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Aw gee, looks like we got ourselves one of 'em 'ol fashioned ESF Forum controversial-philosophical threads.
I was thinking about people's perspective on religion and then the idea of how an "after life" differed from people's minds. And yet, I feel we have no concrete sources to what a state after death is like.
I personally do not believe in the literal "after life" of most religions. I actually really do not know what happens, so I am open to various ideas. Reincarnation is something I could see happening, because I have a strong feeling that the sentient life we have is too complex to only exist to run it's course and never contribute again. In almost all instances, matter can never be created or destroyed, and I kind of feel the same about life.
Even birth actually comes from something, the genes of two people, meaning you were apart of those two people. To me, this means we become something at our death. This is where it gets fuzzy. I've read "Near Death Experiences" claiming a range of feelings, like regret, seeing a light, serenity, etc. What I doubt is the idea of being complete conscious as we are now for the rest of eternity, as in, being transported to a literal paradise of a garden or clouds. The same goes for just "rotting in the ground". If there is "nothing" after death, the only feeling I could comprehend is an eternal sleep. Or since it's death, perhaps a whole new feeling.
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Could there be a spectrum/dimension where our "souls" inhabit? I wonder if the post-death state is what our subconscious makes it to be? Or do we pull a Lion King and become one with the environment as we decompose? Or is it the ultimate bliss where we lose the burden of a body and mind and are set "free"?
What do you think :X?
OH. And please, I do not want this to get in to a "you're going to hell/you're beliefs are silly" argument.
I was thinking about people's perspective on religion and then the idea of how an "after life" differed from people's minds. And yet, I feel we have no concrete sources to what a state after death is like.
I personally do not believe in the literal "after life" of most religions. I actually really do not know what happens, so I am open to various ideas. Reincarnation is something I could see happening, because I have a strong feeling that the sentient life we have is too complex to only exist to run it's course and never contribute again. In almost all instances, matter can never be created or destroyed, and I kind of feel the same about life.
Even birth actually comes from something, the genes of two people, meaning you were apart of those two people. To me, this means we become something at our death. This is where it gets fuzzy. I've read "Near Death Experiences" claiming a range of feelings, like regret, seeing a light, serenity, etc. What I doubt is the idea of being complete conscious as we are now for the rest of eternity, as in, being transported to a literal paradise of a garden or clouds. The same goes for just "rotting in the ground". If there is "nothing" after death, the only feeling I could comprehend is an eternal sleep. Or since it's death, perhaps a whole new feeling.
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Could there be a spectrum/dimension where our "souls" inhabit? I wonder if the post-death state is what our subconscious makes it to be? Or do we pull a Lion King and become one with the environment as we decompose? Or is it the ultimate bliss where we lose the burden of a body and mind and are set "free"?
What do you think :X?
OH. And please, I do not want this to get in to a "you're going to hell/you're beliefs are silly" argument.