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Do you believe in life after death?

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#1 ·
So we all will have our own opinions, thoughts and beliefs but I truly think we will be born again, as a different person, maybe even as the same person, I dont know.

But people die all the time, babies are born too, where did we even come from? I dont believe in God, im not religious but I do believe that we will live again.

What do you believe?
 
#10 ·
At some point it's possible that the electrical pattern that makes up my consciousness will be recreated after my death - indeed if the universe is infinite or eternal it's a certainty - if that's done by artificial means then it may be tantamount to a paradise depending on how benevolent the beings doing it are. It's not something I worry about though.



We come from the mating of previous humans which itself is the result of millions of years of natural selection. Hope this helps.

I like to think that after we die we end up watching everything happening on earth and in the universe as spirits, but we are unable to have anymore affect on anything. Like we are able to watch our children and people we knew and love continue to live.

That, and we can see people we used to know that have passed and enjoy this experience with them.
This is an extremely disturbing thought. When I'm having sex or wanking are there spirits getting off on watching me? What about sex fiends, are they able to spy on kids in the bath etc.? After I die will I have to talk with my Gran about the things I've done in my life that she's seen and disapproves of?

How can you even live your life believing in this?

Sadly I dont think we will remember our loved ones, its just like we werent even born, in my opinion, something has to happen, we cant just die and thats it, I will never believe that.
What's the difference?
 
#13 ·
This is an extremely disturbing thought. When I'm having sex or wanking are there spirits getting off on watching me? What about sex fiends, are they able to spy on kids in the bath etc.? After I die will I have to talk with my Gran about the things I've done in my life that she's seen and disapproves of?

How can you even live your life believing in this?
Maybe I should have elaborated. I didn't mean EVERY single thing, more like achievements or accomplishments and such. Like if a parent died when their kid was only a child, her/his spirit could watch their child graduate, and get married, etc.
 
#55 ·
I feel like anything but the eternal end to one's consciousness following death is wishful thinking. Maybe there's something else but there's zero logical reason to think there is.

Personally I'd love to live forever, or at least have the option where I can cash out any time I want.

Although the more pertinent question is, do you believe in life after love?
 
#56 ·
The fact that anything exists at all belies all "normal" logic. It's actually stranger to think of a permanent end than an eternal existence. And I'll be brutally honest, I don't think it's wishful thinking... sometimes I'm far more terrified of eternal life than being unaware of not existing.
 
#51 ·
Yes, I believe there is an afterlife.

I am not religious, I have just always felt that life doesn't end.

It's undeniable that we know an incomprehensible amount less than what we do know, in regards to everything universe related.

I just always felt that there was another world out there.

When my gran passed away I fully believe she visited me and my brother the next night. We were living at her house at the time, we were both in separate rooms and the lights and lamps flickered, they had never done this before. We both stuck our heads out the doors and said 'Did the lights flicker? Yeh. It was gran'. I felt her presence. I know people can argue that and say 'You just wanted to feel her presence', but I wholeheartedly believe it was her.

The world has continued to evolve for millions of years, why would life ever stop evolving? Just because we can't visually see something doesn't mean it isn't there. We can't see a persons thoughts, we can't see many things in this world. I just think it's almost uncreative to assume that there is nothing there, just because you can't see it.
 
#5 · (Edited)
I know, it will probably go crazy, but im curious, unless its about the bible and heaven/hell...

But im guessing most dont want to get banned, so we just be alright!

I like to think that after we die we end up watching everything happening on earth and in the universe as spirits, but we are unable to have anymore affect on anything. Like we are able to watch our children and people we knew and love continue to live.

That, and we can see people we used to know that have passed and enjoy this experience with them.
Sadly I dont think we will remember our loved ones, its just like we werent even born, in my opinion, something has to happen, we cant just die and thats it, I will never believe that.
 
#14 ·
I think it all just stops with death.
Nothing else really makes sense to me, I find it quite easy to accept.
I have no memory of any kind of awareness before I was born and I think I'll pretty much revert to that once I die.
 
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#25 ·
Yes. I believe there is something out there, but no 'religion' has it all figured out. Maybe the idea of an eternity without conscience is just too difficult to admit. But there is no proof that there is not some greater purpose, and if there is, we wouldn't be able to comprehend it. That's why I am Agnostic but I will never be Atheist. They claim there is no God and no purpose. We do not know that there is no greater being or different reality. Maybe there are infinite realities, and every time something happens one splits into two more. A few days ago I was almost hit by a car while driving. Maybe at that moment, this reality was split into 2, and there is another me where I was hit. Sort of like the Butterfly Effect, how changing one thing can make everything after it different.

As of right now, there is no proof for or against life after death or any deities. I believe there is something, and that our spirits will naturally seek out the ones we loved on Earth. I was raised Protestant Christian, but over the years I have poked so many holes in that story that there is no way I can honestly believe the Bible, or anything claiming to be divine, is true. I don't just look at what my surroundings are. Countless societies have all sprang up their own dogmas and stories, with some similarities ranging far and wide. How come so many different cultures have a concept of 'Heaven' and 'Hell'?

Is Satan really the ruler of Hell? Or is he trapped there too? There's no way he actually has horns red skin and hooves because those traits were added by artists over many centuries. People seam pretty sure in their ability to judge others. "He's up there in Heaven." "He's rotting in Hell". How do you know? What makes you right? As soon as you take a belief and hold it as fact, you are abandoning logic and the truth.

If I had to pick I believe in life after death, but I have no proof. And hey, if I am wrong then that means life is totally 100% meaningless and we are only here to fulfill our greed until we die. But if that is true, why do we know the difference between right and wrong? I'm just going through life trying to do the best I can for the good of my family and friends, and I want to learn what I can. What makes me a hypocrite is that I say you can't believe in something without knowing, but I believe there is a 'God', not the Christian one, and Jesus is not his son because nobody would have called him Jesus. His name would have likely been Yeshua. Like I said I have poked enough holes in Christianity that I do not believe, but I do believe there is a God. And sometimes, I believe most things happen for a reason. I believe there is a creator that set everything in motion, and is watching it unfold as they planned.

To wrap up, I believe in life after death, well not really 'life' but something else. People have been legally dead and 'come back to life', if so where did they go? Do not take my word for anything because I am just a lost soul, an insignificant speck of sand on the beach trying to make sense of it all.
 
#49 ·
Theist but I kind of don't bother thinking about post-death stuff. I dunno. I don't want to say I don't "care," but, do I? I guess it'd be nice so you can see people you miss, but, what, does that never end? This is why I don't bother thinking about it. Kind of sounds silly how someone can believe in god but not automatically an afterlife, but like, whatever. I'm not one of those shitty theists that're nice to people because I'm scared of hell or anything. I'm nice to (most) people just to not be a cunt. If post-death anything exists it isn't up me where I wind up.

Watch me be wrong.

God: "Where do you wanna go now?"
Me: "Seriously? I get to pick?"
God: "Swerve, right? No one sees that shit coming."
Me: "uhhhh, Japan was neat, can I go back there?"
God "fpalm"
 
#54 ·
Essentially yes... but then I don't think linear time is something that actually exists, just merely a construct of the human mind to create boundaries to a current existence. So after death is a misnomer.
 
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#73 ·
I used to discuss this frequently with my father prior to his death. Unlike my mother, who followed the Catholic doctrines and believed in an afterlife in ‘heaven’ (however that’s defined), reunited with her loved ones, with a dash if spiritualism meaning they could cross the divide between life and afterlife when warranted, he was troubled with uncertainty. My father was raised in a combination of Catholicism and Paganism, which left him with the guilt and worries of purgatory from one and the possibilities of reincarnation from the other. He also, like most intelligent people, considered the likelihood of death as finality.

I’m firmly in the reincarnation camp. I see us moving on to an in-between stage before choosing a new life to explore and learn from. I also think some folks become lost during the transition out of fear of punishment, loss of beloved earthly connections or simple refusal to change. Since my father was open to such discussion and deal-making, I asked him to let me know, in some way, if he could, which of us was right about what comes next.

I wasn’t the only one he made afterlife plans with; before my father died, he told his best friend he would visit him as a bird once he was certain his afterlife was secure. He told my mother he feared hell or being sent to purgatory for his lifetime sins (he was mentally ill, abusive and a bisexual pedophile who acted on his urges).

Within a day of his death, my mother claimed he appeared in her bedroom while she was reading one evening, asking her to pray for his release from purgatory, My take on this was that he was trapped in limbo out of fear, but her promise of prayers seem to placate him and he never returned for assistance. His next ‘visit’ (take this as you will) was in the form of a robin (his favourite bird) who flew in an open window at the friend’s house and stood on a living room chair while the friend talked to him for nearly an hour. The man was so excited by this that he called my mother to tell her my father had kept his promise.

My father attended his funeral. He hadn’t been expecting many people so I think he was pleasantly surprised. He was right beside me, at the end of the pew, wearing his usual church blazer and pants, just as he would have in life. He was a solid, visible presence for a good third of the ceremony and was seen by not only me but several attendees, some of who were friends of mine or my mother’s and had never met him in life.

I would like to think that he’s since moved on to learn the lessons offered by a new life, one where he faces fewer emotional challenges. I like that about reincarnation; the fairness of it.
 
#77 · (Edited)
Nope. I don't believe in life after death any more than I believe in life before birth. I really don't and never will get the religious obsession with immortality. I understand wanting a comfortable lie to make someone's loss bearable, but the delusion is also unhealthy .. It's unhealthy because so many people who are absolutely convinced in a life after death situation do little to nothing in order to maximize the limited time they do have with someone they love.

Yeah .. I hate the fact that my time with my wife is limited by how long each of us lives ... It's torturous sometimes and extremely painful .. But you know what, since we don't believe in the afterlife, it allows us to maximize every moment we have with each other. It keeps us from taking each other for granted .. There are many advantages to not believe in an afterlife - and I'm glad that I don't suffer from that delusion - and hopefully will have fewer regrets when I die because I live each day trying to do as much as I can to be content and happy.
 
#4 ·
I like to think that after we die we end up watching everything happening on earth and in the universe as spirits, but we are unable to have anymore affect on anything. Like we are able to watch our children and people we knew and love continue to live.

That, and we can see people we used to know that have passed and enjoy this experience with them.
 
#12 ·
I'm not a religious person at all. I simply find God and heaven, whatever, hard to believe. Maybe it's real, I just don't know.

But I truly hope there's something after death, be it an afterlife or reincarnation. The idea that you die and that's it is pretty sad and scary both.

I want to be able to look after my daughter after I die. Maybe in some spirit form?
 
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