What happens after we die.

[devonin]

Re: What happens after we die.

But apparently my evidence that is real isn't good enough for evolutionists. So that's pretty much where it stands.

You've provided no evidence. Provide evidence and we can see how it stands up to scrutiny. If your claim (As I've posted, good lord, so many times on this forum over the years) is that there is enough "evidence" for -you- to believe how you believe, but that you accept that it isn't enough for others, or are not actually trying to convince others that you are correct, then that is well and good, and I accept that you believe your belief.

if your position is that the evidence is sufficient for you -and- others and that we -should- believe what you believe, give us -actual- evidence, or leave the thread.

[RB_Dreamscanner]

Re: What happens after we die.

What i believe, and more or less hope about after life is it like being asleep more or less.

Sometimes when we sleep we don't remember any dreams at all right? We remember going to sleep at 1:00 AM, and we know we woke up at 7:00 AM. We literally know we were asleep for those 6 hours, but sub-consciously since we do not remember a dream happening, that was just an area of black. We know we had that area of black cause we are now awake and don't remember anything happening, but during that area of black, it's just.. nothing. If death were to be like that, i right now say i am accepting of that, cause it is literally nothing, and that is my assumtion of what it is because im on the fence with religious views of an after life.

[AsphyxZero]

Re: What happens after we die.

I was talking to IamMe about this maybe 6 or 7 months ago, when I was seriously questioning my faith.

"Imagining what happens when you die is like trying to imagine a color that hasn't been discovered yet. It's almost impossible."

[Reincarnate]

Re: What happens after we die.

I was talking to IamMe about this maybe 6 or 7 months ago, when I was seriously questioning my faith.

"Imagining what happens when you die is like trying to imagine a color that hasn't been discovered yet. It's almost impossible."

Nah, you don't have to go that far. Just think about what it's like when you have a dreamless sleep or when you go under general anesthetic. Or think about what life was like before you were born. You already know what it feels like to have your conscious mind at ease.

[AsphyxZero]

Re: What happens after we die.

Hi, I'm a Christian but I still don't know what my stance is on death.

I accept the fact that my rate of death is higher than most Americans, but that still doesn't change the fact that no one REALLY knows what happens after death.

Theoretically speaking, since your body shuts down and begins to decay, you should return to a state of nothingness and cease to exist. I like to hold onto the belief that there is a heaven and hell though.

oh derp, I posted in this thread a while back. not religious anymore hehe, what happened

@MrRubix: Probably why he said almost impossible. It's probably impossible to think of nothingness, and I'm not going to try because the thought of death and non-existence is, admittedly, kinda scary.

I know what it's like to go under anesthesia, and how I feel afterwards, but I don't know what it's like to be asleep during that time.

[billymaysheeer]

Re: What happens after we die.

Whether or not something is scary or incomprehensible has no bearing on whether or not it's true/false. Quantum mechanics is crazy-hard to grasp and yet its predictive power is unparalleled... without it, much of our modern-day technology would not be here.

hmm.
very true, i suppose.
i wasn't basing my opinion off of the fact that it was scary though. xD sorry if it came across that way.

[Cavernio]

Re: What happens after we die.

well i was more like on dismembering the corpses and use them as fertilizers. people hold on too much on life, till the point they actually try to keep metaphorically alive even those who died.

1 people's feelings come first, even at points of starvation
2 This would spread diseases. We don't use human shit as fertilizer for the same reason.

[fido123]

Re: What happens after we die.

1 people's feelings come first, even at points of starvation

Feelings > Life? Maybe for you but I think you're batshit crazy.

2 This would spread diseases. We don't use human shit as fertilizer for the same reason.

Why would using human tissue cause disease yet a cow's wouldn't?

[Reincarnate]

Re: What happens after we die.

Because we generally eat meat. Our poop is full of pathogens. Cows don't have the same problem because they're largely grazing animals that eat lots of plants. You can use composted human feces, though, as long as you're properly removing all the heavy metals and stuff like that.

But no we don't exactly see a nearby Humanburger joint where we can partake in burgers made from the meat of the dead -- largely for health and moral reasons.

[kommisar]

Re: What happens after we die.

nothing ever entirely "dies" since for something to exist it must have an obvious MASS and this MASS is composed of ENERGY which is I guess what you would call HEAT and a lack of this HEAT is a lack of ENERGY and if something has a 0 value of ENERGY it simply does not exist therefore the definition of DEATH is simply a lack of CONSCIOUSNESS since in fact nothing ever loses its LIFE as one would say.


but seriously I like the ideology in the book brave new world. when you die, you become compost and feed da plants to continue the circle of life. even after death you're still making things live!

[Reincarnate]

Re: What happens after we die.

That's why I'd rather be buried -- not cremated -- when I die.

[Mr. Dorbs]

Re: What happens after we die.

When we die, we are placed into a casket and buried six feet under. Yes, it's really that simple.

/thread

[ledwix]

Re: What happens after we die.

When we die, we are placed into a casket and buried six feet under. Yes, it's really that simple.

/thread

Well, our bodies are placed there. To me, "you" is a placeholder term for not your body, but the set of all conscious signals experienced within that body. So I think nothing happens to you after you die. Things only happen to your body. You are a bunch of signals or qualia. If you cut off a limb, you lose some physical versatility, but your identity remains entirely the same, other than the addition of a traumatic experience of losing a limb which you will remember.

[cooke71892]

Re: What happens after we die.

This is a very, very tricky thread.... Some say that our consciousness is merely transferred to an "astral" existence, which knows no physical bounds, it is a higher dimension of sorts, and once entered few stay on the planet where they originally dies. Others say that since the whole of consciousness and cognitive functions are asphyxiated after a few minutes without oxygen, that the biological machine we have evolved to become simply stops running and that is the end of the story. These are the only real answers in my opinion, it's just up to the individual to choose which best suits their beliefs.

[Crashfan3]

Re: What happens after we die.

It is arrogant and selfish of human beings to believe that we are so important and so significant that our lives will continue posthumously. When we're dead, we're dead. End of the line. Period. Movie's over, get out of the theater.

Some people can't imagine what it's like to cease to exist, so I present this bit of information: I was born in 1992, and let's assume for a moment that I'll die in 2070. Other than what I know from books, the internet, and the stories of people older than me, I have absolutely no idea what went on in 1991, 1990, or any of the years before that. Death is just the same. If I die in 2070, I will have no idea what will happen in 2071, 2072, 2073 and so on. Death is just like never being born, because your corpse doesn't know the difference.

I've been an atheist since I was 16, but I'd guess that since I was about 12 or so I had to convince myself to believe in "God" and "heaven" only because that's what I really hoped was waiting for me after I kick the bucket. Honestly, if I had to pick the coolest post-death experience, I'd like it if reincarnation were real. But that's just not how it works, and lying to myself isn't gonna make the truth any easier.

edit: Holy crap, I plagiarized the first page without even realizing it. o_o great minds think alike, eh?
edit2: I hope we aren't continuing this "god vs. no god" argument any longer, I really don't want to get into that crap.