I'm just wondering what people think happens when you die. I alternate between nothing - you non-exist - to believing you return to the source of all that is, whatever that is - which to us might be like non-existance anyway, as we'd lose all our personal characteristics.
I don't mean this to be dark. I just know there's a lot of people on here with different spiritual backgrounds and experiences. It's something I've been thinking of quite a bit lately.
It times like this i really wish Jesper were around to give us different views than the ones PD and i will surely battle out.
Personally i don't think anything happens, and of course this may never be able to be fully proven.
The best way to think of it is its exactly the same as before you were born, you are simply not there anymore. Once the electrical activity in your brain dies, thats it, all over red -rover.
That's a good question azzah, because according to the latest statistics 10 out of 10 people die
BT, I didn't know you'd have a sixth sense or something. How else would you know what my answer would be? All right...you're probably right so here it comes. I have an issue when people say: "We don't know what happens when we die." and YET they don't listen to those who claim : "We do know what happens when we die"
I am one of those who knows what happens. Your soul has weight and when you die your body becomes lighter, that is why a dead body weighs less than an alive one.
Being a Christian you know what I believe: a lot of people WILL go to hell and others will go to heaven. It's that simple and horifying for those who will have to spend an eternity paying for their sins. Hell is not dependant on public opinion.
Just like you choose things in life you also choose where you will spend your eternity. Anyway, this is the Christian viewpoint.
Gold!Originally Posted by ProteinDirect
That's a good question azzah, because according to the latest statistics 10 out of 10 people die
reincarnation maybe? total nothingness? dunno but i'll see ya there sometime
Can't agree here....
I'm a Christian, but i don't believe in "Hell" as a place for the undeserving to be sent.
However, as to the original question? My view is that human beings, as with everything else on earth, are simply arranged energy. At death, I wonder what happens to that energy. Yes, bodies degrade or are cremated etc. but what happens to brain energy. Does it just evaporate? Does it form the "soul"? Does it return from whence it came? Does it head for energy heaven to be redistributed?
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T2,
I'm interested to know the definition of a christian? Do you accept and believe that Jesus died on the cross for all the sins of man?
Yes.
Interesting you use the phrase "definition of a Christian" :) but I understand.
Take2: according to Jesus not everyone who calls him Lord will enter heaven but ONLY those who do his will. I can go more into the definition of Christianity but it can be a long discussion.
Now, if there was no hell to save people from, what was the point of Jesus dying and rising again?
Fair enough.....
But I take a broader view. Hell is as much an exercise in church power and management as it is a "place', in my view. Obviously, I can't know if Hell truly exists, but if it does, I might be in strife. :)
fwiw: I don't get too bogged down in what constitutes "being a Christian" as much as what I take from Christianity, in terms of how I am as a person, and how I fit into society.
Before I became a Christian I ALWAYS had two beliefes (these I ALWAYS had):
belief one: there is a hell
belief two: no one can claim God dealt with him unrighteously. Yes you can bring millions of arguments such as people suffering, the Holocaust, disabled people etc, etc and YET I could never shake off this thought (God is NEVER unfair - I may not understand why God does certain things a certain way but he's never unfair).
Again, these were MY beliefs which I always had.
again, fair enough, but I don't believe God intervenes in ANY way. What would be the point of divine intervention? Why have the human race, with free will, but have a meddling God? Seems pointless to me.
Humanity has been given a way of living (reinforced generally in all religions) and it's up to humanity to either do so, or not.
According to this, what would then be the point of prayer? Pray to God but don't expect any answers? You certainly have a free choice and this is something undisputable.
I see prayer as not a means of necessarily having them "answered", as more a communication with God. I also see prayer very widely. When I taught high school RE, we looked at prayer in the very widest of senses; as a personal communication with God; as a way of sharing burdens; as a means of seeking clarity, et al. Yes, we spoke of the various prayers of petition that the Church has; and yes, people pray for rain and so on, but I see prayer on a far deeper emotional level, than a method of getting something.
from my understanding,no one really knows what happens after death simply because we are not alive to explain the experience,
also,a guy i knew who was a christian and part of some big church disciple thing,always told me we will all go to heaven,meaning there is no hell,its not what i believe but what i been told,
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