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ClassicRocker 
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 Topic: After Death..
Posted: July 15 2007 at 00:08 |
 rileydog22 wrote:
It's just obvious to me. It's hard to explain; the way the universe fits together so well is beautiful, almost perfect. To me it seems that the universe is simply too perfect and beautiful to have been crafted that way by some being, if that makes any sense.
Essentially, everything just makes too much sense to me without a supreme being for there to be a supreme being.
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Yes, a singular god/deity that created everything isn't logical to me either, but in the sense that if "He" is the creator, then where the hell did he come from? Wouldn't he then logically have to have been created himself? And who would have done that? And on, and on...
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ClassicRocker
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Posted: July 15 2007 at 00:06 |
The T wrote:
I hope we reincarnate or join our loved ones... i just can't figure it all ending when we die... But the more I get my logic into the analysis, the more I'm convinced it's like that, so let's not think about what we can't change. |
I ditto that. There's "something else" about everything. I think the fact that people have a sense of self-awareness, creativity, and the ability to think/problem-solve isn't by chance; I choose "Spirit World" as the closest answer.
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rileydog22
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Posted: June 25 2007 at 01:07 |
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It's just obvious to me. It's hard to explain; the way the universe fits together so well is beautiful, almost perfect. To me it seems that the universe is simply too perfect and beautiful to have been crafted that way by some being, if that makes any sense.
Essentially, everything just makes too much sense to me without a supreme being for there to be a supreme being.
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tardis
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Posted: June 25 2007 at 00:53 |
rileydog22 wrote:
tardis wrote:
I envy atheists. Such blatant certainty must be comforting.
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It's hardly comforting to know that there is nothing at all after death. I have maybe 80 more years, and the fact that time passes so quickly is rather frightening.
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True. I never looked at it that way. And yet I still envy those who feel so certain about something so unknowable...I'd give anything to understand how they reach such a stage of certainty. Also, I'd be interested in their proving their certainty, although I'm sure that would be difficult.
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The T
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 20:49 |
R o V e R wrote:
We are reincarnated
as Fish or Sheep
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Can't we reincarnate as Steve Hogarth instead?
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paolo.beenees
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:16 |
I'm a believer and once I was explained Heaven and Hell in terms of your ultimate relationship with God: Heaven is enjoying all of his love in eternity. Hell is just the same, but it should be like getting a very precious gift from a person who you've caused much evil to: it's the sense of guiltiness that makes you feel devoured inside.
Sorry for beeing so "theological", but I believe in this as well as I believe in God.
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laplace
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:08 |
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We go back to the character creation screen at the cost of our memories. ;)
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Paradox
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:59 |
A good opportunity to see how horrible it is to be butchered then consumed! Perfect 
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R o V e R
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:33 |
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We are reincarnated
as Fish or Sheep
depend on your Karma
Edited by R o V e R - June 24 2007 at 13:34
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Paradox
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:24 |
I too voted for the 'Wouldn't Know' option... a safe bet, means I don't have to throw in my lot with a certain religion that could be way off!
I do think, as Limeyrob said above, that our energy is recycled back into the planet which gave us life.
It is, to me, the most believeable option out of the many stories thrown about, and the one which actually feels right.
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limeyrob
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 08:37 |
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Wouldn't know - though presumably out atoms/molecules are recycled given time
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rileydog22
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 01:02 |
King of Loss wrote:
WE ALL BURN IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL, FOR OUR ROTTEN SOULS WILL BE FOREVER PUNISHED BY THE DEEPEST EVIL HIMSELF, ROBERT FRIPP! |
The only ones Fripp will sentence to eternal suffering will be the ones who call him evil.
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King of Loss
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 00:54 |
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WE ALL BURN IN THE DEPTHS OF HELL, FOR OUR ROTTEN SOULS WILL BE FOREVER PUNISHED BY THE DEEPEST EVIL HIMSELF, ROBERT FRIPP!
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Proletariat
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Posted: June 23 2007 at 23:52 |
The T wrote:
After Death I'm sure there was Atheist... or some other floridean metal band...
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Damn, you beat me to it
I became Cynic of life after Death, making me Atheist.
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who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob
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rileydog22
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Posted: June 23 2007 at 23:48 |
tardis wrote:
I envy atheists. Such blatant certainty must be comforting.
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It's hardly comforting to know that there is nothing at all after death. I have maybe 80 more years, and the fact that time passes so quickly is rather frightening.
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The T
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Posted: June 23 2007 at 20:17 |
After Death I'm sure there was Atheist... or some other floridean metal band...
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tardis
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Posted: June 23 2007 at 19:05 |
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I envy atheists. Such blatant certainty must be comforting.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 21 2007 at 03:35 |
I like the Bhuddist idea of contibual reincarnation on a cycle of personal improvement until attaining perfection & becoming one with the Supreme.
Never know, though, will we?
The Doctor wrote:
I'm going to be cremated. Especially after talking about bacteria, flies, beetles, mites and moths eating away at my dead corpse. I have no interest in being part of the ecosystem of insects and bacteria after I'm dead |
That's what you think - when you go, we're going to smother your body in honey & stake you out over an anthill, then release the flies... Mwahahahahaha!
That's in a little poor taste, isn't it? 
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purplepiper
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 03:03 |
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i'm a what do you call it, agnostic I think. I think you're not very smart if you think you can claim to know whether there is or isn't an afterlife. I mean, chances are, if you're reading this, you've never been dead. I must say though, I lean toward atheism most of the time.
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for those about to prog, we salute you.
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mystic fred
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Posted: June 19 2007 at 02:19 |
we'll never know the truth - nobody's ever come back to tell us... 
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