What happens when we die?

This is a fucking scary question. I personally think there is something waiting for us, Like Brenton mentioned. The question is... what? Scary shit lol.

This question is unanswerable unless we killed someone and they came back. There is something people do to where they 'kill' the person for about 25 seconds and stop 'killing' them and they tell them immediatley what they saw. They made a movie about it. This may be the one question humanity may never answer.

Zеus said:

Not necessarily, I believe in an afterlife but not out of fear. I'm not going say I don't fear death because I don't know for sure what happens when we die but the reason I believe in a afterlife is because I'm somewhat more at peace believing that I might see my loved ones and family again

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What if your loved went to hell and you went to heaven or vice versa? How would that be paradise if you were separated from your beloved?

When we die our brain shuts down entirely, it doesn't go to some other dimension.

How about bacteria--do they go to an afterlife? The bible doesn't describe heaven being full disease.

Cells. How about cells--do they get an afterlife? Millions of cells die each second, but do they get an afterlife? If there was no cells, there would be no such thing as life or humans. And in the afterlife how would we look like ourselves if cells don't get an afterlife or all the small things that make humans, humans and only humans get an afterlife? Of course there is probably some bullcrap excuse to this.

Okay, okay. so what if there is a heaven--is it possible to die again? What if I drown in some pond? Are my lungs just going fill up and I'm not going to die? Or do I just respawn like it's a video game? And just like video games, they're fake. Made up. Not real.

Religion used the concept of a afterlife to control the masses of mankind.

There is no celestial paradise, firmament, purgatory, heaven, hell or afterlife. The concept of an afterlife was used to comfort theists and Christians, and trick them into believing that if they worship this guy called Jesus who died for our sins by saying that if you devote your life and love him more than your family that you'll go to heaven once you die. And we can't give solid proof that there is an afterlife since it's unfalsifiable(Just like God and almost every other illogical theist belief.) Which makes the concept of an afterlife so ideal.

Cole said:

I'd have to agree with Zeus. I mean, we don't know for sure, so I might as well believe in an afterlife, and if it's true, then that'd be wonderful. If not, then oh well, we wouldn't even notice we were believing in something that wasn't real since we'd be dead. And if it is true, we get to see our loved ones, and live an amazing after life after going trough all this bullshit. Everyone else who didn't believe, well, better luck next time. (Hypothetical)

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So in other words, you believe that people should believe in things that are based of faith just because they have beneficial results... and if you're wrong, 'oh well'.

That logic can be applied to any belief no matter how realistic or absurd.

What if my god were a unicorn who farted out rainbows and skittles, and he preached that murder was a good thing, and that you must murder someone who is non-believer to get into this magical and heavenly place called unicornia once you die? Follows your same logic. The difference between my religion and Christianity is that Christianity is popularly believed in. The common misconception people make is that they think the majority must be right. The more logical side should be right. That's what the Greek philosopher Socrates thought.

Don't apply that logic to anything, especially religion.

Cole said:

So, believe in him because you don't want to be wrong in the end.

example;
Logically there is no way he could exist, but at the same you don't want to be wrong when judgement day comes, so you're not taking a chance of going to hell, when you could just say "I believe in God"

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God is omnipotent. He would have known that you're lying(Assuming that you don't really believe in him and only say you do for benefits.)

Also, you just used that same logic again which I said previously not to use, because it makes no sense.

'Logically there is no way he could exist,' You just denied god and god is the holy spirit--which means you're going to hell, it even says so in the bible several times.

Mark 3:29
"But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin."

Luke 12:10
"And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven."

Religion is stupid.

Now the actual question:

I believe it's eternal rest, with no sentience of it.

About fearing death:

I don't fear death, I fear losing my life. The concept of death does not fear me the slightest bit.

Our sins are forgiven and our good deeds are remembered when we die. It is said that one should never curse or talk against a person who is no longer in the world and should only remember the person in a good way. I do not fear death but do not want to die in any accident or anything like that. Only want a peaceful death in my sleep.

erikalui said:

Our sins are forgiven and our good deeds are remembered when we die. It is said that one should never curse or talk against a person who is no longer in the world and should only remember the person in a good way. I do not fear death but do not want to die in any accident or anything like that. Only want a peaceful death in my sleep.

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Hey man, next time you post look at the date of the most recent one. Its located on the top left of the post. Its called grave digging. Dont post if the thread hasn't had any posts in a while.

Chronos said:

Like you said, when we die, nothing happens. It's a hard concept to wrap your head around, but for example, when you're alive in your mothers womb, you couldn't see, hear, remember, etc. Your body was alive but your brain wasn't. The same is for death, except nothing in your body is alive. Yes I fear death. The reason is because it's the end of my time here. No one wants to die, as we'll miss out on experiences we'll never be able to have. It's inevitable however. Also, death hurting is subjective to how you die. If you, for example, get hit by a car or shot in the head or die in an explosion, it's instantaneous, and you only feel pain for mere milliseconds. For deaths like torture, being burned alive, you'll feel pain throughout. For the majority of people however, they die of old age or organ failure. What happens is when your body is about to die, is your brain releases endorphins into your bloodstream. It get's you higher than ever before, you feel no pain, and you don't care about death.

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I wonder who first mentioned these words to you Paul. Glad to see you picked some information up. You're welcome.

I don't understand if you thoroughly believe there is firmament like Heaven and you're going to it, why are you scared to die? Death should be the most satisfactory experience of all from a theistic perspective.

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Hey man, next time you post look at the date of the most recent one. Its located on the top left of the post. Its called grave digging. Dont post if the thread hasn't had any posts in a while.

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You're allowed to grave-dig long as it's not sales thread.

Cann!bal said:

When we die our brain shuts down entirely, it doesn't go to some other dimension.

How about bacteria--do they go to an afterlife? The bible doesn't describe heaven being full disease.

Cells. How about cells--do they get an afterlife? Millions of cells die each second, but do they get an afterlife? If there was no cells, there would be no such thing as life or humans. And in the afterlife how would we look like ourselves if cells don't get an afterlife or all the small things that make humans, humans and only humans get an afterlife? Of course there is probably some bullcrap excuse to this.

Okay, okay. so what if there is a heaven--is it possible to die again? What if I drown in some pond? Are my lungs just going fill up and I'm not going to die? Or do I just respawn like it's a video game? And just like video games, they're fake. Made up. Not real.

Religion used the concept of a afterlife to control the masses of mankind.

There is no celestial paradise, firmament, purgatory, heaven, hell or afterlife. The concept of an afterlife was used to comfort theists and Christians, and trick them into believing that if they worship this guy called Jesus who died for our sins by saying that if you devote your life and love him more than your family that you'll go to heaven once you die. And we can't give solid proof that there is an afterlife since it's unfalsifiable(Just like God and almost every other illogical theist belief.) Which makes the concept of an afterlife so ideal.

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Our body is only our shell, our bacteria, cells etc. get left behind with our bodies. we are only a spirit inside our shell. when we die our spirit leaves our body to go to heaven. I myself am a christian and I was taught about life after death. I believe that our life is just a test from God. If we live our life with faith we will be welcomed into God's Kingdom, if we have no faith we will be sent to hell. We are put on this earth for a reason. What if we cease to exist at physical death? Being mortal with no soul and there is no afterlife. It is the same as never existing in the first place. In my opinion, thinking the preceding in deep thought while alone with one having no hope of the possibility of an afterlife is the most unsettling thought there is. If you say that I only believe in an afterlife because I am afraid of death then you must have no soul. I know that there is a heaven because I have faith.

ChronicReZo said:

Our body is only our shell, our bacteria, cells etc. get left behind with our bodies. we are only a spirit inside our shell. when we die our spirit leaves our body to go to heaven. I myself am a christian and I was taught about life after death. I believe that our life is just a test from God. If we live our life with faith we will be welcomed into God's Kingdom, if we have no faith we will be sent to hell. We are put on this earth for a reason. What if we cease to exist at physical death? Being mortal with no soul and there is no afterlife. It is the same as never existing in the first place. In my opinion, thinking the preceding in deep thought while alone with one having no hope of the possibility of an afterlife is the most unsettling thought there is. If you say that I only believe in an afterlife because I am afraid of death then you must have no soul. I know that there is a heaven because I have faith.

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Your argument of "My pastor says this so it must be true" is completely irrelevant and useless to this section and thread. Pastors are also well known for child molestation, does that mean that such actions should be condoned and performed by the general public? No. The same is the case for scientific debates. Just because your pastor feeds you the unintelligent babble that stems from the book you worship doesn't mean that we want to hear it or value your opinion. Kindly leave and never return to scientific debates. Thanks.

Raptor said:

Your argument of "My pastor says this so it must be true" is completely irrelevant and useless to this section and thread. Pastors are also well known for child molestation, does that mean that such actions should be condoned and performed by the general public? No. The same is the case for scientific debates. Just because your pastor feeds you the unintelligent babble that stems from the book you worship doesn't mean that we want to hear it or value your opinion. Kindly leave and never return to scientific debates. Thanks.

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This is another post where i need to "like" the like button.

I feel the same way chill religion ehh

Asking what happens after we die is a silly question, because it's a superstitious question and it implies there's actually something after we die. So far, no supernatural claims have ever provided valid evidence, just unfalsifiable hypotheses and undesirable and needless mayhem.

I really honestly can't say my opinion on what happens after we die because I do not have one.
Also, I don't fear death itself, I fear what happens after.
Good thread!

You go to heaven and God will give you your judgement. Heaven or Hell.

We become giant trees, bushes, plants, etc.

You get put in a hole in the ground or burned to ashes, get put in and urn, and kept on the mantle.

Religious people think that you live in either Heaven or Hell for eternity. Personally I would be scared shitless if you had to live forever going to church every morning and worshiping God... every day, for the reset of my eternal life. There are also other cultures that believe you are either absorbed into the Earth and live with her in tandem or you get reincarnated after death. I personally would love the thought of being reincarnated into another being, being able to remember my former self would make it all the better, I also wouldn't mind having my soul be absorbed into the Earth. There are also some people who could argue that you just die by the book and nothing happens afterwards. I don't fear death, it is going to happen, might as well find out what happens afterwards.