| Which one are you ? |
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55% |
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| believer |
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23% |
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11% |
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| visiting poltergeist |
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8% |
[ 5 ] |
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crackedpleasures
Phoenix
Joined: Oct 14, 2007
Posts: 1828
Location: In between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown, CZ
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Then where is the option for the non-believers? I am not a sceptic because that involves a bit of doubts, I am an atheist who feels rather sure of his statement that there is nothing supernatural. I have no option I can really vote for here in this poll.
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Phagocyte
Low-Functioning NT
Joined: Oct 16, 2007
Age: 23
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| kate-silverton wrote: | | no, thats why it's called death |
Heh, you hit the nail on the head.
I'm open to the possibility that there may be something after death, but I wouldn't call it life. |
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Tony_S
Hummingbird
Joined: Oct 16, 2007
Posts: 20
Location: Maryland
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Voted Skeptic.
To date, there is no credible scientific evidence that I'm aware of that supports the idea of life after death. Therefore I have no reason to behave as if it exists.
However, I am open to the idea that future discoveries may change this position. I don't think it likely... but it could happen. |
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TheMidnightJudge
Ghost in the Shell
Joined: Mar 29, 2007
Posts: 1844
Location: New England
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Sand
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Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 11852
Location: Finland
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| This is one rational option. We perceive four dimensions, one of time and three of space. If a fifth dimension is possible (theories predict as many as eleven) then we exist in all five dimensions. Our fifth dimensional existence means that there is an extension of ourselves sideways (presuming front and back are directions in time) in the fifth dimension. Our consciousness moves (or is sensed as moving) in time from past to future. Our consciousness is a dot that moves on that time line. If our body ceases to exist in this particular time line perhaps our consciousness moves to another time line running alongside this one in the fifth dimension. I do not state this as a belief, merely as a possibility. |
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Nambo
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Joined: Sep 01, 2007
Posts: 1458
Location: Prussia
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Some of you might be suprised to find what the Bible says about life after death.
" A live dog is better than a dead lion, for there is no devising, nore knowledge, nore wisdom in sheol, the place you are going to"
"For dust you are, and dust you will return"
So there you go, no such thing as life after death.
Where the notion of life after death actually comes from is when the Devil was tempting Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from the tree, God had told Adam that he would die, the Devil told Adam that he would not die but be like God.
Physical detah obviously happened, but Satan tries to keep his lie going through the falicy of living on after your physical body has died. |
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Uri
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
Joined: May 11, 2012
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| No matter what nobody will be disappointed in death because you would not be aware of a disappointment. |
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simon_says
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Joined: Jan 21, 2011
Posts: 2443
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Is there death after life-after-death? Seems only fair.
Once you invoke magical rules, there are no rules. |
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ruveyn
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Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Age: 76
Posts: 29332
Location: New Jersey
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How can we possible determine an answer, either positive or negative. I reject the question as being meaningless.
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Rainy
Snowy Owl
Joined: Apr 24, 2012
Posts: 174
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| crackedpleasures wrote: | | Then where is the option for the non-believers? I am not a sceptic because that involves a bit of doubts, I am an atheist who feels rather sure of his statement that there is nothing supernatural. I have no option I can really vote for here in this poll. |
For practical purposes, Skeptic = Atheist. |
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HisDivineMajesty
Carolingian Emperor Extraordinaire
Joined: Feb 01, 2012
Posts: 1364
Location: Planet Earth
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| It's hope, but not belief for me. There's no telling what will happen. On one hand, the things that have been measured to be your thoughts and nerve centres cease to exist the moment your brain ceases to function. On the other hand, the human mind is one-of-a-kind, probably the most complex thing for us in the universe. I'll just stick to my weak agnostic opinion - I'll be hoping for a pleasant surprise when I'm about to die, but I won't expect anything. |
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artrat
Occupy Wrong Planet!
Joined: Nov 07, 2011
Age: 28
Posts: 1268
Location: The Butthole of the American Empire
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There is no exact way of knowing (unless you believe in ghosts) but probably not.
Animism seems more likely than life after death.
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ruveyn
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Joined: Sep 22, 2008
Age: 76
Posts: 29332
Location: New Jersey
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| Sand wrote: | | One of the basic problems with the idea of life after death is that it motivates people to not appreciate how great it is merely to be alive. |
Belief in immortality also promotes procrastination.
We have only a limited time. Make the best use of it you can.
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snapcap
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Joined: Oct 13, 2011
Age: 31
Posts: 2328
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| Sand wrote: | | One of the basic problems with the idea of life after death is that it motivates people to not appreciate how great it is merely to be alive. |
Why is that, person that probably won't answer me? It might led to people living greater lives, not fearing the unknown. I bet mental health would improve a great deal.
Maybe a cure for many people on the spectrum?
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enrico_dandolo
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There is no way to know.
However, probably not. |
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