Please be hypothetical and creative with your answers, I have a sense of humour but appreciate deep thought.
You die and you are confronted by God(However you would define God, please answer even if you don't believe in one or more).
It gives you this message:
You have lived well and for that I will let you choose your fate. You can choose of these options.
Rebirth in a blessed life, you will forget you ever lived before but you will be gifted or blessed in one way, you may specify.
You may return to earth to watch but never participate, no one will know you are there, but you will be able to watch forever.
You can have my wisdom, but it will destroy you, in a moment you will know and understand everything as I do, but it will only be a moment you will cease to be after that. Final death, you will no longer be aware you ever were or could have been.
What would you pick? Please expand on your answers as much as possible.
2007-10-01 12:39:03 · 40 answers · asked by Link strikes back 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Rebirth in a blessed life, you will forget you ever lived before but you will be gifted or blessed in one way, you may specify.
I plan to return and help others. I would like to be blessed with loving-kindness and enlightenment to help me do this.
2007-10-01 12:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by Pangloss (Ancora Imparo) AFA 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rebirth in a blessed life, you will forget you ever lived before but you will be gifted or blessed in one way, you may specify. - I would choose this one, it seems the less painful of the 3.
You may return to earth to watch but never participate, no one will know you are there, but you will be able to watch forever. - This would bemiserable, watching the wars and killings and whatnot, constantly, forever.
You can have my wisdom, but it will destroy you, in a moment you will know and understand everything as I do, but it will only be a moment you will cease to be after that. Final death, you will no longer be aware you ever were or could have been. - This just doesn't sound rewarding at all.
2007-10-01 12:42:03 · answer #2 · answered by dontworrybehappy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will no longer be aware you ever were or could have been, is the reality. I've seen in writings and video that the ghost can way some 6th sense on living. Even the hope that you swayed your grand, great, great great grand children could be nice. You could play count-down to the next mass-extinction event. Now #3 Rebirth through a vagiyn back on earth with a gift or blessing of my choise, YAA. Or it means rebirth in a blessed life, what kind of blessed life exactly, like Jesus loves blessed, I feel blessed, or people around my rebirth are blessed? Worth a thought
2007-10-01 17:15:00 · answer #3 · answered by wakemovement 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely number 3. You get all the answers to why and it would put Yahoo A's out of business. But seriously, don't we all ask "why" at least once a day? Why come back? Why rebirth, we are all "SPECIAL" in someway RIGHT NOW. I would like the answers to many questions and number 3 speaks nothing of pain. If you know for an instant all the wisdom there is and cease to exist an "instant" later ... seems worth being here for the duration until that happens. It would put a lot of religions out of business if everyone had that choice, there would be no worry/concern of going to hell, heaven, coming back as a toad or tyrant, and you get to live this life FULLY knowing you'll get your answers in the end :) Hope this was creative enough for you !
2007-10-01 12:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by NoOneOfInterest 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can GET that wisdom of God if I am allowed to watch everything on Earth - and people on Earth will eventually figure out the rest of the universe in probably its entirety so I'll find that out from watching them. And since the Earth will be destroyed via the sun in a few billion years I'd then be left with God's other two choices and I'd pick the wisdom one because by then I'd WANT to be dead and would appreciate whatever knowledge I didn't get from observing Earth for a few billion years. Also, watching other people's lives for all those years would suffice any need of mine to be reborn and live a new life.
2007-10-01 12:44:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would choose option 1, Rebirth in a blessed life. Probably mostly because this life has been so difficult I could use some peace and tranquility. Option 2 seems like it would be a painful existence and for option 3, I can see no use in knowing everything for an instant and then ceasing to exist.
2007-10-01 12:45:13 · answer #6 · answered by M e 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I never did like the thought of simply ceasing to exist, so that leaves out the last one.
I am a social person by nature, and crave intimacy, so that leaves out the second.
I guess the only option that would give me any satisfaction would be the first. I would ask to be placed in a Christian, Bible-based home that interprets the Bible similarly to the way I do. By requesting that, I have seen to it that all of my needs will be met, that I will be taught the Word of God, and that I will be loved beyond measure. Once I reached adulthood in my new life, I would live it the way God wants me to.
I know this isn't creative or funny, but that's just me. Ask anyone who knows me. I am about as creative as a brick.
2007-10-01 12:53:11 · answer #7 · answered by The Apple Chick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd choose #1
"Rebirth in a blessed life, you will forget you ever lived before but you will be gifted or blessed in one way, you may specify."
Strictly being a voyeur would be interesting at first but I'm sure it would get pretty boring after a while. And what good would it do to have all of God's knowledge if you don't have any time act on that knowledge afterwards? Just let me be born again to parents that are emotionally healthy, economically stable and prepared for parenthood,, unlike my actual parents who were depressed, alcoholics, poor and made babies simply because they neglected to use condoms and were admittedly unprepared. Despite their shortcomings, I do love my parents, but I think that having parents with better qualifications for the role, if you will, would make it a lot easier to be a success and enjoy life.
2007-10-01 12:49:57 · answer #8 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Rebirth. Being a ghost is lonely. Knowing everything but not being able to do anything with it, is sort of a waste although I may feel bored if I had no more mysteries in life so I may welcome death. With rebirth, I could change my life from the way it was before to this new life full of possibilities and maybe learn everything and have time to enjoy the knowledge and tell others and solve the worlds problems, get a Nobel Prize, save people's lives and feel fulfilled in a way I never did before. Zing! This is a no-brainer!
2007-10-01 12:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question...I choose the blessed life.
The idea of knowledge then oblivion seems attractive for about 3 seconds. What would be the point, for such a very short time to know and then be gone completely?
To stay and watch the world, would be to watch all that who I know and cherish grow old, die. To watch slaughter, death, destruction and tragedy play out again and again. Perhaps to see the end of all sentient life, yet be condemned to watch eternally, the unmoving unacting custodian of a dead world.
So I would choose the blessed life, in fact I would choose rebirth, so that I may participate again, and be innocent AND ignorant again, lose my cynicism, find hope, despair and love again free from the burdens of expectation and memory, in a new body vibrant with life.
2007-10-01 12:43:22 · answer #10 · answered by Twilight 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since I sometimes idly wonder if we've lived before and forgotten it, I choose your first option. Would really appreciate being born into a two parent family with no major hang-ups, and be one among several brothers and sisters. I believe a good start in life is a true blessing, as well as a firm base from which to learn to "fly." Your options 2 and 3 leave me cold, but thanks for an interesting question.
2007-10-01 13:38:16 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋