Heaven’s a possibility.
So is hell.
And so is reincarnation.
So is blackness, and so is every other theory that could be considered a theory.
When people talk about the afterlife, they tend to assume things, but what’s the point? We don’t know anything about the afterlife. The chances that heaven exists are equal to the chances that we’ll come back as Ikea employees. Just because the heaven theory is more popular, doesn’t mean it’s more right.
If you flip a fair coin a thousand times, and it always lands on heads, that doesn’t make the chances of it landing on tails any less likely. Does it?
So why do people even bother thinking about the afterlife? Does it give them comfort? As a sufferer from depression, of course I’ve thought about what’ll happen after I ever commit suicide, but about a month ago, I’ve realised it’s sort of pointless.
We have such little evidence for what happens after death. Our guesses for the afterlife aren’t even slightly controlled. Sure, we could hope for something, but the chances for any theory we have on the afterlife could quite possibly be some of the smallest chances we’re aware of, so isn’t hope a little futile?
Keep in mind, this idea of mine is fairly new and not very developed. I’ve been posting some of my other thoughts previously and I’ve been loving the responses I’m getting, so I thought I could quite possibly try handing over the reins on this one just to see how you guys all mould my ‘afterlife’ thoughts into something better. I suppose I just want to see how this goes.
Love, From, the Midnightcrisis.
Until next time.
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This is something I’ve been trying (and probably failing) to express to people for ages and ages.
A friend of mine once told me that he believed that our afterlives were whatever we believed they were going to be. So, if you thought there was no afterlife, you’d pop out of existence. If you thought you were going to come back as a squirrel, you would. And if you thought you were going to burn, then you would.
If that’s the case, then why not believe in some wicked cool afterlife? But then again, we don’t know if that’s the case, so…yeah. I just thought it was an interesting hypothesis.
the afterlife is gunna be hazy singing to me on a constant loop
I would say that would be more a purgatory than a heaven. There are some really talented singers here at SP, I am not one of them.
I do believe that we have evidence that life does exist after this. Go to YouTube and type in NDE or Near Death Experiences and you will see there are lots of people who have died > were clinically dead for several minutes or so and then brought back to life by resuscitation. You will see how the people there talk about what they experienced. I do myself believe in life after death but I cant truly now until I die. I do believe in a good afterlife for some and a bad afterlife for others. I believe it depends on how you lived during your life that determines how its going to go or ya in the afterlife. I am not an extremely religious person but I do believe in God and the afterlife.
I do not believe that a person is definitely going to hell or to some bad experience in the afterlife just because they killed themselves.
Well its an interesting topic
Check out NDE on the web.
I can’t live in a world were the idea of all the people I love just winking out of existence is a reality. Instead we continue. I’m okay with any form of continuing as long as we continue.
Ditto. Even Hell scares me less than nothing at all.
yeah, at least hell we still exist, even if that existence includes having bamboo rammed under my fingernails.
Exactly, haha.
Most pre-Christian cultures had a very pessimistic idea of the afterlife, but even so, that didn’t seem to bother them much. I used to wonder why that was until I figured out that something is better than nothing, right?
absolutely. My uncle is an atheist. A pure hedonistic atheist. He regrets nothing in his life and lives for just is own pleasure. I don’t for a minute think that his hedonistic ways have anything to do with atheism, rather he has chosen atheism over any other avenue because it suits his life choices better.
Perhaps. I don’t have a problem with atheists, I just don’t agree with them.
I am a bit less tolerant of hedonism, however. It’s an often overlooked evil.
Yes, hedonism is a hard one for me to accept. I have a hard time doing nice things for myself. But I think hedonism takes it to a whole new level. I don’t especially believe in sin and par and separate from redemption, rather sin is a natural extension of our own personal desires and something to be studied and perhaps in a way, make our lives a little bin more interesting or enjoyable.
It’s imposible to ceasse to exist. Can you even imagine that?
Another question. Where do feelings and thoughts originate from. It’s clear that they are
non-physical even if they can be influenced by the physical. I mean, food and matter in general doesen’t make you to feel love for example. Love is something transcedental and does not originate in our physical brain(which is sustainted by food and water).
I can not fathom no existing. About 3 times a month I break out in a cold sweat at the though of there being absolutely nothing. Then I push past it because yes there is love and desire, creativity and heart breaking evil in this world. None of which would exist if we were here for no reason whatsoever.
I’m hoping for non existence. I don’t want to come back and suffer, be set on fire for eternity, or learn how to play the harp. I just want the same nothingness that blank deep space has.
I do wanna learn how to play the harp, but not for eternity… I also hope for non existence.
There’s a harp in my living room right now.
I haven’t played it in a long time, but it is pretty to look at.
Before my health and mobility got so bad, I used to play harp at weddings sometimes.
that sounds romantic 🙂
playin the harp, of course