To Believe or Not To Believe? (SHOW RESPECT, OR RISK A BAN) - Part 2

[LizardMan07]

I don't think it's scary because you won't experience not being. You just don't exist.

i wish i could be that level headed about it mate!! However, alas, i am not

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

How do you feel about that belief?

It doesn't really bother me. It's a little weird, death, because none of us know what it's like to die or be dead. What we do know is what it is to be alive and we should concentrate on that more than dieing. People die, some old and some young. We should be grateful that we haven't met our ends just yet, but also accept that it's going to happen one day.

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

I want to believe in life after death and the thought of it all just ending and never coming back makes me feel absolutely sick to my stomach, but there's no logical reason to believe that we're more special then the microbes on a toilet seat or the aliens off in space somewhere, and as such, there's no reason to believe we go on.

I wish there was an afterlife but I highly doubt there actually is.

That's kinda where I am. Depressing ain't it

 

[KevanG]

It's the wanting or hoping to see loved ones again that have passed on. As you get older you long to see all those family members that have passed on which may never be again in any existence but it is a person's right to believe whether others feel that it is lost cause or not.

I get that, I just don't understand what's so scary about just not existing after you die. It just means you need to make sure your life is worth living now.

 

[Duke]

For me, I believe in Jesus's promise that there is an afterlife & that one day we will see our loved ones again.

 

[Greens]

Nope. Consciousness ceases to exist when the brain dies.

 

[Duke]

Nope. Consciousness ceases to exist when the brain dies.

For you & your beliefs, you're entitled to that, not for me.

 

[Greens]

For you & your beliefs, you're entitled to that, not for me.

It's not really a matter of opinion.

 

[Duke]

It's not really a matter of opinion.

Like I said, you're free to believe whatever you choose to believe, as will I. I choose to no longer continue this because I fear it might devolve into a heated argument.

 

[Apollo]

Yes. Absolutely.

 

[Evelisse]

I do, it works for me, I never liked the "just appreciate life now, make it worth it" thing, just cause not everyone has that choice.

 

[Apollo]

However, I wouldn't put "After" in front of it.

 

[Greens]

However, I wouldn't put "After" in front of it.

Do you believe in a life?

 

[Wise]

I personally find there being no afterlife quite comforting.

An epicurean way of thinking

 

[HaplessHenchman]

I'd like to believe that there is such a place as Heaven. However, my reason says that it is impossible and that when we die, that is it.

 

[Wise]

That's kinda where I am. Depressing ain't it

Think of it this way. You've already been dead, you were dead for billions and billions of years. Then you were born.

If anything returning to death is the continuance.

 

[Greens]

Think of it this way. You've already been dead, you were dead for billions and billions of years. Then you were born.

If anything returning to death is the continuance.

That's how I look at it as well.

 

[ShadowBoxer]

How was everyone's Easter? I watched ten commandments for the first time ever great movie!

It was pretty good. Church was phenomenal and packed and I spent time with family at our Easter dinner.

 

[Wise]

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I do love Grant Morrison's take on life though.

 

[Galactus123]

I want to believe that life...or well death isn't so boring that all you see is black.

Before I found death really scary because I thought it would be like that. You just see black and you can't move or feel because you don't exist anymore. Now I just think that you just cease to exist completely. You don't see even black because you don't exist. I might fear death a little bit but it doesn't make me think that afterlife is true.

 

[GeoMFilms]

Well if someone has studied the scriptures and has concluded that they believe what is in them is accurate and inspired of God the answer to this main questions could be answered. There are some questions to answer though.

1) What is the condition of the dead?


The Bible says: “The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5; Psalm 146:4) Therefore, when we die, we cease to exist. The dead can’t think, act, or feel anything.

God explained what happens when we die when he spoke to the first man, Adam. Because Adam was disobedient, God said to him: “Dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:19) Before God created Adam “out of dust from the ground,” Adam did not exist. (Genesis 2:7) Likewise, when Adam died, he returned to dust and ceased to exist.
The same thing happens to those who die now. Speaking of both humans and animals, the Bible says: “They have all come to be from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust.”—Ecclesiastes 3:19, 20.
Death is not necessarily the end of everything

The Bible often compares death to sleep. (Psalm 13:3; John 11:11-14; Acts 7:60) A person who is fast asleep is unaware of what is happening around him. Likewise, the dead are not conscious of anything. Yet, the Bible teaches that God can awaken the dead as if from sleep and give them life again. (Job 14:13-15) For those whom God resurrects, death is not the end of everything.

1. What is the good news about the dead?

When Jesus arrived at Bethany near Jerusalem, his friend Lazarus had been dead for four days. Jesus went to the burial place with Martha and Mary, sisters of the deceased man. Soon, a crowd gathered. Can you imagine the joy of Martha and Mary when Jesus raised Lazarus back to life?—Read John 11:21-24, 38-44.
Martha was already aware of the good news about the dead. She knew that God will resurrect the dead to live on earth again.—Read Job 14:14, 15.

2. What is the condition of the dead?

Humans are made from dust. (Genesis 2:7; 3:19) We are not spirits living in a body of flesh. We are physical creatures, so no part of us survives death. When we die, our brain dies too, and our thoughts perish. Thus, Lazarus said nothing about his experience of death because the dead are unconscious.—Read Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10.
Does God torment people with fire after death? Since the Bible shows that the dead are unconscious, hellfire is clearly a false teaching that slanders God. The very idea of tormenting people with fire disgusts him.—Read Jeremiah 7:31.


3. Can the dead speak to us?

The dead can neither speak nor hear. (Psalm 115:17) But some angels are wicked, and they may speak to people and pretend to be dead humans. (2 Peter 2:4) Jehovah forbids trying to inquire of the dead.—Read Deuteronomy 18:10, 11.


4. Who will return to life?

Many millions of people who are dead in the grave will return to life on earth. Even some who did not know God and who practiced bad things will be resurrected.—Read Luke 23:43; Acts 24:15.
Resurrected ones will be able to learn the truth about God and to exercise faith in Jesus by obeying him. (Revelation 20:11-13) Those who return to life and do good things will be able to enjoy life forever on earth.—Read John 5:28, 29.


5. What does the resurrection tell us about God?

God made hope for the dead possible by sending his Son to die for us. So the resurrection tells us about Jehovah’s love and undeserved kindness. When the dead return to life, whom do you especially want to see?—Read John 3:16; Romans 6:23.

 

[GeoMFilms]

and as far as heaven....

Who will go to heaven, and why?

Millions long for life in heaven. Jesus said that his faithful apostles would live there. Before he died, he promised to prepare a place for them with his heavenly Father.—Read John 14:2.
Why will people from earth be resurrected to life in heaven? What will they do there? Jesus told his apostles that they would be kings. They will rule over the earth.—Read Luke 22:28-30; Revelation 5:10.

Do all good people go to heaven?

In most lands, only a few people are rulers. Since Jesus resurrects people to heavenly life so that they can rule over the earth, we would expect those chosen to be few. (Luke 12:32) The Bible says exactly how many will rule with Jesus.—Read Revelation 14:1.


Those going to heaven will not be the only ones rewarded. Faithful subjects of Jesus’ Kingdom will enjoy life without end in a restored paradise on earth. (John 3:16) Some will enter Paradise by surviving the destruction of the present wicked system of things. Others will enter by resurrection.—Read Psalm 37:29; John 5:28, 29.

 

[Greens]

That's a long answer to a yes/no question.

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

They took the believe or not believe thread down

 

[BatmanVSuperman]

NM I see it