nothing. I think you die and that’s it. People think I say this out of a lack of hope, but the truth is, that IS my hope, because i just couldnt stand to live any longer than i already have to
Nothingness. Nothingness happens, which means no awareness, no knowledge, and so on. Imagine all of your senses and thoughts being shut off, and that’s what one’s experience after death is probably like.
@Wifeisgone: what if YOU are wrong? what if one of the million other religions is correct and you worshiped the wrong one? and get sent to hell….then what?…its quite different than “50/50”
I have no idea what’ll happen after I’m sixed, and that’s what scares me most. If I had a clue what happens after I’m dead, at least I’d go prepared, ready for whatever happens. But since I don’t…well…I just don’t want to die just to be tormented in the afterlife.
For me, It’s better to believe in something then knowing in the end that it does not exist than not believing in something only to find out that it exist..
“So, even for a skeptic….. its a 50 50 chance of being right/wrong.”
Not exactly. Since there is zero evidence to indicate that anything at all “happens after we die,” it’s not quite a balanced probability with absolute zero predictability.
There is a very slim chance that “we” are wrong, and that something actually does come next. There is a very high chance that “we” are right, and that “this” is all there is, and all we will ever be.
When evaluating probabilities and odds, you have to consider all available data: there is no data that indicates that anything else happens; there is only the relatively tiny chance that something we have never been able to observe during life, for thousands of years of looking, is actually true.
And, no, religious fairytales do not constitute “evidence.” The “data” angle is that we have numerous and widely varied claims, all insisting that theirs is the only true claim… but NONE of them have EVER produced any substantiation. They are ALL completely unsubstantiated, still, after all these centuries, despite all the efforts which have been made to locate and identify anything at all that could qualify as supporting evidence. The only “data” that exists, are a bunch of highly dubious stories, full of contradictions. We can historically “evidence” that some of the events probably occurred very similarly to how they are described… but it’s not impossible or even implausible that historical records could have certainly been manipulated or outright fabricated, in order to leave a “record” just to stand as “proof” of whatever is written in whatever books.
So, since we cannot locate any confirmation information, and cannot properly test those dubious claims, we have to allow for a margin of error, when assessing the odds… because there is a very slight chance that there could actually be something we can’t understand from our current position… but according to what evidence we do and do not have, the odds are FAR from 50/50. Saying it’s “50/50” is grossly overstating the potential validity of any religious claim, since everything that shows it to be unlikely, IS backed by copious substantial evidence. In order for all those unsubstantiated claims to actually be true, we would necessarily have to be wrong about almost /everything/ else… which, if you understand how the scientific method works, is incredibly unlikely. They allow for a margin of error, due to potentially missing information… not just because they’re not quite convinced.
If anything, the odds are more like 1000:1. I’m 99.9% certain that nothing else happens, because that’s what the evidence shows. It’s only about 0.1% likely that any new evidence could exist to change the way we understand the world, to any significant degree… and even less likely that some “god” will suddenly show up to settle the confusion, after all this time, and all the billions of people who have died waiting, praying, begging for a “sign” to show them “He” exists.
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nothing. I think you die and that’s it. People think I say this out of a lack of hope, but the truth is, that IS my hope, because i just couldnt stand to live any longer than i already have to
Nothingness. Nothingness happens, which means no awareness, no knowledge, and so on. Imagine all of your senses and thoughts being shut off, and that’s what one’s experience after death is probably like.
I also think that after death there is nothingness. Like falling asleep, never dreaming and never waking up.
what if you arent corrrect about that?
regardless of whether or not you believe in an afterlife or not….. fact is…. noone has ever proved there isn’t.
So, even for a skeptic….. its a 50 50 chance of being right/wrong.
For those who believe in God, there is life after death.
@Wifeisgone: what if YOU are wrong? what if one of the million other religions is correct and you worshiped the wrong one? and get sent to hell….then what?…its quite different than “50/50”
I have no idea what’ll happen after I’m sixed, and that’s what scares me most. If I had a clue what happens after I’m dead, at least I’d go prepared, ready for whatever happens. But since I don’t…well…I just don’t want to die just to be tormented in the afterlife.
I suppose none of us do.
For me, It’s better to believe in something then knowing in the end that it does not exist than not believing in something only to find out that it exist..
“So, even for a skeptic….. its a 50 50 chance of being right/wrong.”
Not exactly. Since there is zero evidence to indicate that anything at all “happens after we die,” it’s not quite a balanced probability with absolute zero predictability.
There is a very slim chance that “we” are wrong, and that something actually does come next. There is a very high chance that “we” are right, and that “this” is all there is, and all we will ever be.
When evaluating probabilities and odds, you have to consider all available data: there is no data that indicates that anything else happens; there is only the relatively tiny chance that something we have never been able to observe during life, for thousands of years of looking, is actually true.
And, no, religious fairytales do not constitute “evidence.” The “data” angle is that we have numerous and widely varied claims, all insisting that theirs is the only true claim… but NONE of them have EVER produced any substantiation. They are ALL completely unsubstantiated, still, after all these centuries, despite all the efforts which have been made to locate and identify anything at all that could qualify as supporting evidence. The only “data” that exists, are a bunch of highly dubious stories, full of contradictions. We can historically “evidence” that some of the events probably occurred very similarly to how they are described… but it’s not impossible or even implausible that historical records could have certainly been manipulated or outright fabricated, in order to leave a “record” just to stand as “proof” of whatever is written in whatever books.
So, since we cannot locate any confirmation information, and cannot properly test those dubious claims, we have to allow for a margin of error, when assessing the odds… because there is a very slight chance that there could actually be something we can’t understand from our current position… but according to what evidence we do and do not have, the odds are FAR from 50/50. Saying it’s “50/50” is grossly overstating the potential validity of any religious claim, since everything that shows it to be unlikely, IS backed by copious substantial evidence. In order for all those unsubstantiated claims to actually be true, we would necessarily have to be wrong about almost /everything/ else… which, if you understand how the scientific method works, is incredibly unlikely. They allow for a margin of error, due to potentially missing information… not just because they’re not quite convinced.
If anything, the odds are more like 1000:1. I’m 99.9% certain that nothing else happens, because that’s what the evidence shows. It’s only about 0.1% likely that any new evidence could exist to change the way we understand the world, to any significant degree… and even less likely that some “god” will suddenly show up to settle the confusion, after all this time, and all the billions of people who have died waiting, praying, begging for a “sign” to show them “He” exists.