What Lies Ahead

drifter

drifter

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What do yo believe? Is there a life after this one? Is there anything to Reincarnation. Or when we die, is that the end? This is something people our age think about from time to time. Of course I don't know. I do think it's a great waste of resources if this life is all there is. Care to comment?
 

I'm not sure, but I lean to thinking that this is it. I've been with several close relatives when they passed and I felt that they may have been still there with me, knowing my sorrow. I'm open minded, and have welcome them to visit me in any way possible, and that has never happened. Maybe if I had an experience, I would be more sure, right now I don't know. Nobody has ever come back from the dead, and some that claim to are not always believable, IMO. I think as we get older, a lot of us think about things like this, reincarnation, past lives, it's nice to think there may be something more after this life on earth.
 
I think death is the END---Finito!!! I like the idea of Reincarnation but really don't believe in it. What ever is left of us at our demise may be remembered in written or spoken form and it the memories of those left behind.
 

I agree cole slaw If I simply cease to exist and I know nothing about it..no pain , no memories no awareness then fine by me...but also like you drifter I don't actually see the point of life in our form for this to be all there is...after all, fauna and flora are there to feed the earth whereas we as the human species seem to be here just to take from it, and no other real purpose, so I wonder if there is a reason for our existence..is this life an apprenticeship for something else I wonder?
 
I believe that we each have a spirit and that when we die, our spirit is released from our body. Since I do believe in the Bible and ever-lasting life, I believe that our spirit is joined with those other spirits that have gone on before us and have lived their life here on Earth accordingly. If I have lived and obeyed my God's words, then my spirit will go to a good place. If I haven't been good, then the opposite happens.
 
See I don't believe there are hell fires and burnings after you die if you've been bad Oldman...not inferring your belief is wrong, but just that I don't believe in hell and damnation..

I kinda like to believe for many people hell is what they're living here on earth, and that somehow we're sent back time and time again until we become what ever is expected of us to enable us to live a more peaceful existence, whatever/wherever that may be..
 
I have no idea what happens but I'm open. There are too many unexplained things that happen in the world like precognition, etc. that makes me think there must be something. I think we all have a spirit or soul or whatever you want to call it. The concept of karma makes sense to me. Maybe even reincarnation. The idea of dead loved ones being in some nice place called heaven also appeals to me.

None of us know what happens. We can believe what we like, but there is no proof one way or the other.
 
hollydolly said:
See I don't believe there are hell fires and burnings after you die if you've been bad Oldman...not inferring your belief is wrong, but just that I don't believe in hell and damnation..

I kinda like to believe for many people hell is what they're living here on earth, and that somehow we're sent back time and time again until we become what ever is expected of us to enable us to live a more peaceful existence, whatever/wherever that may be..
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I didn't mention anything about Heaven or Hell, or burnings or fire. I just believe that a person's soul will have peace, if they have done the right things while in body.
 
I really do not know and neither does anyone else, I just try to live my life as true and morally as I can, do not believe in the hell and brimstone that some believe in at all.
 
I'm not a follower of organized religion so I don't believe in the heaven/hell my parents tried to instill in me as a child. However, I have had some lucid dreams and unusual experiences over the years that make me tend to believe there is a soul and it goes on in some form after physical death. Of course, this is not enough to persuade my S.O., the scientist, and he gently scoffs at me. He is an admirer of Richard Dawkins, who has written many books about atheism. I respect Dawkins. He has some valid points IMO. But I stop short of calling myself an atheist.
 
At times like this I wish I were articulate, but here's my best.

...we all have the right to our beliefs. Free will.
How can you not believe in God? All the intricate beauty in this awesome universe...the complexity of the human being in every aspect of functioning.
and secondly, how can anyone actually think that they can be good enough? Never.
Trust Christ.
 
hollydolly said:
I agree cole slaw If I simply cease to exist and I know nothing about it..no pain , no memories no awareness then fine by me...but also like you drifter I don't actually see the point of life in our form for this to be all there is...after all, fauna and flora are there to feed the earth whereas we as the human species seem to be here just to take from it, and no other real purpose, so I wonder if there is a reason for our existence..is this life an apprenticeship for something else I wonder?
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Why does there have to be a reason for our existence? The reason for a human beings existence is no different than the reason for a cockaroach's existence.
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marty said:
At times like this I wish I were articulate, but here's my best.

...we all have the right to our beliefs. Free will.
How can you not believe in God? All the intricate beauty in this awesome universe...the complexity of the human being in every aspect of functioning.
and secondly, how can anyone actually think that they can be good enough? Never.
Trust Christ.
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Believe it or not Marty, but I have as much comfort and joy in my non belief as I am sure that you do in your belief.
 
hollydolly said:
I agree cole slaw If I simply cease to exist and I know nothing about it..no pain , no memories no awareness then fine by me...but also like you drifter I don't actually see the point of life in our form for this to be all there is...after all, fauna and flora are there to feed the earth whereas we as the human species seem to be here just to take from it, and no other real purpose, so I wonder if there is a reason for our existence..is this life an apprenticeship for something else I wonder?
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Last time I looked, Dolly, you fit squarely into the category of fauna, and a very pretty specimen too.
 
It looks like the majority here says that what we've got now is as good as its gonna get. I never believed in the pearly gates and as far as Hell is concerned, I'll never get any closer to it than the life I've lived here, which sometime has seemed a living hell. I thought maybe some of you had broke open the ice and found a new avenue or something I could consider. Let me say I didn't put this up lightly and I appreciate all your comments. Related to these comments I think is the story of "Freddie the Leaf" Any of you ever read that? A small book, maybe for kids, which I thought was a heck of a story. You all have left some good comments and I thank you.
 
I do too. Maybe we all do. Cheers.
 

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