No one can know the answer to that question - that's why religions were invented by men.- to try to make people feel good about dying, when actually it probably is the end of all consciousness.
2007-10-24 23:33:59
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answered by Anonymous
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As a Christian, I'm inclined to say yes.
But answer me this... what would the purpose of any or all life be if there weren't an afterlife? What... we're here, then *poof*! we're gone? No, there's no purpose to that!
If there is no more meaning to life, then what's the point in the first place? Even from an evolutionary standpoint, there would be no benefit whatsoever for life or even sentience if there weren't more to it.
Take our minds, for instance. While true that it seems like it is contained and contingent upon our brains, but even if vast sections of our brains are destroyed, we are still us and we will keep our minds (albeit, possibly functioning at a severely hindered capacity). So... can we merely reduce the significance of our existence to a series of complex electrical signals in a biological computer?
The very essence of life and sentience is still (and in my opinion) will always be out of reach for science. Life and consciousness are both quite supernatural if you really think about it. Because if life can merely be reduced to a complex interaction of organic compounds, then shouldn't mashing hydrocarbons with amines and such constitute life as well?
Those who say there is no afterlife only cheapen and denigrate the sanctity of life. While they may not so openly declare it, denying an afterlife implies that life is ultimately unimportant and therefore expendable! Without an afterlife, life itself is nothing more than a countdown to absolute and utter nothingness. Might as well if we never existed if there is nothing beyond this world!
2007-10-25 06:49:32
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answered by Curious J, Esq. 6
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Job asked, “If a man die, shall he live again?” This question has been asked for millenniums. It is still a universal question. It is a subject of perennial interest. That those whom we love should die and be buried does not seem right; and it is not! God never made man to die; He created him to live and to have fellowship with Himself. But sin brought death and the grave, thus separation from God.
Should the Lord tarry, everyone reading these words, the author included, shall die, for death has passed upon all men (Rom. 5:12).
A poem lasts longer than the poet; the voice on the recording tape can be heard years after the recording artist is dead; pictures of dead loved ones remain, even after the loved ones are gone.
Things on this earth are not equal. The rich have always oppressed the poor; the wicked have always prospered over the righteous. Human justice demands an equalization of all things in a life after death. We are living in a changing world. The robins build their nests, even as they did in the garden of Eden, and animals possess the same characteristics as they did at the beginning. However, man does not live as he used to, even as he did twenty-five years ago. Although this be true, the inquiring mind of man remains the same, still asking the question, “If a man dies, will he live again?”
There is a universal belief in a life after death. If you go to the darkest part of Africa, where Christ has never been preached, you find that people there believe in a life after death. Why do some heathens burn their wives? Why do some bury food with the corpse? They believe that the departed one must have a companion and food on his journey beyond the grave. The Egyptians furnished a charter, a book for the journey, and placed it with the corpse. Why do the birds fly south? Instinct in them proves there is a southland. The heart of man, and his inward instinct are proofs that there is a life hereafter. Both physiology and philosophy maintain there must be a life after death.
2007-10-25 06:43:46
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answered by Wally 6
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it looks good my Friend.
well what ever your religion is is it talking about your dream I mean this one you are walking on a thin road and if you fall in to the river you die?
well my religion does, it is called Al sirat Al mustaqueem and that means the straight line with out no carves and I would tell you all about but you need to see professional people to explain to you in Islam what is going on with you.
Islam told us after life it will be one stage like what you have been seen.
2007-10-25 06:43:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Does it matter? Would you live your life differently based on the answer?
I wouldn't. I have believed in an afterlife (and god) and currently do not believe. My actions have not changed much except for no longer performing the rituals of religion.
2007-10-25 06:57:24
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answered by marsel_duchamp 7
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Yes, there is really life after death. I have experienced it after having "died" in a teen-age overdose. I tried to kill myself when I was a teen-ager and nearly succeed but it was God who saved my life and brought me back with the help of paramedics which He called not me. This is why God is so real to me. I experienced Him in real life.
2007-10-25 07:05:33
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answered by greylady 6
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There are many cases of reincarnation and regression, which has been recorded by science.
Also many relized saints were able to see their past and future lives too!
2007-10-25 06:39:51
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answered by shanky_andy 5
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You are describing a mental sickness. Get psychiatric help!
2007-10-25 06:47:31
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answered by gdc 3
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Nope, a lot of wishful thinking though.
2007-10-25 06:36:08
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answered by fourmorebeers 6
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yes for everyone eather hell or heaven . remember jesus loves you and if you accept him you will spend eternilty will him in joy!
2007-10-25 06:36:00
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answered by DELETED 2
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