Five Kinds of Afterlife

[BluffTHIS!]

I hope that in 10, 20, 30 years or more when you actually find out for yourself, that you will be allowed to come back there and bump this thread from the dusty archives and let the rest of these folks know.

For myself of course, I know it is #1, while many of you hope it's not #1, and some of you had better PRAY it's not #1 (or change your life).

[MidGe]

Ah! for me, it is 5.

Could have been 2, not necessarily, but possibly, on another planet or plan or whatever.

Unfortunately, I have no reminiscences of anything prior to my conception (or birth for that matter [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ) and everything I observe that has a beginning has an end... I just assume that's the nature of things. No need of anything else as a crutch for my living meaningfully. If I am wrong, well, I hope whatever it is, is better than the way life is. If I am right, at least, I try to live my life with good intentions (however misguideed they may be), and have learned not to worry too much about results.

Really, if I help an old lady/man crossing a street, to ensure that they don't get run over, and that puts them in the path of a footpath skateboard rider that bumps them accidentally and kills them because of their fragility.. that's life [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[A_C_Slater]

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For myself of course, I know it is #1

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No you don't.

[MagicMan08]

i have been thinking about this a great deal the last couple days...i really don't know what the answer is...i have hopes that it is not number 5, and i am 21 yrs old

[sdunsmb]

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i have been thinking about this a great deal the last couple days...i really don't know what the answer is...i have hopes that it is not number 5, and i am 21 yrs old

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I think about it all the time, and I also strongly hope it is not number 5. I am 18.

However, there is a lot of science that kind of does support number 5, whereas the other theories are kind of less reilable.

I would like to think that any of 1,3 or 4 are possible.

Maybe it depends on type of person you are.

[behemoth2006]

I personally hope for a kind of variation of the "receiver" theory. I would hope that my "I" will live on, disembodied, able to commune with the souls of the other dead.

Just hanging around eternally, talking with the other dead.

Would be great!

[Silent A]

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I think about it all the time, and I also strongly hope it is not number 5. I am 18

However, there is a lot of science that kind of does support number 5, whereas the other theories are kind of less reilable.

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Not really. Science only suggests that there's no reason to expect any specific afterlife (and the more specific the less likely).

Personally, I fully expect 5 and wouldn't mind the others with the exception of 1 if it entails the traditional "Lake of Fire" for those who commit the "sin" of not thinking "correctly".

But I'm not worried about it in the least. If a just god exists, I'm as safe as I can be (I have far less to explain than he/she/they/it does). If an un-just god exists it's all a crap-shoot anyways.

[NuklearWinter]

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For myself of course, I know it is #1, while many of you hope it's not #1, and some of you had better PRAY it's not #1 (or change your life).

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"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." -Albert Einstein