does death imply the end of existence..?

Question

or just the existence of a body? does the soul/spirit of a person lives on even when the body dies?

i'm not religious, and i'm not looking for religious preaching...just your personal beliefs regarding this?

Answer 1

My strong feeling is death doesn't imply the end of existence....

Something in us lives on....call it soul, spirit, consciousness, or call it chim chim....

The death of the body can be compared to a clay pot, when the pot falls apart or is broken, the space inside is unharmed, untouched.....in a lifetime many things happen to the pot, but that space is never touched, even by death.

Something in me senses that we are that space/awareness...the silent, empty background that is untouched by any passing phenomena...that "isness" ...n this emptiness isn't empty! It's very full!! It's love, beauty, bliss....more than can be imagined...

...who we are beyond form is existence itself...something eternal...pure love....not the shadow(body--material world), but the light that casts the shadow...

Certain experiences n feelings reveals this to me & my heart whispers this when I care to listen(it says):

"Love is eternal...it cannot be destroyed...."

Answer 2

I used to think that, after I died, I'd know that answer to this question.

Then I realized that, if there's a conscious part of me that survives death, that new existence has no guarantee that I'll remember this existence clearly nor that I'll understand very much more than I do now. (There are faiths that hold that opinion, of course; I'm just talking about what can be proven.)

Personally, that realization was liberating.

As for the existence of 'soul', there are some intriguing scientific findings that suggest that there is such a thing--but the evidence is far from conclusive. Meanwhile, people continue to misinterpret some data--for example, the near-death experience people at first suggested that all NDEs reflect a Christian sort of afterlife (bright heavenly lights and the voices of long-dead loved ones--or demons torturing the NDEr). But later research showed that it's cultural, and people in other cultures see the afterlife of their own religion or world view (in Indonesia, they see a large city in the distance. In Japan, a stream flowing through a well-manicured garden.)

So the honest answer: we don't know now, and we very well may not know then either.

Answer 3

death does more than imply it designates the end of existence so if we only live once we should not procrastinate
not knowing even if the possibility or probability of an afterlife
exist ;and if you are sure of an afterlife it is still no excuse .
Soul is a religious concept and the classic example is the idea that Jesus Christ rose from the dead so if you are Christian than you should want to emulate Christ ; then rise from the dead !Otherwise common sense dictates that at the very least ones example in memory will possibly live on in others and there is nothing more noble than serving ones fellow man even after death.
peace out and enjoy a good life.

Answer 4

A christian will say that our soul lives forever if we are granted eternal life. An atheist will most likely disagree from a scientific view because once the brain and heart are no longer functioning, a person is considered legally dead. Even though our decisions affect future generations, that does not mean we are still alive. It would be ludicrious to think that. People probably confuse the metaphorical cliche that, "he/she will live forever in our hearts", with reality--that the person is dead. I believe that a person who dies has a dead body in this world, but that person can live in someones heart due to their remembrance (metaphorically speaking). Furthermore, I personally think that the end of this life is the beginning of another because our spirit never dies.

Answer 5

it quite is no longer likely that a doctrine would be formulated that asserts that God will merely end devil's existence. If there have been no supernatural conflict the dynamics of the non secular ideals might get replaced, which place self assurance in cosmic enmity between the non secular forces of reliable and evil. "Then conflict broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back." (Revelation 12:7). Even in a faith like Christianity, devil is a god albeit evil. perhaps in an identical way that in the process Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda is the reliable god on an identical time as Angra Mainyu or Ahriman is the evil god. quite, in Christian scripture devil is observed as "the god of this international (or age)" (2 Corinthians 4:4). yet Christians do no longer opt to confess that the supernatural entities wherein they suspect different than God are gods, goddesses or demi-gods, like angels, saints and the three persons of the Trinity. the countless Gnostics believed that the author wasn't desirable and not completely virtuous. So there could be people who might evaluate a god, that one branch of a faith could evaluate being under a god and evil, to be the actual god.

Answer 6

Even in the view of non-religious people, death doesn't end the existence. What someone does in his life will continue affecting other people lifes when the person dies. When a father dies, his children will continue to live with what the father has done to or provided in growing them up. And then continue with his grandchildren, and so forth.

Answer 7

i have asked the same ? and i have spoken to people who have had near death expirences and while some say they saw a light other said they saw everything around them even their liveless bodys and family crying, two guys came back with storys of a hell like place. still i was shocked by one very religious man who died 5 times within a 12 hours and he said he saw nothing or felt nothing he said if he had to explain he would have to say maybe it was like falling asleep and not dreaming.
he only knew he had died the day after when the doctor told him.
prehaps there is a diffent answer for diffent people and maybe just maybe it has to do with how we believe

Answer 8

I'm religious, and anyone who is religious to just about anythign will answer with a yes, it is just the mere decay of your body but your soul is mostly thought to live one or move on in one way or another.

Answer 9

Okay, I'm no Buddhist or Solipsist, but I do spend a lot of time dwelling on this. From the Buddhist (philosophy not religion)standpoint, me and the world can't exist outside of my perceiving it - "All that we are arises With our thoughts. With our thoughts, We make our world."

From a solipsist standpoint, it's the world that will cease to exist when I die. The question here is, "What will i think up next?"

I like to think that I look at things rationally, so finally I guess I'd have to wait to answer in full once I experience death. I guess I'll have to dream up a keyboard...

Just streaming thoughts in response to the question, so please go easy on me with the Jesus and Allah, folks.

Answer 10

If you are a materialist, then the cessation of biological life is the absolute end of one's existence. Whatever we are, passes into material decay and then into oblivion. Further, if you are a materialist, the idea of a soul is just that, an idea, and there is no concrete evidence in empirical reality to justify its existence.