Why do people profess to know (rather than guess) what happens when we die? None of us have ever been in a?

Question

position to know so to treat death as the worst thing that can happen to you or in the case of someone with religous beliefs as the best thing - seems all unscientific cant..

Answer 1

Exactly. This is also the position of the Stoics--Epectitus in particular:

XXXII
When you have recourse to divination, remember that you know not what the event will be, and you come to learn it of the diviner; but of what nature it is you knew before coming; at least, if you are of philosophic mind. For if it is among the things not within your power, it can by no means be either good or evil. Do not, therefore, bring with you to the diviner either desire or aversion—else you will approach him trembling—but first clearly understand that every event is indifferent and nothing to you, of whatever sort it may be; for it will be in your power to make a right use of it, and this no one can hinder. Then come with confidence to the gods as your counselors; and afterwards, when any counsel is given you, remember what counselors you have assumed, and whose advice you will neglect if you disobey. Come to divination as Socrates prescribed, in case of which no opportunities are afforded by reason or any other art to discover the matter in view. When, therefore, it is our duty to share the danger of a friend or of our country, we ought not consult the oracle as to whether we shall share it with them or not. For though the diviner should forewarn you that the auspices are unfavorable, this means no more than that either death or mutilation or exile is portended. Be we have reason within us; and it directs us, even with these hazards, to stand by our friend and our country. Attend, therefore, to the greater diviner, the Pythian God, who once cast out of the temple him who neglected to save his friend.5

Answer 2

What will happen when I die? This basic question has no answer. Some have thought about it, having no answer to a reasonable conclusion. You cannot blame anybody for not knowing the rudiments of death, because it is not like an experience and get to share on ideas. Once you are dead, there is no turn-around to start life again.

The day we were born nothing will come between us but death alone. It is so simple, realistic, and yet frightening to some, hoping to enjoy life a bit longer. Life is having a meaning, as you grow older. We do not treasure life when we were younger then, but cherish the goodness of life, as time is getting shorter. The older you get, especially having the good things around, the longing for longevity would become an obsession.

Answer 3

I think people claim they 'know' what happens when we die beacause they are closed-minded.

I feel this way about any beliefs anyone may have.... be it in god, ghosts, aliens or anything else which has an element of doubt to it. By choosing one belief they are rejecting all other possibilies on the grounds of their personal preference which is irrelevent to the truth.

I also don't like this word 'belief' because it is seen as virtuous and demands immediate tolerance and respect when used. Well I see no difference in the term 'belief' and 'thought' so when people talk of a belief in an after life what they are merely saying is that they think it exists... that they like the idea of it. I also think atheists and people who say that nothing happens when we die are closed-minded too. If anyone says they know what happens when we die then they are just trying to show that they are cleverer than they really are. Uncertainty is seen as a weakness so they make themselves think they know the answer to the impossible.

You might meet god when you die, you may just rot and dissapear, you may wake up in a different world to find your whole life on earth was a game, you may turn into a giant squid, or you may be the first person in history to live forever..... however unbelievable they may be the possibilities are endless so we shouldn't delude ourselves and close our minds to just one.

Answer 4

People profess to know because they want to know. They desire to know if there actually is an afterlife, or whether this is all they got.

For example, if a Jew found out there was no afterlife, no heaven or hell for certain, he could stop eating kosher if he wanted to. But since he isn't sure, he might want to play it on the safe side just in case. While he isnt sure of there being something at all after death, he acts like he does just to secure his faith.

People are stupid is the real answer.

Answer 5

I know what happens if someone dies. Life goes on for the living. We forget about them. Some attempts to keep their memory alive happens, but we do move on.

For the deceased, the body will decay. The body will eventually disappear and be absorbed by the environment unless we use some technique to make the body last long past the point of death -- embalming fluids, mumification, etc.

Medical science knows what happens as well. With brain death, comes a variety of bodily systems shutting down until each of the individual cells begin to decompose.

I wasn't clear on what secret to death you might be referring to.

Answer 6

When I watched the movie "Flatliners," I wondered if science would ever get around to doing those kind of "risky" experiments...
But medical science's whole philosophy is help people live longer and better...
It's hard to convince a doctor that "temporarily" causing someone to die and then bring them back with CPR or electrical shock to find out if there really is an afterlife, is a good idea...
Even if we resuscitated volunteer "flatliners," they might end up with permanent brain damage, or future heart problems...
No one is willing to "risk" that...
And since we're all going to find out at the end of our too-damn-short lifespan...
What's the hurry?!?

Answer 7

I see your point. But think about life in this way.

Man has not discovered how life began in this universe. That's true. And you've brought the obvious that no man knows what will happen when we die. This is also true for all man kind.

Where is the answer?

Both those questions reside in the area of faith. And faith is where God is. For God is the greatest mystery of all. God is a part of religion.

Man created the scientific discipline to explore and learn about the universe. He has not found the answers. And it's for sure that no man who has died can give man the answers, as you said.

But man is a religious being as well. He has faith in that which he does not understand.

Look around you and see if there exists this type of record about man and about the God who created the universe?

The true account will show that God existed before the universe and created it as well as the planet earth we live on. It will say who the first parents were on this eartth. It will have a 4,000 year genolgogy that culminates with the event that God himself was born on this planet earth.

It will say that skeptics and unbelievers killed that God who was a man. But he arose from the dead. That books says that death is not the end of man, but the beginning. Our life is an entrance into an eternal world. One that mortal man cannot comprehend now.

All this is accepted by faith for those who believe this historical record. And the personage of God who was a man is still affected by his presence.

The scientific mind cannot accept all this for it is limited by only that which he alone knows and experiences. But should the scientific minded accept by faith and accept the mystery of it the unknowable, then he can become "born again". He can be as a caterpillar who dies unto itself in a cacoon and metorphorphizes into a butterfly. Or become as a seed, where once it dies and opens itself to the mystery of the dirt in the earth, will transform itself into the wonder flower ot tree or plant for which it was meant to be.

I myself have accepted the account, by faith. I will not die but will join the others who are still living by faith. For God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Answer 8

It's called faith and yes, its very unscientific but over 90% of the world's population profess some faith or other, including a lot of scientists.

Answer 9

Oh, for Heaven's sake-- i'm going to do the stupid worshipping. until i will get close and topple him, besides, when you consider that he's going around threatening human beings. What do you mean "atheistic ideals", precisely? Atheism isn't a have faith device-- it quite is merely the shortcoming of one particular theory. i don't want to worship a megalomaniac and extra advantageous than you do, besides the undeniable fact that that is extra advantageous than being lifeless. Edit: i'm analyzing your question as related to a faux God ("self-professed")-- say, an particularly loopy human. for sure, if it have been an quite divine being, my worldview could ought to alter.

Answer 10

If I died,believing or unbelieving...what profiteth me???
Eternal Destination....Heaven or Hell....eternity awaits.

Heaven is bliss.
Hell is gnashing of teeth and torment to the soul forever.
If you must ask, then please read the Bible, for THERE is where you will find the answers.

ONE can NOT read the BIBLE with a NATURAL EYE, but must wait on interpretation from the Holy Spirit.

You can n0t sit and read it as you read a book to your child.
It was Spiritually written AND it has to be Spiritually Interpreted.