[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Stephen Hawking:

""I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There
is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid
of the dark," he added."

“Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be changed from one form to another.” Albert Einstein.

Energy. It's what makes you LT and me Livia. What happens to it when we die? Einstein says energy cannot be created or destroyed, so what happens to it?

I don't have the answer to this. But then, no one has the answer when we consider whether or not there is an afterlife, there is only anecdotal evidence and personal belief. I believe we continue after we abandon the "old computer" which is our body. Incidentally, I've had lots and lots of computers and transferred the data from one to another so I'm not sure the computer analogy is a good one. Whether or not we are reborn or whether we go somewhere else... I have no answers. What I personally believe though, is this: the people you love never really leave you. You can call this a fairy story, but I can assure you I am not afraid of the dark. I truly believe we go on, but I have no more proof than those who believe that, "when you're dead, you're dead".