we got, so why waste it worrying about something that we don't know if it really exists (higher forces, afterlife, UFOs, stuff like that).

Because if you think with your [i]common[/i] sense, you'll realize that life isn't full of angels or spirits! Sometimes life sucks, sometimes itis frightening, sometimes you enjoy your butt out, but mainly it's just... dull. I'm not saying nothing-to-do -dull, I'm saying no-magic-and-stuff - dull.

Of course, there're those little moments that make you wonder "what if...", but suddenly the moment is gone, and you have to return to reality, to your own life.

[Izzy]

I believe in god. I dont practice religion, I dont goto church and I never will. This is my belief, you just continue living life, at the age you died at or you goto heaven and have alot of fun.

[Sandy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by .hack//IZUAL [/i]
[B]you just continue living life, at the age you died at or you goto heaven and have alot of fun. [/B][/QUOTE]

Wow... Deep... :smirk:

Well, it's... cuddly to see that some people still believe such childish stuff, but the life will show you, trust me. ;)

[Guest XBebop]

I see life as a dream, once you die in that dream a new one starts.

" Are you living in the real world? "- Ending to Cowboy Bebop: Knockin On Heaven's Door

[Evisoun]

Heaven's nice, but I would rather just die and be eaten by antelopes. soul, mind and all.

[quote]you just continue living life, at the age you died at[/quote]
That would really suck for a baby.

[Baron Samedi]

uuuh. hack.//IZUAL ???? i think your idea is pretty bad, as in you go to Heaven AT THE AGE YOU DIED!!! if you die at the ripe old age of 98 you would be bed'ridden for the whole of eternity. No virility, no walking, no teeth. your ideal sucks. die at age 10 and you will never ever EVER get sex. you would be pre-puberty FOR THE WHOLE OF ETERNITY!! I hope that your idea is wrong. becasue i want to live to an old age. but if Heaven is true, and your perceptions of it are true... i dont wanna go!

[Fall]

16. The perfect age to die at, if that idea is correct.

I think there is another dimension we all go to once we die, another existance, on a different plane to the living world. It's seperated by two kinds. Bad and good (feh...). Kind of like... Heaven and Hell. Oh crap, you don't say.

I'm not going to explain anymore, 'cause I can't. :drunk: But you get the idea...?

[Izzy]

when you goto heaven to have fun., it doesnt matter what age you are. cause ur having fun.

[Ryan]

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I read somewhere that someone believed that when you went up to heaven you were somewhere in your 20s or something like that. I'm not sure about that, but then I am not sure about going to heaven at the age when you die. That would be kinda harsh since you couldn't have any fun. Being stuck at the Heaven Retirement Home. Wait. Nevermind about that lol!

There are a lot of beliefs. I know quite a few people who believe in reincarnation. I don't think I would like to live again. Yes, I wouldn't remember my past life, but then you would have to deal with all of life's problems all over again, but you wouldn't remember it. I think I would just like to go up to heaven and not have to deal with any more problems. That would be nice!:)[/color][/size][/font]

[Sandy]

Oh life, are you that naïve? You honestly believe that if you die let's say when you're 90, you'll end up in heaven with all the illnesses and wrinkles? You know, nobody can deny that at least your [i]body[/i] stays in this world. So you will definately be prancing on a cloud in your own body - nobody over ten in age should believe that! :therock:

[TheShinje]

[size=1] My God is coming soon. And when he does, he will implant all believers with his mark, [b]666[/b].


Okay, that was a joke. I don't even beilve we go to heaven. According to Bible prophecy, Christ will set up his millenial kindgom on the earth. So for at least the first thousand years we party it up here on earth, before God for some unforseen circumstances releases Satan from the pits of hell again.

The dead in Christ are lseeping, waiting to be resurrected and caught up into the air when the Tribluation begins and before the Rapture..

about 80 % of Bible prophecy so far has come true. I see no reason for the end times to be coming soon.

Good God. Haven't we had enough of these threads? [/size]

[Sandy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Shinji Ikari [/i]
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about 80 % of Bible prophecy so far has come true.
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Could that have anything to do with the way they're written? If it reads "There shall be a war!", everybody will shout "OMG, there [i]is[/i] a war in Arabnistan!!! The Bible was right!", or "Humankind will suffer!", people would shout "OMG, I have a tootache, the Bible was right again!!!"

Bleh, I'm just mocking again... Ignore me... :shifty:

[TheShinje]

[size=1] You can't get more blunt than [b] Israle restored as a nation [/b] After over two thousand years as a peoples scattered amongst the nations, they re-emerge as Israel in the exact same opriginal land given them by God in the dawn of the Bilical times. This was to be they catalyst. A way that we could know that the genreation of the fig treee was coming to pass.

So yes, it has alot to do with how the bible is written. The way it's written makes sure it really can't be any other war, or any other nations...

For those who are sceptical, I pose this question to you.

If the God of Israel was so unimportant and false, why is the worlds attention focused on the Middle East? Israel, no bigger than an American state, at civil war with it's muslim neighbours? lo and behold, exactly as prophecised, it has become the "thorn in the side" of the nations of the earth.

Many countries in africa, even bigger than Israel, have civil wars and the like as often ans Israel/Palestine, so whay is this such a big issue, half the world away?

[b]It's prophecy, and a sign of the times ;)[/b] [/size]

[Ravenstorture]

[color=darkgreen][font=gothic]Mmmm... I am unsure, but I have a few ideas that I would like to happen.

Such as the Cupboard Theory... when you die, you go to a cupboard... more like a walk in wardrobe. And, if you're really careless, a wearhouse!
In this whatever is everything that you have ever lost, from parents to cats to paperclips and homework.
Everything is in a huge heap in the middle, and there are shelves everywhere. You have to sort everything and put it up into the shelves... once you do that, you walk back out into the Nirvana Of Your Preferance...
In my place would be my scottish jumper, about five cats, three younger sisters and a younger brother and a leg of ham. We lost a leg of ham once... mum thought it must have been stolen but I knew better!

But now for something that I don't like. People who focus on what happens after you die should be shown, immediately, as punishment for not realising where the REAL heaven is - here. Anyone who has ever seen anything so beautiful it made you cry should know that death is nothing to be feared, and should know that there is no place better than where we are now. Jesus's Kingdom on Earth was a subtle hint saying, "Guys... it's time to stop bombing each other and plant some ******* trees, ok?" (Sorry for that taste of Raven's Interpretation of Holy Texts.)
I don't like what we're doing now to this place, and I am not concerned with what happens when it is our time to give somethin back to the planet (your nutrients). Like some messed up compulsory environmental recycling scheme...

Say no to cremation![/font][/color]

[Marron347]

I am almost certain that when you die, your soul doesn't depart from your body or anything weird like that. Your body and soul and mind and everything else just stops working. And then at the end of the world, when Jesus decides to return, we all live again. And I think only the people who choose to go to hell will or something like that I don't know. But the people who go to heaven with Jesus get new bodies and everything, so there would be no more suffering or tears. There would be no loneliness or death. We would all have everlasting life as far as I know.

[Sandy]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ravenstorture [/i]
[B][color=darkgreen][font=gothic]Say no to cremation![/font][/color] [/B][/QUOTE]

Yeah, and drive your relatives into bankrupsy with the funeral bill. :smirk:

I think there're enough critters around to take care of the "natural recycle system"... ;)

[quote][i]Originally posted by Shinji Ikari [/i]

[b]If the God of Israel was so unimportant and false, why is the worlds attention focused on the Middle East? Israel, no bigger than an American state, at civil war with it's muslim neighbours? lo and behold, exactly as prophecised, it has become the "thorn in the side" of the nations of the earth.

Many countries in africa, even bigger than Israel, have civil wars and the like as often ans Israel/Palestine, so whay is this such a big issue, half the world away?

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You really think the assumed God of Israel would start a war and kill his people just to bring everybody's attention to the country? That would make him quite a poor in his job... :smirk:

But in reality, could a certain unnamed country called USA interfearing have anything to do with the fact that all countries follow the never-ending Palestinian war? :smirk:

I'm using a lot of smirk-smilies in this thread for some reason... :smirk:

[Queen Asuka]

[color=hotpink][size=1]Shinji Ikari, are you a Jehovah's Witness? I'm nto myself, but some of the things you've said sound sort of like what my Uncle and Aunt are always trying to tell me.[/color][/size]

[Katana]

I just think in a simple way:
When you die, your soul goes to heaven. For me, your soul is really you. Without it, you're like a mindless machine. No heart, no brains, no nothing. Your body...your body is like a solid piece for you to live in while you're here on earth. When you die, people bury(or creamate) your body, then place it into the ground with a gravestone. It's like a symbol of rememblance, I guess. People who are still living want to remember you.
That's when I think you are judged. The process...how should I know? I haven't died. Then you ether go up to heaven or get thrown into the firey depths of hell. There you stay for the rest of eternity. ^^
I guess the way I think isn't that simple, huh? :-D

Oh, and Shinji Ikari...I think the word you're looking for is apocolyps.

[Morinaka]

I personally believe there is an afterlife but no god.
This current existence is yours to live as you wish, a gathering of experinces and memories that you take to the next the level of existence.

The human conciousness is basically energy flowing through certain parts of the brain fuelled by memory.
Since energy can't be created or destroyed it has to go somewhere and I believe that pattern of energy changes into a different form.

I'm not sure where I got these beliefs from, none of my close relatives or friends are remotely religious in any way.
It's just what I believe, I don't preach it or anything but I think it's important to have something to believe in.

One question that always bugged me, would there be aliens in the afterlife?