what happens when you die?

[pereubu]

Lots of ramblin here- you guys high or something?

[beachguy in thongs]

Lots of ramblin here- you guys high or something?

I live at (about) sea level. I don't know about the rest of them.

[onequickmove]

i have NO idea, but not knowing really bothers me; oh well

[Nailhead]

I imagin it is a bit like before you were born- you were dead then, yes? Just dispersed particals and energy... floating here or there in the breeze or further down the food chain?

I basically posted the same thing somewhere in this thread, I thought I was the only one that thought of death as the same was as what life was like before I was born. This idea seems like the most logical. I mean to me the whole question of "what happens after you die" is based on the humans inability to comprehend an end to time. It is also a scary thought, that this life we have now is all there really is to life as we know it, so naturally we use our powerful brain to create fantasy ideas and worlds to make us feel more comfortable with death. But unfortunately I'm too much of a realist to believe in such nonsense. I wish I could believe in some rosy dream such as heaven, or even hell, but time has shown throughout history that religion is mostly just a comfort pillow for the mind in regards to death rather than a logical answer to an unanswerable question.

[bobhasbitchtits]

Wow, Jub, I don't even know what to make of that last sentence. But, I think the afterlife is possible, just some kind of state of all knowing and being with infinite boundaries. Hard to visualize, but I guess that's kind of the point; we're not meant to understand it until that day comes, and then that day will turn into an inconceivably long duration in which time ultimately stands still and ultimately has no meaning. No bodily boundaries and no psychological boundaries, any reality can be achieved, that is: a reality which one believes is ideal, thus the possibility of an infinite array of realities occurs, allowing one to pass the time of an infinite duration. Crazy.

[Publicgunmen]

When you die, thats it... Your over. Religion will not save you.

However: The gene pool only has so many combinations, which means in time... There will be an exact replica of you... A clone basically.

[maik]

When you die, thats it... Your over. Religion will not save you.

However: The gene pool only has so many combinations, which means in time... There will be an exact replica of you... A clone basically.

Wen you realize that mutation, deletion, and all kinds of nonsense involving virusii and it's all going on in everyone, everywhere, at the same time makes another exact of you more unlikely than winning SEVERAL state lotteries for the maximum prize on one weekend more likely.

[pereubu]

You think.. therefore you THINK you are

[Jouryokujin]

You think.. therefore you THINK you are

Rene Descartes.....Did you know he was very religious? I was surprised when I found that out, considering he was the one that originally said "I think therefore I am."

Rick Strassman believes when you die, N,N-DMT naturally created by your pineal gland flows down your spine where it interacts with emotion receptors (this reaction relies on diffusion, negating the need for a heartbeat). I believe this as well, but it doesn't explain a true afterlife. It only explains what you'd feel for a few hrs/days/weeks after you die.

[ReUp]

When you die, thats it... Your over. Religion will not save you.

I'm not picking on you Publicgunmen but I can't stand this sort of thing. I am completely anti-organized religion but not even a little anti religion. I don't believe but have absolutely no problem with someone having faith. If it makes their life better what more can you ask for. It doesn't seem logical to you or I but we are different. Organized religion has done some atrocious things but it's not the individual who believes in Jesus Christ and goes to Church every week's fault.

People who have such hatred for religion remind me of that picture of the Christians with the 'I HATE FAGS" sign. I'm all for debate on the church and its effects on people but don't act like you are better than every Christian. Don't be arrogant. Be respectful of other people. That's what it's all about .

With that being said, I lean heavily towards the Men in Black universe in a collar theory' and will just change into some other form of matter when I die. But I really hope I get reincarnated as some badass Space Ninja named Smooth Criminal that can dance like Michael Jackson.