[Niamh.]

em yeah I think i would like to know

[Beastie]

Oh.. in answer to the topic question. Yes. I would like to know what happens to us when we die.

[ILoveTRW]

Heres your chance to find out! God has sent me to tell you what happens, if you want to know, reveal the spoiler, if you don't then leave now.

Spoiler:

God came to me a couple of months ago and told me that Real World haters will go to hell, people who don't watch and have no opinion on the Real World will serve in heaven and Real World watchers will rule in heaven. no word of a lie. oh and homos go straight to hell

[Angus]

Why would anyone want to know what there is after death? It's the last great adventure which awaits us all.

[Suze]

Originally Posted by angus58

Why would anyone want to know what there is after death? It's the last great adventure which awaits us all.

But what if there is no great adventure though, Angus? Wouldn't the natural curiosity in most Humans want to know if there is at least the possibility that something awaits us, not neccessarily what that may be?

I have actually been very close to death. Some years back, the surgeon told me if I hadn't had what turned out to be a ten and a half hour operation when I did, I would have only lived another three weeks at most, it seems a long time for an operation but that's what I was told, unless I was still a bit out of it and didn't take in fully what was being said, and I knew deep down that I was on my last legs so to be, and I was amazed really that I was so ready, so at peace with what could have been my then impending death, but I am still here much to my amazement at times when I look back at just how ill I was.

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Suze

But what if there is no great adventure though, Angus? Wouldn't the natural curiosity in most Humans want to know if there is at least the possibility that something awaits us, not neccessarily what that may be?

I have actually been very close to death. Some years back, the surgeon told me if I hadn't had what turned out to be a ten and a half hour operation when I did, I would have only lived another three weeks at most, it seems a long time for an operation but that's what I was told, unless I was still a bit out of it and didn't take in fully what was being said, and I knew deep down that I was on my last legs so to be, and I was amazed really that I was so ready, so at peace with what could have been my then impending death, but I am still here much to my amazement at times when I look back at just how ill I was.

If there is only oblivion after death - I would not want to know since that would really make life itself a pretty futile and pointless exercise.

If, on the other hand, there is something after death, and I have my own personal reasons to believe there is from things I have experienced, then again I would not want to know definitively since that would take away the last great mystery - and the one we ALL will one day discover. For me, the belief that there is some other plane of existence after this life is over is something to look forward to and takes away the fear and finality of physical death. It gives me hope and sustains me when I feel overcome by grief for those that have gone.

You have poignantly described a life and death experience you lived through which must have been horrendous not only for you, but your family. I'm sure that experience has shaped your views and beliefs which I totally respect. I don't presume to tell other people that there is definitely nothing after death, nor that there is definitely some form of existence after death - it is just my personal belief that has been influenced by events I have experienced. I think it's something for individual contemplation, since NOBODY can absolutely prove it one way or another.

[jc7]

Originally Posted by angus58

If there is only oblivion after death - I would not want to know since that would really make life itself a pretty futile and pointless exercise.

If, on the other hand, there is something after death, and I have my own personal reasons to believe there is from things I have experienced, then again I would not want to know definitively since that would take away the last great mystery - and the one we ALL will one day discover. For me, the belief that there is some other plane of existence after this life is over is something to look forward to and takes away the fear and finality of physical death. It gives me hope and sustains me when I feel overcome by grief for those that have gone.

You have poignantly described a life and death experience you lived through which must have been horrendous not only for you, but your family. I'm sure that experience has shaped your views and beliefs which I totally respect. I don't presume to tell other people that there is definitely nothing after death, nor that there is definitely some form of existence after death - it is just my personal belief that has been influenced by events I have experienced. I think it's something for individual contemplation, since NOBODY can absolutely prove it one way or another.

There's no point to life anyway.

I hate to piss on the bonfire, but we come out the womb then die 80 odd years later. Everything else is filled in.

We might enjoy life but then there's also the crap that tags along with it.

something to look forward to and takes away the fear and finality of physical death. It gives me hope and sustains me when I feel overcome by grief for those that have gone.

Yep, I agree with that. My personal opinion is that there's nothing beyond death, but it would be nice to think there's something pleasant waiting at the other end.

[Stephanie]

not sure really, i would be interested to know, but then i might not like the answer and spend life just thinking it over and over.

[jc7]

If I'm being honest I don't know why anyone was created in the first place.

No pain, nothing, if human life never existed created.

Life would be much easier because life wouldn't exist.

We can be grateful for the good times and the happiness in our lives, but if we never existed in the first place then we wouldn't be aware of things that could happen if we existed.

Food for thought.

[Ramsay]

Originally Posted by jc7

If I'm being honest I don't know why anyone was created in the first place.

No pain, nothing, if human life never existed created.

Life would be much easier because life wouldn't exist.

We can be grateful for the good times and the happiness in our lives, but if we never existed in the first place then we wouldn't be aware of things that could happen if we were created.

Food for thought.

i can only get into these type of discussions when im very stoned
makes you really think

[jc7]

Originally Posted by Karl

i can only get into these type of discussions when im very stoned
makes you really think

Yeah, they provoke conversation that will just go round and round in circles because no one is alive to prove otherwise.

Just personal opinions which are interesting to hear.

[Niall]

I don't think I would want to know. To think that after you kick the bucket thats your lot, is horrid. I'd hate it, its so bleak.

[Jordan.]

I wouldn't be bothered.

[Harry!]

Patrick still didnt say if 2012 existed. /glare

[LemonJam]

I believe that afterlife is just an emotional crutch for those who fear death.

[Suze]

Originally Posted by LemonJam

I believe that afterlife is just an emotional crutch for those who fear death.

Maybe for some, but I do think some will probably feel like myself that they have to believe there is something after death. Asking otherwise just what is the point of life or maybe not so much that, but making so much of things in life that on the whole don't really matter such as material things. It should make us question really what we want out of our short lifes whilst on earth rather than what we think others want of us, but in the back of our minds some will always be worried they will burn in Hell, so lead a life that reflects on that belief.

[Ninastar]

No, I wouldn't