Do you believe in an afterlife?

[Quixote1818]

Rank how sure you are on a scale from 1 to 10.

1 Meaning I am almost sure their is NO afterlife.

5.5 Meaning you are completely split.

10 Meaning you are absolutely sure their IS an afterlife.

Also, do tell if you have had an out of the body experience.

[tomreedtoon]

1. You might have posted this as a poll.

By the way, I don't know about an afterlife. I'm not even sure there is a "during-life."

[jukes]

2. Quixote1818

A. 1 (no)
B. 1 (not w/o drugs)

if this is a big interest to you, ck out the "meeting room" forum, much activity of this type & good discussions.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. One and done

n/t

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. Mmmm

Having not died yet, I really don't know. I do find the concept of reincarnation fascinating.

I have not had an out of body experience, as such.

[Quixote1818]

28. Reincarnation!!!!!!! YES!

I am with you. Reincarnation is the only kind of afterlife that seems to be consistent with nature. You watch the seasons spring, summer, winter and fall and the way a stream is born then flows to the ocean then the water evaporates and the process starts over again. It's also interesting to look at the fazes of the moon. The moon and the Sun are about the same size in the sky the moon appearing only slightly smaller. It could be that the moon is symbolic of man and the Sun of God. The sun shines it's light on man and man is born then grows and becomes full then starts to die and goes black from our point of view but in reality the moon always has light from the sun on it even when we cant see the moon (a "new" moon meaning death perhaps but also the begining of a "new" life). I think their is so much symbolism in nature if you look closely. Our ancestors who lived in nature were much more in tune with this symbolism. Today we live under artificial light and warm ourselves with artificial heat. We no longer go to sleep staring into a night sky filled with a billion flickering stars speaking to our soul with so much power and knowledge. We have cut ourselves off from the source of our creation and their-for we no longer remember where we came from and who our parents are. Mother earth and Father sky.

[SmileyBoy]

5. 20

I'm 200 percent sure.

[NEOBuckeye]

6. 11

I think there's much more to this universe than what we can readily see. I don't know if I believe that there is a heaven and/or hell in the long-taught biblical sense of those places, but I do think it really matters how you carry yourself and how you treat other people in this life. Kindness or cruelty don't go unrewarded, whether it happens in this lifetime, on this plane, or in the next lifetime/next plane.

Addendum:
I'm not totally sure about reincarnation, but I've always wondered if I had walked the Earth at some point in the very recent past. I remember my mother talking about me being 2 or 3 years old and already swearing that I would never go into the millitary. At 2 or 3 years old! Maybe in a past life, I died as a soldier in Vietnam or some other conflict? Today, I'm 110% against war, the draft or anything related to international conflict -- including Bush and the neo-conservative, warmongering Republicans (or Democrats, for that matter). I remember doing very well on the PSAT in high school and the endless calls from millitary recruiters that followed. But I never gave any of them the time of day.

I guess if I had the option to come back again, being a male, I've always been a little curious as to what life would be like living as a woman. Sometimes, I almost feel as if that's what I should have been this time around.

[Droopy]

7. 5

I really don't know. I don't believe in an after life, but there is no I can no for sure.

[No2W2004]

8. dunno...

haven't been dead yet.

[goondogger]

9. 0

Based on the evidence available.

[starroute]

10. Nah, I believe in recycling

[Taverner]

11. 7

I think there is an afterlife - exactly what that is is debateable.

Some argue that if you brain dies last, when your body dies you go into a sleep state that feels like it lasts like eternity. Perhaps this is the afterlife.

Of course, you could also be actaually "going somewhere" - that energy has to go somewhere - right?

[Trillo]

12. 10

Sorry, I cannot offer proof.

I just had an out-of-body experience.

An old client called last week wanting to hire me. Over the last week I've collected data regarding what she needs done. I found myself imagining that I was at her place (out-of-body), performing the work she required, in order to help me organize (in the here-and-now) what things I'll need to do the job.

[shraby]

13. I'll know when I die

and I'm not dying to find out.

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. 9

I refuse to believe that this whole scheme is some cosmic accident. Another dimension to me is not out of the realm of impossibility. I choose to follow the teachings of Christ because I feel it is right for me. As to whether it is the only way, I'm not 100% certain, nor will I ever be.

[UrbScotty]

15. 9.8

Naturally, I have my doubts. But overall, I have a strong belief that there is a Heaven to which we all all go.

Obviously, part of me wants to live for many years - I feel I have six or seven decades left in me. But when my time comes, I believe that I will once again see my dogs, Bonnie and Cindy. I will once again see our pet birds and fish from my childhood. I will meet those of my great-uncles and great-aunts whom I never met, including Uncle Eddie, who passed into Heaven nine months ago. I will meet the grandpa I never met, as well as the one I eulogized four months ago. I will see my grandmothers, one of whom joined her husband in Eternal Glory three and a half years ago, and the other of whom remains on this earth for a time period that only God knows.

[The Commie]

16. 6.5

[Gothic Sponge]

17. 10

and i'm agnostic

[kimchi]

18. 9 - I'm hoping for one.

I'd really like to haunt my husband if I die first. Er, I mean...contact him.

[flamingyouth]

19. I would like to believe in Hell

So that people like Bush and his cabal can spend eternity roasting there....:grr:

[DemWitch]

20. 10

"exactly" what it is, I dunno...

[BlueJazz]

21. One,....as Porky would say...da,da,daaahh..That's All Folks!!

[EstimatedProphet]

22. 7

I lean towards the idea. It is part of my belief that conservation of energy indicates the possibility of an afterlife.

[Quixote1818]

29. Great Graphic!

[trof]

23. I believe in a beforelife.

I used to be Chester A. Arthur.

[Lorien]

24. 2. I don't see why anyone would really want one

have you ever tried to envision "forever"? Kind of bends the mind. Would I be more popular in the afterlife? Is there sex? What about entertainment? Having just spent 11 days without power or a phone (due to hurricane Charley)I can tell you that hanging out by youself in the dark is pretty unpleasant. I imagine 16 billion, trillion years of it would be even worse. So what's the point?

[Baja Margie]

25. 10

don't know what it is though...maybe energy into a collective consciousness.Anyway, there IS a doggie and kitty Heaven.

[Dookus]

26. 1

When ya die, ya die.


As noted above, the concept of "eternity" is lost on most people. After the first billion years of attending Ella Fitzgerald concerts and boinking Oscar de la Hoya, there's still an eternity to go. Then a trillion years spent listening to The Doors and boinking the US Waterpolo team. And not even one second of eternity has passed.

You'd meet everyone who ever lived, get to know them, grow tired of them, and yet you haven't even scraped the surface of eternity. You could hear every song a quadrillion times, play every game you ever liked a quadrillion times, screw whoever you wanted a quadrillion times, and yet you haven't even made the smallest scratch in eternity.

Sounds like hell to me.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

27. 10, but I'm sure it's NOT sitting on a cloud with a harp or

standing around in a pit of fire with devils poking at you with pitchforks.

I believe that it's probably in one of those other dimensions that the most advanced physicists are always theorizing about.