Do you believe there’s life after death?

Question

As some of you may be aware of, I’m currently going through a bit of a crisis with regards to my mortality (see previous question). As a result I’m somewhat interested in finding out what people think about this topic, because I’d like to possibly broaden my horizons on why I seem to be fascinated with the ultimate question, ‘to be or not to be’.

I’d also be interested in finding out why you believe what you do, or that is to say what helped shape your beliefs as such. Were they a byproduct of your parenting or did you come upon them all on your own?

I’d also be interested in finding out what atheists think about this although I’d also like to know then as to whether you then suffer from depression. Many years ago I was thoroughly convinced that I was an atheist and I read all the great atheist philosophies. Then one day I realized that almost each and every one of the suffered from some form of depression. When I rediscovered God, I found that I wasn’t quite so miserable.

Answer 1

Death is not an end....



It was like going HOME after being gone so long I'd forgotten I left.



God is LOVE. It is beyond conditional words here....



Breathing causes spiritual amnesia.



Your body is WHAT you are IN, not WHO you are.



God is HOW you are able to BE you.



God is HOW you are able to recognize your reflection, when actually you cannot see it.



God is HOW you recognize yourself in photos, even when you forget everyone else that you CAN see for yourself.



God is everything AND nothing at all.



Welcome to this temporary conditional reality, where you forget yourself, so you can pretend whatever you choose all over again.

Answer 2

The answer is no.



Life as you know it does not continue. However is there another reality after death, who knows; but the life as you know it today will not be remembered, your memories are gone because the vessel (your brain, your biological computer) can't go with you; the hard drive is erased, the memory is gone.



Perhaps the process of our atoms achieving sentience is pre-ordained; we could return to the state from which we came, where we didn't need these vessels to experience universe's space and time.



We could be sub-routines for a greater program... ;) So if you can prove that there is a way to upload your memories or the essence of your being before dying, then your memories and potentially the ability to perceive what happens after you die may be intact somewhere.



Remember, without your life experiences to which to compare your new afterlife experience, there is no frame of reference.



Think about a new born, most of us can't remember crap before 2 years of age, it's because we had not learned how to remember because we didn't know the name of things, how they looked, etc.; we simply didn't know how to build a directory yet for retrieval.



I know many of you don't want to hear that, so enjoy the life you have now, it's a short one.

Answer 3

There is life after death. It manifests itself in the deterioration of the body, which then evolves into different life forms through natural processes. Those life forms include evolving into babies of various kinds as well as plants, animals, rocks, etc.



The universe is a recycling machine that recycles everything. It is also called evolution. But, there is no conscious self awareness involved, or "soul" that survives brain death.



I am an atheist because I studied the issues of religion and history and came to understand that religion has no factual basis. Religion is no different than any other personal opinion.



Nor is there any credible evidence to support belief in supernatural entities.



If you use religion to cure your mental illness, that is called substitution, not cure. You substitute one mental illness (depression) for another (delusion).



To each his own.

Answer 4

I sincerely hope that there is. Something tells me that my natural life won't give me nearly enough time to do all of the things I would like to do.

Answer 5

Yea, when you get to Heaven, thats the best life youll ever have.

Answer 6

ofcourse

Answer 7

nah..this is pretty much it...well this sux..