Upon death, brain activity ceases and a person's body begins to decompose. This marks the end of the individual's mind in the material world. Most theories of the afterlife require the mind to survive the brain's destruction and continue to function in a non-physical world. Philosophical materialists reject this supposition as gratuitous, appealing to Occam's Razor. Belief in an afterlife is also criticized as unscientific, as it is empirically unverifiable.
A psychological criticism holds that beliefs that are "too good to be true", such as the afterlife, are usually false. Humans instinctively fear death as we know that our eventual deaths are inevitable. Therefore it is unsurprising that a belief system which promises an escape from death would be strongly embraced. People often suspend their better judgment when presented with "too good to be true" promises (consider Nigerian scams and similar instances of fraud), and an escape from death is considered by some to be the ultimate promise.
2006-06-15 21:07:11
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answer #1
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answered by Dallas M 2
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The answer is there no "life" after death.
Life as you know it does not continue. However is there another reality after death, who knows; but the life as you know it today will not be remembered, your memories are gone because the vessel (your brain, your biological computer) can't go with you; the hard drive is erased, the memory is gone.
Perhaps the process of our atoms achieving sentience is pre-ordained; we could return to the state from which we came, where we didn't need these vessels to experience universe's space and time.
We could be sub-routines for a greater program... ;) So if you can prove that there is a way to upload your memories or the essence of your being before dying, then your memories and potentially the ability to perceive what happens after you die may be intact somewhere.
Remember, without your life experiences to which to compare your new afterlife experience, there is no frame of reference.
Think about a new born, most of us can't remember crap before 2 years of age, it's because we had not learned how to remember because we didn't know the name of things, how they looked, etc.; we simply didn't know how to build a directory yet for retrieval.
I know many of you don't want to hear that, so enjoy the life you have now, it's a short one.
2006-06-22 23:33:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Life after death we will be born again, maybe we will spend some time as beings of light ( energy ) but eventualy we will return to a physical form
It make sense becuse it seems rather "odd" to me that we are the reason that the whole universe was made for, it is odd to believe that we came suddenly to this world and that we will go suddenly and then will go to heaven and stay there indefinitly. It just sounds foolish and beyond the power of resaon tht we have to believe such lame stories.
I see as reincarnation as one candle passing out its flame to another new candle, the new flame is NOT the old flame but the new flame WILL NOT HAVE HAPPENED if not for the old candle. Both are interconnected.
2006-06-21 01:22:11
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answered by The_Eye 2
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I don't believe there is anything that we can relate to while we are alive that does not continue after our bodies collapse. important thing is don't worry, be at peace, love all of creation and help people do the same.
if you pinch two fingers together and then clutch your hands together, you fingers feel each other and your hand feels your fingers and your other hand feels all of that and you feel all of the above. but can you feel the trees? without touching? who else feels you? who feels them?
Be free.
Also, I have noticed that any time someone provides evidence for atheism and end-all-say all death, aeveryone likes to jump on the boat thinking they are being realistic and thinking outside of human conciousness. But truly no one can know.
And hey, whever someone provides any sort of evidence whatsover in favor of life after death or GOD, they are immediately dismissed as gimmicky or head-in-the-clouds.
Here is the REAL answer:
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT THERE ARE THINGS IN THIS WORLD THEY CANNOT KNOW. So naturally they tend to dismiss these possiblities short-sightedly. Although some people take comfort in the idea that it is all a test of faith and someone will take care of them forever. Hey. Human Nature. Odds are: Everyone is wrong about this. No one can know - that is, noone alive....
Simple as that. Period.
2006-06-16 04:06:52
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answered by Anonymous
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LIFE is a chance to use the energies that be to take on a 3D form. What you do with the time, in this form, will reveal to god the nature of your energy. Those who live in such a way that is in accordance with the Divine, get to stay for another spell of time, in this form: be it in longevity of ones own self or life in ones offspring. Life is a proving ground.
AS for LIFE after Death, I would imagine you are released as free energy, Doing what all energy does. For the most part, following the laws of nature.
What happens to these energies after life is, for the most part, a real mystery.
2006-06-16 06:02:14
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answered by Joe_Pardy 5
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It is not possible to know life after death, when you are alive. Just like, say, how does xrays look? You can't see xrays. But, you know that they exist. In the same way you can't know the life after death. You may have some indirect intuitions about such an existence, but, it is not possible to know.
2006-06-16 05:37:42
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answered by serendipity 2
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QUIT QUOTING WIKIPEDIA--Extremely unreliable information. Anyone can submit whatever they want to. Here is what the creator of Wikipedia said recently:
June 12, 2006
Wikipedia Founder Discourages Academic Use of His Creation
Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia compiled by a distributed network of volunteers, has often come under attack by academics as being shoddy and full of inaccuracies. Even Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, says he wants to get the message out to college students that they shouldn’t use it for class projects or serious research.
Speaking at a conference at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday called “The Hyperlinked Society,” Mr. Wales said that he gets about 10 e-mail messages a week from students who complain that Wikipedia has gotten them into academic hot water. “They say, ‘Please help me. I got an F on my paper because I cited Wikipedia’” and the information turned out to be wrong, he says. But he said he has no sympathy for their plight, noting that he thinks to himself: “For God sake, you’re in college; don’t cite the encyclopedia.”
Mr. Wales said that leaders of Wikipedia have considered putting together a fact sheet that professors could give out to students explaining what Wikipedia is and that it is not always a definitive source. “It is pretty good, but you have to be careful with it,” he said. “It’s good enough knowledge, depending on what your purpose is.”
In an interview, Mr. Wales said that Wikipedia is ideal for many uses. If you are reading a novel that mentions the Battle of the Bulge, for instance, you could use Wikipedia to get a quick basic overview of the historical event to understand the context. But students writing a paper about the battle should hit the history books.
2006-06-16 04:27:33
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answered by Anonymous
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To be absent from the body is to be present with the lord. Now wether your lord is God or the devil is another question.
2006-06-16 04:03:23
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answered by Scotty B 2
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Some people think it's not real and well that's their problem when they die. Yeah there is a Heaven and there is well u know.
2006-06-16 04:08:05
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answered by Da Great 1 6
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Sure dont you remember your past life.
2006-06-16 04:05:40
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answered by hatingmsn 6
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