[y.winter]

No. But then again, we can't actually know, so who cares...

Originally Posted by Underscore

Did this not come into anyones head when reading the title??

Youtube video

lol I thought it was only me

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Watching the truman show ****ed up my head for a very long time I was constantly thinking that it could well be true and you just wouldn't know, and maybe people are watching me constantly and such.

Something else that ****ed me up a little was the matrix. Something else that could possibly be true but we wouldn't know

Yeah I always think the matrix could be true aswell

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah I don't get people's reasoning of what's the point of life otherwise? Well.....life is the point

But what's so bad about just dying anyway? Sleeping is one of my favourite things to do so I'm absolutely fine with that

Heh this is how I view it too

Though its not going to actually be like sleeping, as there will be no dreams as unfortunately an alive brain is needed for that

I do quite like the notion of a neverending dream though, especially if it could be one of the lucid ones that I have recently

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Heh this is how I view it too

Though its not going to actually be like sleeping, as there will be no dreams as unfortunately an alive brain is needed for that

I do quite like the notion of a neverending dream though, especially if it could be one of the lucid ones that I have recently

Oh yeah like inception or something, that would be amazing but yeah no dreams obviously, it will be just like how it was before you were born

[Alf]

I'll find out when I die. Until then, I'll just live my life and not worry about it.

To answer the question, I'd say probably not, but I also wouldn't rule it out, because I don't know for fact.

[hijaxers]

Yes i do

[Alf]

Believers of religions believe that Paradise will be in the afterlife and Atheists believe it's not gonna happen, and they must build Paradise in their life-time. Two sides of a coin seeking the same thing.

[Jordan.]

To me I see it as a concept that has been ingrained in humans through religion as a way of making them conform to a "good" standard of living and also giving them a sense of hope in death. Ultimately I think that's a good thing to have but I just have a hard time believing it's logically possible.

[Toy Soldier]

Depends what you mean, I suppose. It's possible that something individual continues to exist after death, though no proof for it, although I don't believe it can be your human consciousness / personality or anything even close to resembling it. It's very easy to demonstrate how chemical and physical changes to the brain can completely alter personality and memory. If a brain injury can fundamentally "change" who you are... then it's logically improbable that personality exists outside of the physical brain in any persistent form that could continue after the brain ceases to function.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Alf

Believers of religions believe that Paradise will be in the afterlife and Atheists believe it's not gonna happen, and they must build Paradise in their life-time. Two sides of a coin seeking the same thing.

That's very profound, Alfie. Although Jewish people don't have paradise. Or hell.

I do totally believe in life after death, but what form that takes I won't know until I shuffle off this mortal coil.

[LeatherTrumpet]

If more people understood where all the atoms that create our body came from they would not need to create fiction to try to make us more interesting

[Marches]

Originally Posted by Alf

I'll find out when I die. Until then, I'll just live my life and not worry about it.

To answer the question, I'd say probably not, but I also wouldn't rule it out, because I don't know for fact.

i wish i had that mentality about death but i spent a lot of my teen years contemplating and even panicking about it I'm prob weird af but yeah the idea of not existing whatsoever just seems so chilling to me but its like the only logical conclusion

[LeatherTrumpet]

There is a good article online about what happens to a decomposing body in a coffin and where our atoms etc go

[Natalie.]

Yes I do

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Natalie.

Yes I do

I'm afraid it's hope over not a scintilla of evidence


Can you explain how it works scientifically using the laws of the universe and the elements of the periodic table?

[GoldHeart]

The way I see it , if there's nothing after death then why are we here in the first place and what would be the point if there's no afterlife ??!.

And I guess it's all about Faith ,we'll see what happens for ourselves .

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

If more people understood where all the atoms that create our body came from they would not need to create fiction to try to make us more interesting

Those atoms came from the Big Bang, more or less. Aren't scientists still trying to find out what caused the Big Bang? Isn't that what all that fuss is with the Large Hadron Collider? Or as I like to call it, the Large Hardon Collider.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I'm afraid it's hope over not a scintilla of evidence


Can you explain how it works scientifically using the laws of the universe and the elements of the periodic table?

You can't explain how love works using the laws of the universe and the elements of the periodic table.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

The way I see it , if there's nothing after death then why are we here in the first place and what would be the point if there's no afterlife ??!.

And I guess it's all about Faith ,we'll see what happens for ourselves .

There is no point. Why should there'd be?

Faith is another word for belief with zero evidence. Treat therefore with maximum contempt

[Livia]

LOL... you are a miserable sod, LT.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Livia

LOL... you are a miserable sod, LT.

[MTVN]

I do. I feel like I'm a bit naive to do so sometimes but I just feel like we're such complicated creatures inhabiting such a complicated universe that itd be silly to think that this small life is all that there is

[Ross.]

Yes I do, so many small things that have happened to me personally make me believe that there’s a life after death and I’m being watched over by those I’ve lost

I have no concrete evidence to prove it of course (don’t start LT), but I see no harm in believing

[Ross.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

But what's so bad about just dying anyway? Sleeping is one of my favourite things to do so I'm absolutely fine with that

Bye it’s terrifying Niamh don’t act tough!

[Vicky.]

There can never be evidence of life after death in reality as..noone can come back from the dead. I know some people who die for a few seconds report bright lights and such but that can be explained by science. Dead dead people cannot tell us whats there, if anything

So it really is a faith thing. I think that humans like to believe there is something else as the thought of nothing scares them. I am the opposite, the thought of nothing makes me look forward to it. Thats morbid as **** but yeah...sometimes I really do wish I believed in something, and envy those that do.

Apparently love can be explained by science though, I read about it somewhere..something to do with hormones or chemicals or something