Afterlife

[Stevicus]

Well, the “usual procedure” isn’t really a sense is it?

Isn't it? I don't know exactly where I will be when I die or the circumstances. My sense of what will happen is based on previous experience and observation of what usually happens to other people when they die.

Of course, there may be other possibilities. I could die on a sinking ship with my body ending up at the bottom of the ocean. Or I could die in the desert and be eaten by vultures, with remains decomposing and never being found. Or I could be in a spaceship and blown out into space and end up who knows where?

 

[Ajax]

So our consciousness ends with our death and our atoms go on forever

That's the true meaning of after life that many envisage..

 

[Ajax]

wouldn’t ask if all animals evolved equally because I don’t think evolution over billions of years took place,

Well, that's your fault. Nothing I can do I'm afraid..

 

[Jimmy]

Well, that's your fault. Nothing I can do I'm afraid..

Far from a fault.

 

[Jimmy]

Isn't it? I don't know exactly where I will be when I die or the circumstances. My sense of what will happen is based on previous experience and observation of what usually happens to other people when they die.

Of course, there may be other possibilities. I could die on a sinking ship with my body ending up at the bottom of the ocean. Or I could die in the desert and be eaten by vultures, with remains decomposing and never being found. Or I could be in a spaceship and blown out into space and end up who knows where?

Haha

 

[Ajax]

Far from a fault.

A brain may have as many as 100 trillion connections. All animal brains are made up of neurons. A human brain has 85-100 billion neurons.
Now if you believe that man was formed from dust from the ground plus a blow in his nostrils.... then you could believe anything.
But...everyone is entitled to his own beliefs.

 

[Jimmy]

A brain may have as many as 100 trillion connections. All animal brains are made up of neurons. A human brain has 85-100 billion neurons.
Now if you believe that man was formed from dust from the ground plus a blow in his nostrils.... then you could believe anything.

This threads about the afterlife not evolution vs creationism.

 

[Ajax]

This threads about the afterlife not evolution vs creationism.

You are right, my mistake.. but the discussion "evolved" there.

 

[Pete in Panama]

Far from a fault.

A brain may have as many as 100 trillion connections. All animal brains are made up of neurons. A human brain has 85-100 billion neurons.
Now if you believe that man was formed from dust from the ground plus a blow in his nostrils.... then you could believe anything.

This is all very interesting but everyone seems to be dancing around the main thesis of this thread: the naturre of our afterlife. Sure, lots of folks say we don't know but when you get right down to it there is a lot of stuff we DO know:

1. We can't live forever in our current form and we don't want live forever in our current form. Our upcoming deaths in this world will be good for us and those around us. Anyone who wants to take issue with that statement is more than welcome to do so.
2. We will continue in some other form, one that will most probably be outside of not only this space/time but most probably outside of ANY space time --ditto here on the above "take issue" sentence.
3. The nature of our next form is beyond our comprehension and that's a good thing too (ditto/issue).

Those 3 points sort it all out for me, please let me know if anyone thinks I missed something

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I plan to have my deceased body cremated and my ashes scattered by my family at a scenic location of our choice. I know that my physical body will die, which brings the First Law of Thermodynamics into play, but I believe that my consciousness—that is, my energy (my spirit or soul)—will continue to exist after my body dies. I don't know at this point in my life if I will decide to crossover into the spirit realm (of which I believe there is one), if I will choose to remain earthbound (which I believe will be an option for me), or if I will decide to travel back and forth between the physical world and the spirit realm, which I also believe is possible for spirits. Of course, I believe this is one of those "wait and see" situations. In other words, I won't know until after I die.

 

[Jimmy]

You are right, my mistake.. but the discussion "evolved" there.

Yeah when you assumed I believed all living things evolved and that none were created with the possibility of one of them having a supernatural characteristic. Like I said, that’s for another thread.

 

[Jimmy]

I plan to have my deceased body cremated and my ashes scattered by my family at a scenic location of our choice. I know that my physical body will die, which brings the First Law of Thermodynamics into play, but I believe that my consciousness—that is, my energy (my spirit or soul)—will continue to exist after my body dies. I don't know at this point in my life if I will decide to crossover into the spirit realm (of which I believe there is one), if I will choose to remain earthbound (which I believe will be an option for me), or if I will decide to travel back and forth between the physical world and the spirit realm, which I also believe is possible for spirits. Of course, I believe this is one of those "wait and see" situations. In other words, I won't know until after I die.

Thanks for your response.

 

[osgart]

I have a hunch that all life falls back into the ocean that contains drops of souls.

 

[Jimmy]

I have a hunch that all life falls back into the ocean that contains drops of souls.

Why do you sound so sure? Haha.

 

[osgart]

Why do you sound so sure? Haha.

It's a hunch! Mindlessly made intellect and life does not compute. Ha ha

 

[The Hammer]

Back here again, somewhere else, some other time.

 

[Tinkerpeach]

Do you have any sense at all where you’re going after death or is it just a hunch?

Whatever Heaven actually is is where I will be. Nobody knows exactly what it will be like outside of some brief descriptions.

 

[Jimmy]

Whatever Heaven actually is is where I will be. Nobody knows exactly what it will be like outside of some brief descriptions.

I think a lot of people know what it will be like.

 

[Quintessence]

Same places I go during "life."

Into the Land, Sea, and Sky.

 

[Jimmy]

Same places I go during "life."

Into the Land, Sea, and Sky.

I agree that’s where everybody will go, except one.