...what it's really like being dead, feeling and thinking absolutely nothing? Is it because it's so hard to comprehend nothingness?
No Bible quotes please. I really don't care what God thinks, just your personal thoughts. =)
2007-11-21 02:56:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with you. I have tried several times before to imagine what it would be like dead, but it's impossible. It's like thinking about NOTHING, but you can never think of nothing!
2007-11-21 04:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Simon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, look at it this way. Many drugs we have today, even simple things like sleep, and diseases such as Alzheimers can make us feel dead, feeling/thinking absolutely nothing and those people then comphrehend nothingness even while they're still alive.
People are afraid of many things and fear MANY things,and also try to explain many things, and after thousands and thousands of years we still haven't reached great conclusions based on religion alone.
Science however designed this computer that we're talking on.
People believe in things because they're thinking creatures that think every second of every minute of every day. They're functional, at least the normal ones. It would be hard to try to even fathom an alternative to that.
Ultimately, people are just afraid period. And a bit desperate.
2007-11-21 11:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really scared of death that much, I experienced death before I was alive and I will just being going back there. I think you go back to nothingness, just like where you came from. The only thing I fear is having an accident and being paralysed or losing my legs, something that will take away the quality of life. The reason they make up some imaginary eternal heaven or hell is because they also make up the rules to get in to "paradise" and can therefore control people by exploiting their fear of hell and their greed to get in to heaven.
2007-11-21 12:52:19 · answer #3 · answered by Christian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are born with more intuition than others. It is a lot easier for me to believe in my contiuous existence, than not to, because I feel the part of me, that is not as limiting as the body. The spiritual is something you sense by means of your intuition. Psychics do help police forces. Detectives do have gut feelings. People's lives have been saved by use of intuition. Our overly scientific materialistic age we live in, tries to dull these intuitive senses. I am not into escape from this reality, Reincarnation of the continuous type, keeps us in the reality of this universe. We better starts masterings the conditions of this world, and solving the serious problem we have here.
2007-11-21 11:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by astrogoodwin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's impossible to imagine being dead. I think of that time when I am asleep and not dreaming. I know there were several hours of unconsciousness last night that I cannot account for. I have no memory, no feeling, nothing. That's what being dead is like except your body rots away.
2007-11-21 11:06:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's logical to believe in an "afterlife" with the cycle of rebirth that exists on earth. I'm totally anti-religion but am well read on the subject. You don't have to believe in a divine being to acknowledge a strong possibility exists. Think of your body as a placenta and think from there.
2007-11-21 11:01:43 · answer #6 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aside from the things that others have said, I recently read an article talking about how the concept of an afterlife has been used by the Church (this article referring to the Catholic Church in Latin America) to suppress opposition to harsh conditions in this life based on the notion of postponed happiness.
Or to get philosophical: How can something conceive of nothing?
EDIT: BBC Horizon documentary "God on the Brain":
http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/124028/BBC_Horizon_God_On_The_Brain.html?rh=16343
(regarding the possibility that the structure of the brains of certain individuals may contribute to their having religious beliefs)
2007-11-21 12:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by appalachianlimbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the main reason people believe in the "after life" is because it gives them a sense of hope they will be reunited with family and friends. For most it's that hope or belief that keeps them unafraid of dying. I guess in an strange way, it gives them something to look forward too - like not all is lost when you die.
2007-11-21 11:05:30 · answer #8 · answered by lamandalee_2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know that i feel something else not a thought. i do not fear dieing now that i am saved i know that there is a heaven and a hell and i know the times in my life i have been headed both directions. i am not going to quote the bible but when i got saved and received the holy spirit i felt the blood of Christ wash away my sins. if you are strong in your faith whatever it may be if it is anyway as strong as the power in Christ then u feel it. i know that there is more than this. i think it would be harder to think of this life being it having to waste away on earth chasing meaningless goals only to end. and for a christian the bible isn't just a quote it's the word of god. we live by his word and as Christians we are to walk as Christ and to be Christlike well his word becomes our word and the lord uses us to speak through him. sometimes those chosen as messengers of god cannot help but speak the truth as he speaks through us.
2007-11-21 11:02:49 · answer #9 · answered by cajunbaby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have wondered about what the afterlife will be, and I just can't even wrap my mind around the complete and total nothingness.
2007-11-21 23:46:47 · answer #10 · answered by Gecko Missed all his friends 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋