Frank Goad
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Would life be happy with no afterlife?
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Would life be happy with no afterlife?
- Thread starter Frank Goad
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If anything, I expect that if afterlives existed we all would be rather miserable as a result.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Depends on who you are. Some have good lives, some don't in this afterlife we live in right now.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
endlessvoid2018
*Banned*
The thought of there being no afterlife and ceasing to exist essentially after death isn't really particularly comforting to me.
Yes, at least until the body dies. Then there is no apparatus with which to be happy.
ajay0
Well-Known Member
Would life be happy with no afterlife?
Reading Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi', which has a description of the afterlife as in astral dimensions, left me more relieved and relaxed, as I felt that I can meet my dead relatives and friends again in the afterlife. I remember this sensation back then as a teenager when I first read it.
It did leave me more equanimous as a result.
Would life be happy with no afterlife?
I don't consider an afterlife to be a thing and I'm happy with my life, more or less
Vey happy for me.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
Your mileage might vary.
TheSwede
Member
For some people the "belief" that there won't be an after life makes this life more precious.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
I personally do not hope for an afterlife as it has in any way been described by many popular religions.
I think it all depends on which version of after life you believe in. When I was a theist, I dreaded the afterlife because I was convinced I would spend an eternal afterlife in the tortures of Hell.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
Tomef
Well-Known Member
There is no afterlife afaik, and I’m pretty happy. The same basic things that make one person happy can work for another, no need for fictional gods and all that.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
Pancho Frijoles
Member
Yes, that is a natural and universal feeling.
Having said that, I suppose that feeling "uncomfortable" does not equal living an unhappy life.
I mean, there are millions of atheists in the world and still we could not say all of them are unhappy.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
An eternity of being in perpetual church dosent sound all that appealing either. ;0)
☆Dreamwind☆
Active Member
Since I wouldn't be conscious in anyway if there was none, then it wouldn't matter. I really would be resting in peace.
It depends on if you are happy now.
For the majority of mankind, considering all the problems that now exist, I’d say the answer would be no.
A positive hope, based on a reliable source, can help a person to deal with trials more effectively.
Hope you’re well.
For the majority of mankind, considering all the problems that now exist, I’d say the answer would be no.
A positive hope, based on a reliable source, can help a person to deal with trials more effectively.
Hope you’re well.
Ignatius A
Well-Known Member
It could be. To some degree it depends on our choices.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
Hahuzul
New Member
It all depends on how you lived your previous life.Would life be happy with no afterlife?
I have always not understood this. For most people the afterlife is supposedly better than this life, yet all these people try to live as long as possible. Now I'm not advocating suicide but if you actually lived the way your God wants you too, for most people their life would be much shorter, and they would reach their afterlife much quicker. Yet society keeps wanting to extend our lives, keeps trying so overall I think most people would prefer no afterlife and live forever on this world. I, however, crave for the time when I no longer, feel, hunger, strive. I do not wish for additional time no matter what it entails.Would life be happy with no afterlife?