Poll of the Day > What do you think happens after you die?

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what do you think happens
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Could be a lot of things. As long as its not nothing, Im fine with it.
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I think it's probably nothing

Depends entirely on what you believe. God has a sense of humour too you know.
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minervo posted...

Depends entirely on what you believe. God has a sense of humour too you know.

I like this.
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Lots of things happen after people die... like decomposition, degeneration, denucleosynthesis (but that one takes a billion years or so)
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You experienced nothingness before you were born, and I believe you return to that same nothingness when you die.

An afterlife is highly illogical and makes no sense according to the laws of science. Reincarnation makes more sense than an afterlife does. Life is rather cyclical in nature, and reincarnation would be in keeping with that cyclical nature. Although I don't really believe in reincarnation either, but it makes more sense than an afterlife does. I believe that when we die there is nothing.

rogerskg1979 posted...

You experienced nothingness before you were born, and I believe you return to that same nothingness when you die.

An afterlife is highly illogical and makes no sense according to the laws of science. Reincarnation makes more sense than an afterlife does. Life is rather cyclical in nature, and reincarnation would be in keeping with that cyclical nature. Although I don't really believe in reincarnation either, but it makes more sense than an afterlife does. I believe that when we die there is nothing.

Why dont they make sense?
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I wake up
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Dont know
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your body starts to decompse.

or if you get cremated then some random person gets your ashes
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LinkPizza posted...

Why dont they make sense?

Because it fails to present itself in any perceivable way yet is supposed to be so ubiquitous that all human life is subject to it.
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Nothing or we just get our own little personal sandbox of a world to ourselves.
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GanglyKhan posted...

Nothing or we just get our own little personal sandbox of a world to ourselves.

This, hoping for the second one tho.
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JimCarrysToe posted...

GanglyKhan posted...

Nothing or we just get our own little personal sandbox of a world to ourselves.

This, hoping for the second one tho.

Forever alone is the worst!
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SunWuKung420 posted...

JimCarrysToe posted...

GanglyKhan posted...

Nothing or we just get our own little personal sandbox of a world to ourselves.

This, hoping for the second one tho.

Forever alone is the worst!

But I can make all the hot anime guys I want real!
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The same thing that happened before I was born. Nothing. As irrational as it is I have a fear of death even though I won't even know when it happens and it'll be like being put to sleep only never waking up. I try not to think about it too much though as if I go too deep into that rabbit hole I'll probably never come out and it serves no purpose. Thinking about the journey not the destination is more productive.
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Been dead. Absolute oblivion. Nothing to be afraid of. It's just like before you were born. You will only have awareness up to the point where your brain switches off.
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LinkPizza posted...

Why dont they make sense?

What makes you "you" is your brain. Without that there is no "you" thus "you" don't go anywhere. Now don't get me wrong believing in life after death is nice I'd imagine and it doesn't do any harm but it is basically just deluding yourself. Not that you'll ever know that when you die.
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MisterXiado posted...

Been dead. Absolute oblivion. Nothing to be afraid of. It's just like before you were born. You will only have awareness up to the point where your brain switches off.

Thats exactly what Im afraid of, though. So there absolutely is something to be scared.

Kyuubi4269 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

Why dont they make sense?

Because it fails to present itself in any perceivable way yet is supposed to be so ubiquitous that all human life is subject to it.

wwinterj25 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

Why dont they make sense?

What makes you "you" is your brain. Without that there is no "you" thus "you" don't go anywhere. Now don't get me wrong believing in life after death is nice I'd imagine and it doesn't do any harm but it is basically just deluding yourself. Not that you'll ever know that when you die.

Idk. I dont see how it doesnt make sense. There are lots of things we dont fully understand. If you showed planes or fighter jets flying around to people before there had anything that flew in the air, they would think it was magic. But its just science they didnt understand. But the same thing could happen now. After death, maybe something happens that we dont understand. It might seem like magic to us, yet there may be some complex science that we dont understand yet...
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wwinterj25 posted...

What makes you "you" is your brain.

Lol...ok...so funny...haha...
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Kids on the internet make memes about you
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LinkPizza posted...

Idk. I dont see how it doesnt make sense.

... because nothing supports it's existence.

LinkPizza posted...

There are lots of things we dont fully understand. If you showed planes or fighter jets flying around to people before there had anything that flew in the air, they would think it was magic. But its just science they didnt understand.

Yet for the things we don't understand there is things suggesting these things exist thus we try and understand them and find out why these things happen if we ever can.

LinkPizza posted...

But the same thing could happen now. After death, maybe something happens that we dont understand. It might seem like magic to us, yet there may be some complex science that we dont understand yet...

However nothing suggests life happens after death. Nothing suggests it's any more real than a kids fairytale. Nothing happening after death has more proof to it simply because of science. We know your cogitation makes you through science and without the brain that isn't a thing thus no you. If that 100% proof? Of course not and I doubt we can ever prove what happens in death but more signs point towards that due to evidence.

SunWuKung420 posted...

Lol...ok...so funny...haha...

Oh. I forgot folk who lack such a thing. My bad.
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I guess. I still think its a possibility. And Ill believe that until they prove otherwise, or I die. Most likely the latter. I can understand why people dont believe it in, but I have no reason not to.
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wwinterj25 posted...

Oh. I forgot folk who lack such a thing. My bad.

I have a brain but we are all much more than it.
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LinkPizza posted...

I guess. I still think its a possibility. And Ill believe that until they prove otherwise, or I die. Most likely the latter.

As I said stuff like life after death if too actually help folk cope with death. Religion is actually designed to help folk through life too. It's nice if folk believe that stuff I guess. It's also harmless for the most part as when you inevitably die you won't know if you're right or not and you certainly can't come back and tell us.

LinkPizza posted...

I can understand why people dont believe it in, but I have no reason not to.

.. and I have no reason to believe in it.

SunWuKung420 posted...

I have a brain but we are all much more than it.

You certainly are yes.
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No idea, if I had to guess I would say probably an after life of some sort but not like in the bible
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wwinterj25 posted...

you certainly can't come back and tell us.

Doesnt that depend on how long youre dead for?
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LinkPizza posted...

Doesnt that depend on how long youre dead for?

Nobody comes back from death. Sure some folk maybe classed as "dead" at times but if your system starts working again then you are not really dead.
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wwinterj25 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

Doesnt that depend on how long youre dead for?

Nobody comes back from death. Sure some folk maybe classed as "dead" at times but if your system starts working again then you are not really dead.

^ This more or less. Death isn't an instantaneous thing unless your body and particularly your brain are completely destroyed in the process. If they're more or less intact, resuscitation is possible and death can be averted.

Like old people don't die of old age, they die of organ failure due to deterioration.
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For me? I expect hell or something similar. Nothing would be ideal though.
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But where do all the calculators go?
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You all cease to exist.
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rogerskg1979 posted...

You experienced nothingness before you were born, and I believe you return to that same nothingness when you die.

An afterlife is highly illogical and makes no sense according to the laws of science. Reincarnation makes more sense than an afterlife does. Life is rather cyclical in nature, and reincarnation would be in keeping with that cyclical nature. Although I don't really believe in reincarnation either, but it makes more sense than an afterlife does. I believe that when we die there is nothing.

I sorta believe in reincarnation in a final fantasy 7 sense where your body gets broke down into energy and gets distributed among other things like plant life and so on. That lines up with what you said I guess but it was that game that made me first really think about it.
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LinkPizza posted...

I guess. I still think its a possibility. And Ill believe that until they prove otherwise, or I die. Most likely the latter. I can understand why people dont believe it in, but I have no reason not to.

So... The God delusion? You can't prove a negative so there will never be proof, the only defining factor is faith and you can have faith in either side arbitrarily, your only sticking point is convenience based entirely in fear.
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You decay, or get cremated. On rare occasions you might be scavenged by animals.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

I guess. I still think its a possibility. And Ill believe that until they prove otherwise, or I die. Most likely the latter. I can understand why people dont believe it in, but I have no reason not to.

So... The God delusion? You can't prove a negative so there will never be proof, the only defining factor is faith and you can have faith in either side arbitrarily, your only sticking point is convenience based entirely in fear.

Never said anything about God...
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LinkPizza posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

LinkPizza posted...

I guess. I still think its a possibility. And Ill believe that until they prove otherwise, or I die. Most likely the latter. I can understand why people dont believe it in, but I have no reason not to.

So... The God delusion? You can't prove a negative so there will never be proof, the only defining factor is faith and you can have faith in either side arbitrarily, your only sticking point is convenience based entirely in fear.

Never said anything about God...

It's the God delusion because it's the exact same reasoning, there's a reason why religion outlines the afterlife.
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Your light goes out forever *sadface*
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Hopefully nothing.
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I don't think death actually exists. I think it's possible that reality is mostly an illusion and that everyone's consciousness if connected until a point in time where you are no longer connected anymore and that's what we consider death. Maybe there's a new phase after that, not something bad, just something different than whatever we are experiencing now.
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I hope it's not reincarnation. Once I finally get out of here, the last thing I want is to be forced to start over again
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StoneRevolver posted...

I don't think death actually exists. I think it's possible that reality is mostly an illusion and that everyone's consciousness if connected until a point in time where you are no longer connected anymore and that's what we consider death. Maybe there's a new phase after that, not something bad, just something different than whatever we are experiencing now.

Losing connection to the shared conscious network is what we refer to as death.
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GanglyKhan posted...

Nothing or we just get our own little personal sandbox of a world to ourselves.

I kinda think it's similar to this. You'll be sleeping but never being able to wake up, so you're stuck in a single endless dream.

wwinterj25 posted...

What makes you "you" is your brain.

That's not entirely true. Circumstances points out to the fact that other parts of your body also carries what defines you, and some people have shown to display other's characteristics after organ transplants and things like that.

If you ask me, I place my coins on the fact that our... "consciousness" (?) or what others call "soul" are actually the electrons running trough our nervous system, and it is theorized that electrons does "pop in and out of existence" all the time, though we currently lack any means to observe them to prove that. The thing is, when we die and our body is unable to hold those particles together, our consciousness could very well be carried over to that place where these electrons go, be it a 4th dimension or whatever else.

Mover_of_Zigs posted...

I hope it's not reincarnation. Once I finally get out of here, the last thing I want is to be forced to start over again

I mean, itll most likely be different. And you most likely wouldnt know. You could end up having the best life in the next one... In that life, you may want to live forever.
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VixYW posted...

GanglyKhan posted...

Nothing or we just get our own little personal sandbox of a world to ourselves.

I kinda think it's similar to this. You'll be sleeping but never being able to wake up, so you're stuck in a single endless dream.

wwinterj25 posted...

What makes you "you" is your brain.

That's not entirely true. Circumstances points out to the fact that other parts of your body also carries what defines you, and some people have shown to display other's characteristics after organ transplants and things like that.

If you ask me, I place my coins on the fact that our... "consciousness" (?) or what others call "soul" are actually the electrons running trough our nervous system, and it is theorized that electrons does "pop in and out of existence" all the time, though we currently lack any means to observe them to prove that. The thing is, when we die and our body is unable to hold those particles together, our consciousness could very well be carried over to that place where these electrons go, be it a 4th dimension or whatever else.

Ive heard of that, too. Eating and drinking certain foods and picking up new hobbies that would be unusual for them.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

rogerskg1979 posted...

You experienced nothingness before you were born, and I believe you return to that same nothingness when you die.

An afterlife is highly illogical and makes no sense according to the laws of science. Reincarnation makes more sense than an afterlife does. Life is rather cyclical in nature, and reincarnation would be in keeping with that cyclical nature. Although I don't really believe in reincarnation either, but it makes more sense than an afterlife does. I believe that when we die there is nothing.

I sorta believe in reincarnation in a final fantasy 7 sense where your body gets broke down into energy and gets distributed among other things like plant life and so on. That lines up with what you said I guess but it was that game that made me first really think about it.

Well, yeah, that's not a unique concept to just FF7. Our bodies literally do return to the earth when we die. Our bodies rot and decay and eventually our molecules break down and return completely to the earth, and then new life is born from that. That's the cycle of life, and a basic rule of science is that matter can never be created nor destroyed. Every new life is born out of the matter of the old dead lives.

The real question is whether of not such a thing as a "soul" exists. We simply do not know if anything like that exists, and there is no way of actually proving it. If a soul does exist, maybe it goes on to an afterlife (heaven/hell) or maybe it is reincarnated in a new body or maybe it wanders the earth as ghost or maybe souls just don't exist period. Who knows. Nobody knows.

VixYW posted...

If you ask me, I place my coins on the fact that our... "consciousness" (?) or what others call "soul" are actually the electrons running trough our nervous system, and it is theorized that electrons does "pop in and out of existence" all the time, though we currently lack any means to observe them to prove that. The thing is, when we die and our body is unable to hold those particles together, our consciousness could very well be carried over to that place where these electrons go, be it a 4th dimension or whatever else.

You shouldn't put your coins on some fringe hypothesis involving quantum mechanics of which our current understanding is for shit. Have you ever seen that show Through the Wormhole, narrated by Morgan Freeman? There was a whole episode about this. It is very interesting for sure, but it is not proven to be a fact as you seem to believe.
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i was dead for billions of years before i was born. for whence we came we shall return.

I think it's reincarnation.
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