Do you believe in an afterlife? If so what is your beliefs as to what happens when you die?

Shalimar said:
Babs, if we do not question the sincerity of your faith, whether or not we share it, why not grant us the same tolerance and accept that bewildering to you or not, some are content to be scattered into the wind, extinguished forever.

Perhaps for them, having lived at all, is miracle enough. With respect, to indicate disbelief re their lack of thought/concern re after death, is less than respectful.
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If anyone thinks I am disrespecting them here then I sincerely apologize because it is certainly not my intention Shalimar. You just said if some are content to be scattered in the wind, extinquished forever...then I'm just asking them to share that if they are willing. I am sorry you took what I said out of context...there is no way I was disrespecting anyone's beliefs.
 

I am a proponent of freedom to think and believe without being judged --- but in my experience many so called religious or spiritual people seem to want to convert or push their beliefs on me. What irks me more is that oftentimes these spiritual/religious people discredit those who do not think as they do, with a them-and-us mentality and criticizes our choices which makes me really want to avoid them even more. Not to say that you are one of these people Babs, but that has been my experience with people I know/knew.
 

Shalimar said:
Babs, if we do not question the sincerity of your faith, whether or not we share it, why not grant us the same tolerance and accept that bewildering to you or not, some are content to be scattered into the wind, extinguished forever.

Perhaps for them, having lived at all, is miracle enough. With respect, to indicate disbelief re their lack of thought/concern re after death, is less than respectful.
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Again what I have said is being taken out of context. And no I am not asking anything about whether you believe in heaven or hell, Jesus, or anything like that. And I'm sorry you felt the need to imply that I was Underrock1. To you it may seem that everyone answered but I haven't found it to be that way.
 
Cookie said:
I am a proponent of freedom to think and believe without being judged --- but in my experience many so called religious or spiritual people seem to want to convert or push their beliefs on me. What irks me more is that oftentimes these spiritual/religious people discredit those who do not think as they do, with a them-and-us mentality and criticizes our choices which makes me really want to avoid them even more. Not to say that you are one of these people Babs, but that has been my experience with people I know/knew.
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Cookie, no I am not one of those people. But I am a person that is very curious about things that interest me and love to ask questions on those subjects. And I know I did not tell anyone how they have to feel about this subject or any other. But I do have a question for you...if you have no thoughts or beliefs on the afterlife, why did you even bother to come and post here.
 
Babsinbloom65 said:
But I do have a question for you...if you have no thoughts or beliefs on the afterlife, why did you even bother to come and post here.
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Babs - is not a negative answer as valid as a positive one?

In other words, a "no thought" vote should be as informative as any other. Your topic title - "Do You Believe ..." - left the door open, I think.
 
SifuPhil said:
Babs - is not a negative answer as valid as a positive one?

In other words, a "no thought" vote should be as informative as any other. Your topic title - "Do You Believe ..." - left the door open, I think.
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It is not the negative or positive answer that I am talking about. It is a joke instead of any answer or a changing of the subject, etc. or even just saying it is not something I choose to think about. If you don't want to answer a question then just don't post. It's as simple as that.
 
Babsinbloom65 said:
It is not the negative or positive answer that I am talking about. It is a joke instead of any answer or a changing of the subject, etc. or even just saying it is not something I choose to think about. If you don't want to answer a question then just don't post. It's as simple as that.
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But they DID answer your question - just evidently not in a way that you agree with nor like.

If you only want a limited range of responses you could always make a thread with those little button choices and define it that way.
 
I also believe that a humourous response to mortality is not inappropriate. It is for many a terminal condition. I found Cookie's contribution to this thread interesting. Sometimes people tells us what we wish to hear, sometimes they do not. Whether or not that is helpful, depends entirely on which inner cat/dog you choose to feed. Om.
 
Shalimar said:
I also believe that a humourous response to mortality is not inappropriate. It is for many a terminal condition. I found Cookie's contribution to this thread interesting. Sometimes people tells us what we wish to hear, sometimes they do not. Whether or not that is helpful, depends entirely on which inner cat/dog you choose to feed. Om.
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I try to feed my inner dog, but my outer cat gets jealous ...
 
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Babsinbloom65 said:
Since y'all know that I call God my Father and Jesus Christ my Redeemer and Savior....then most of you will know that I believe in a very real heaven and hell. But many people have other beliefs and to them their beliefs are just as real to them as mine are to me. So I am interested in knowing your beliefs and I hope y'all will share with me.
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Okay, some of these last posts tell me I have not communicated clearly what I wanted to know...so I am just going to thank all of you for doing your best to tell me what you heard me asking you and move on.:) I appreciate all your input.
 
SifuPhil said:
The problem there of course becomes the desire to explain one's beliefs. That takes it far from "Yes/No/Maybe So". :D
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geez, Phil...let me elaborate ..:). I was agreeing with what you said basically...as in ..yes I believe (with or without more explanation) or nope I don't believe in anything (with or without explanation) ...or "maybe so" (with or without explanation). I should have quoted your response about negative answer being indeed an answer.

what I didn't read anywhere here was...Well I died and came back and let me report on my findings...:magnify:
 
Shalimar said:
I also believe that a humourous response to mortality is not inappropriate. It is for many a terminal condition. I found Cookie's contribution to this thread interesting. Sometimes people tells us what we wish to hear, sometimes they do not. Whether or not that is helpful, depends entirely on which inner cat/dog you choose to feed. Om.
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You are right Shalimar...and I am reminding myself right now of what I posted in another thread about how I am "Learning how to not take things so seriously" :)
 
Babsinbloom65 said:
But I do have a question for you...if you have no thoughts or beliefs on the afterlife, why did you even bother to come and post here.
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Babs, if you will please read my previous posts (read posts 35, 45 and 53) and you will see that I do in fact have some thoughts on the topic --- perhaps different from yours but nevertheless, I am entitled to post here regardless of whether I believe it or not. If you are saying that because you have not read/understood my post then I should not have posted, then you are sadly mistaken.
 
BlunderWoman said:
Many people did share with your their thoughts on death, dying, afterlife. It seems to me like you weren't listening to what they said. I spent a great deal of thought on the matter. I spent a great deal of money traveling through the middle east during this process. I'm calm about death and dying now. I'm okay with you feeling like Jesus does it for you, and I'm also ok with my own rejection of all of the 3 faiths that started with Abraham. I don't believe the Torah, the Bible, The Quran. I don't believe any of the Messengers were sent by God or Gods or in any of them being the son of God or God and his Son at the same time. It's because I have rejected these things I now feel at peace and happy with my life and am no longer worried about death and dying. I don't feel like I just have to know what's going to happen when I die because if I don't a wonderful loving God will cast me out of a Heaven or throw me into a everlasting fire. I'm free to be calm and just find out what happens when it happens.
It really makes no difference to me one way or the other if Jesus does it for you. If that makes you happy ..then that's good. I didn't write about WHY I don't accept Jesus as my God, etc. I didn't write about it out of trying to be respectful for what you believe rather than making an effort to dismantle what you believe.
We can open that door if you want, but it would need to go in another section & not the general section.
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Excellent post! You have certainly done your home work and been there in more ways than one.Sorry about your sad early experiences. One of the big reasons I would love to see religion die.

BlunderWoman? Your name made me laugh when I first saw it. I thought it was great. It certainly doesn't match the reality.
 
Babsinbloom65 said:
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Okay, some of these last posts tell me I have not communicated clearly what I wanted to know...so I am just going to thank all of you for doing your best to tell me what you heard me asking you and move on.:) I appreciate all your input.
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Babs, I guess I should let it go, but it interests me that you asked a very clear question and got appropriate answers and still feel like you didn't get any answer. You apparently still have an unanswered question. Why don't you try to "communicate more clearly" and give it another shot. Most of your replies were from non-believers, but everyone has been respectful of your position. This is a rare group. We are all friends here. :rose:
 
Here's how it is and I take the full blame for expressing myself in a way that offended some of you. For those I have offended, please know that I am truly sorry for this and accept my apology if you feel you can. My thread question will remain up and I hope all of you will feel free to post if you have anything you want to share on the topic. I won't be posting anymore on this tread but only reading replies from now on. Thank you again for what all of you have already shared and once again please accept my apology for my unintentional hurt that y'all have let me know I brought to some of you.
 
(My opinion)"God" is simply The Force...of all...LIfe...in everything...all that is... and it is in US to use or abuse... Its when people start thinking of "God" as an entity...especially as described in horrid detail in the Old Testament... it took me SO MANY years to get over and free myself from the shackles of 'religious' thinking. However, I believe I had a hand in choosing to experience this in this incarnation... So... I don't waste much time blaming anyone or anything...
And... I know people who are Christian who are very nice people...they LIVE their beliefs with no prosyletizing, no preaching, or trying to 'save' others... and I have the utmost respect for them...
I most closely align with Buddhism...however, it is more of a philosophy than it is a religion...
 
Karen99 said:
geez, Phil...let me elaborate ..:). I was agreeing with what you said basically...as in ..yes I believe (with or without more explanation) or nope I don't believe in anything (with or without explanation) ...or "maybe so" (with or without explanation). I should have quoted your response about negative answer being indeed an answer.
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Oh, I know - I like to switch sides suddenly. :p

No, seriously - I'm just pointing out the foibles of my own response - that even with yes/no answers, people are going to want to elaborate.

what I didn't read anywhere here was...Well I died and came back and let me report on my findings...:magnify:
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Well, I've had a lot of petit morts, but I doubt my reports would be allowed on this forum. :eek:
 

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