Interesting thought that our life force would be transferred into a new organism

 

It sucks we'll never truely know what lies after death until we're dead.

I honestly believe that there is absolutely nothing after death. As sad and lonely as that may seem. Im a Catholic Christian who hasnt been to church in over 8 years. I feel like churches are a scam for money. I, like everyone ones in the world, have no clue what happens after death, but who cares.. You are dead. Anyway, theres my $.02 on life.. 

I USED to be a Christian, up until I was 13 when my Dad became ill with cancer and sadly passed away a few months after.

 

After that, It made me question fate and now I have no proof what so ever that there is ANYTHING out there, I've visisted churches for comfort they just tell me the same old stuff.

I've visited many, many spiritual mediums in an attempt to get in contact with the dead, again nothing provails of this.

 

HOWEVER,

when my Dad was ill, he used to say he could see our dead relatives, that he has seen the 'other side' and that we should all believe etc, etc.

But I just think that was wishful thinking, especially as he knew he was going to die

 

Who knows!

I'd love for there to be such a thing, I just believe it's very far fetched.

@Catastrophe

 

My girlfriend fears of the very same thing as you, that after our life, that we're in a void of nothingness, and we've left everything behind us. I do try to put her mind at ease, saying that I try to explain that we're unable to know what our next path leads us, I don't mention that I believe once we're dead, we're worm bait. I tell her that there is a heaven, or that we've got spirits which then live their life with the family we have now.

 

Very difficult subject to really discuss with her, she have nightmares and wakes up often from them, fearing that she'll die one day, and that it is it, that'll she be leaving friends and family behind and everything she has worked hard for. What can you do..

 

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However, my grandad believes we'll be reincarnated, and he is looking forward to becoming a seagull, so he can shit on everyones' car. My Grandad trolling the world from the day he dies.

Edited July 11, 201312 yr by Kyro

@Catastrophe

 

My girlfriend fears of the very same thing as you, that after our life, that we're in a void of nothingness, and we've left everything behind us. I do try to put her mind at ease, saying that I try to explain that we're unable to know what our next path leads us, I don't mention that I believe once we're dead, we're worm bait. I tell her that there is a heaven, or that we've got spirits which then live their life with the family we have now.

 

Very difficult subject to really discuss with her, she have nightmares and wakes up often from them, fearing that she'll die one day, and that it is it, that'll she be leaving friends and family behind and everything she has worked hard for. What can you do..

 

--

 

However, my grandad believes we'll be reincarnated, and he is looking forward to becoming a seagull, so he can shit on everyones' car. My Grandad trolling the world from the day he dies.

 

The comment about your Grandad, man that's hilarious haha

I think that to believe once we die we just rot in the ground is almost a sad way of looking at death. The belief in Life After Death and thinking that death isn't the end is a good way of looking at it and is a non-harmful belief to have. I like to think there's Life After Death but as a Human of course I have my doubts.

I believe there is nothing after death and that there is no such thing as the paranormal. That is just me though. I think when you die, it all turns black. You can't see can't hear, nothing. Everything is just black.

 

What i believe: 

 

Daniel 12:1-13

 

“At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on this bank of the stream and one on that bank of the stream. ...

 

 

so, sleeping when you die is that it will be like a night when you go to bed and look at the clock and it's 10:00 pm, you go to sleep and then feel like you have woken up immediately, only now the clock says 6:00 am. 

 

The time between just simply does not exist in your memory. No blackness. Just nothing. 

 

 

 

 

And this is not an argument, its an discussion. No hatefull comments needed.

 

Thank you

Edited July 20, 201312 yr by bounty

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

 

Biological death might be death of the brain, but if your soul hasn't left, you're not dead. How else do they revive people with dead brains and hearts? Also, if your brain was the only standard for 'dying', then we ought to be able to revive corpses. Except for real corpses, their soul is missing - your soul directs your brain, forms your will.

 

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

 

Biological death might be death of the brain, but if your soul hasn't left, you're not dead. How else do they revive people with dead brains and hearts? Also, if your brain was the only standard for 'dying', then we ought to be able to revive corpses. Except for real corpses, their soul is missing - your soul directs your brain, forms your will.

 

 

Believing in something called a ''soul'' is faith, since there's no evidence for it.

They can only revive humans to a certain point if their heart or brains have stopped working, and that point is when the brain has lost too many brain cells in order to be concious.. I don't really know where you got the ''soul'' part from.

Oh well, faith is faith.

I don't belive in life after death, or maybe do I? 

 

Anyways, I don't think you get any happier by thinking of it, as you can never know the answer with 100% sure

 

 

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

 

Biological death might be death of the brain, but if your soul hasn't left, you're not dead. How else do they revive people with dead brains and hearts? Also, if your brain was the only standard for 'dying', then we ought to be able to revive corpses. Except for real corpses, their soul is missing - your soul directs your brain, forms your will.

 

 

Believing in something called a ''soul'' is faith, since there's no evidence for it.

They can only revive humans to a certain point if their heart or brains have stopped working, and that point is when the brain has lost too many brain cells in order to be concious.. I don't really know where you got the ''soul'' part from.

Oh well, faith is faith.

 

 

How else would you go on a diet and resist food? Your body is hungry, or your body craves certain types of food, and since your brain directs your body, you would automatically eat, because you needed food. Your will - your soul - firmly tells the brain, no food.

 

Just think about it for a moment. HYPOTHETICALLY. If your brain is the thing that thinks, you are going to have some serious problems with food, sex drive, and hurting other people. You would be an animal, plain and simple. A REAL animal. But say, if you had a soul, you would be able to go on a fast or on a diet, you could resist taking advantage of others, and would be able to keep yourself from killing people that annoy you. 

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115284/

 

don't ignore everything i say, try to understand what i am explaining.

 

 

Edited July 20, 201312 yr by bounty

 

 

 

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

 

Biological death might be death of the brain, but if your soul hasn't left, you're not dead. How else do they revive people with dead brains and hearts? Also, if your brain was the only standard for 'dying', then we ought to be able to revive corpses. Except for real corpses, their soul is missing - your soul directs your brain, forms your will.

 

 

Believing in something called a ''soul'' is faith, since there's no evidence for it.

They can only revive humans to a certain point if their heart or brains have stopped working, and that point is when the brain has lost too many brain cells in order to be concious.. I don't really know where you got the ''soul'' part from.

Oh well, faith is faith.

 

 

How else would you go on a diet and resist food? Your body is hungry, or your body craves certain types of food, and since your brain directs your body, you would automatically eat, because you needed food. Your will - your soul - firmly tells the brain, no food.

 

Just think about it for a moment. HYPOTHETICALLY. If your brain is the thing that thinks, you are going to have some serious problems with food, sex drive, and hurting other people. You would be an animal, plain and simple. A REAL animal. But say, if you had a soul, you would be able to go on a fast or on a diet, you could resist taking advantage of others, and would be able to keep yourself from killing people that annoy you. 

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115284/

 

don't ignore everything i say, try to understand what i am explaining.

 

 

I'm pretty sure that's called free will, something that most of the animals also have. It's all about how developed the species' brain is.

Some animals that behave purely on reflexes I would not consider intelligent enough to have free will.

I mean, why do you have to bring a ''soul'' into this, there are thousands of definitions for a ''soul''.

 

 

 

 

 

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

 

Biological death might be death of the brain, but if your soul hasn't left, you're not dead. How else do they revive people with dead brains and hearts? Also, if your brain was the only standard for 'dying', then we ought to be able to revive corpses. Except for real corpses, their soul is missing - your soul directs your brain, forms your will.

 

 

Believing in something called a ''soul'' is faith, since there's no evidence for it.

They can only revive humans to a certain point if their heart or brains have stopped working, and that point is when the brain has lost too many brain cells in order to be concious.. I don't really know where you got the ''soul'' part from.

Oh well, faith is faith.

 

 

How else would you go on a diet and resist food? Your body is hungry, or your body craves certain types of food, and since your brain directs your body, you would automatically eat, because you needed food. Your will - your soul - firmly tells the brain, no food.

 

Just think about it for a moment. HYPOTHETICALLY. If your brain is the thing that thinks, you are going to have some serious problems with food, sex drive, and hurting other people. You would be an animal, plain and simple. A REAL animal. But say, if you had a soul, you would be able to go on a fast or on a diet, you could resist taking advantage of others, and would be able to keep yourself from killing people that annoy you. 

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115284/

 

don't ignore everything i say, try to understand what i am explaining.

 

 

I'm pretty sure that's called free will, something that most of the animals also have. It's all about how developed the species' brain is.

Some animals that behave purely on reflexes I would not consider intelligent enough to have free will.

I mean, why do you have to bring a ''soul'' into this, there are thousands of definitions for a ''soul''.

 

 

 

What differenciates humans from animals is self-awareness and reason. We as humans can and do observe ourselves, assess what we observe and can change or mantain our behaviors. Animals can change but only in response to outside forces, the evironment they live in. 

Reason, in humans, is a very powerful attribute. It can be used very constructively or very destructively. Reason is also the same tool we use to pass judgement, what is right and what is wrong, also used incorrectly much of the time in this function.

Only humans can feel responsibilty or perceive responsibilty. However the idea that actions have consequences is true both of animals and humans.

please take time to read this: http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/tisthammerw/rlgnphil/soul.html

 

 

 

 

 

There is none- and there never will be any hard evidence that life after death exists.

It's purely based on faith. Faith, in my opinion, is a tool for weak-minded people to put their minds at ease about things they don't understand or things they don't want to accept.

And what would be so bad about slowly rotting in the ground? You wouldn't be aware of it since your brain doesn't exist anymore. ''You'' wouldn't be aware of anything.

 

Biological death might be death of the brain, but if your soul hasn't left, you're not dead. How else do they revive people with dead brains and hearts? Also, if your brain was the only standard for 'dying', then we ought to be able to revive corpses. Except for real corpses, their soul is missing - your soul directs your brain, forms your will.

 

 

Believing in something called a ''soul'' is faith, since there's no evidence for it.

They can only revive humans to a certain point if their heart or brains have stopped working, and that point is when the brain has lost too many brain cells in order to be concious.. I don't really know where you got the ''soul'' part from.

Oh well, faith is faith.

 

 

How else would you go on a diet and resist food? Your body is hungry, or your body craves certain types of food, and since your brain directs your body, you would automatically eat, because you needed food. Your will - your soul - firmly tells the brain, no food.

 

Just think about it for a moment. HYPOTHETICALLY. If your brain is the thing that thinks, you are going to have some serious problems with food, sex drive, and hurting other people. You would be an animal, plain and simple. A REAL animal. But say, if you had a soul, you would be able to go on a fast or on a diet, you could resist taking advantage of others, and would be able to keep yourself from killing people that annoy you. 

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115284/

 

don't ignore everything i say, try to understand what i am explaining.

 

 

I'm pretty sure that's called free will, something that most of the animals also have. It's all about how developed the species' brain is.

Some animals that behave purely on reflexes I would not consider intelligent enough to have free will.

I mean, why do you have to bring a ''soul'' into this, there are thousands of definitions for a ''soul''.

 

 

 

What differenciates humans from animals is self-awareness and reason. We as humans can and do observe ourselves, assess what we observe and can change or mantain our behaviors. Animals can change but only in response to outside forces, the evironment they live in. 

Reason, in humans, is a very powerful attribute. It can be used very constructively or very destructively. Reason is also the same tool we use to pass judgement, what is right and what is wrong, also used incorrectly much of the time in this function.

Only humans can feel responsibilty or perceive responsibilty. However the idea that actions have consequences is true both of animals and humans.

please take time to read this: http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/tisthammerw/rlgnphil/soul.html

 

 

''Does the soul exist? Is there any evidence to support this? In this article I'll show you one argument that I think supports the existence of a soul.''

Yeah I stopped reading at that sentence. I really can't be bothered to read some fiction story which isn't based on any factual evidence.

And that article is only one persons opinion..