Just curious how strong peoples faith is in some postmortum existence be it heaven, hell, reincarnation, nirvana, some other mystical consciousness. I skewed the poll numbers because most people tend to have pretty strong views one way or another.
How certain are you of an afterlife?
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Caomhanach
I am 100% certant that there is NO after life.
Eukaryote
Deity
I think it's extremly unlikley that heaven doesn't exist but I can't put a probability on it, I can't for any of my religous beliefs. I guess I'll go with 99% but in reality, if it exists the odds are 100%, and if it doesn't the odds are 0%.
I give it 50%. A yes/no question that works either way.
I live my life as if there is no afterlife, however. And usually actions speak louder than words.
I live my life as if there is no afterlife, however. And usually actions speak louder than words.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
I voted 100%, but I am not. My faith tells me that there is an afterlife, and I have faith in God, but, having never seen or heard it myself (primary source!), I can not be 100% sure.
I do life my life and practice that there is, it is only the fact that I am human that prevents me from such knowledge.
I do life my life and practice that there is, it is only the fact that I am human that prevents me from such knowledge.
Masquerouge
Deity
No afterlife.
nice poll.
I'll give it 5%.
1% seems too low, and 25% seems too high.
I don't know how or what an afterlife would manifest, I find most religious beliefs like heaven or reincarnation far fetched, but perhaps becoming part of a greater consciousness.
I'll give it 5%.
1% seems too low, and 25% seems too high.
I don't know how or what an afterlife would manifest, I find most religious beliefs like heaven or reincarnation far fetched, but perhaps becoming part of a greater consciousness.
Xanikk999
History junkie
25%. I may think reincarnation might have a chance but not heaven of course.
I mean if we are concious in this life what will keep this random set of genes that we are from becoming "alive" again in a different body in some time and age and space with us controlling it?
I mean if we are concious in this life what will keep this random set of genes that we are from becoming "alive" again in a different body in some time and age and space with us controlling it?
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
99%. I don't think I'm 100% sure about anything, really.
The Last Conformist
Irresistibly Attractive
I voted 1% because I can't be certain, but I consider it about as likely as elves at the bottom of the garden. There's just no reason to believe there is one.
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
I am certain there isn't one
MjM
Deity
Nahhhh, no afterlife.
stratos_v2
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I voted 100%,
The way i see it life is complex, scientists still haven't figured out what it is exactly. From philosophy we can learn that many philosophers played with the idea of 'ancient images' (bad translation of how i would describe it in my own language 'oer beelden') (plato's shadow cave, and the thinking experiment of descart. 'the only thing i can be certain of is that i can think, and therefore i am' (or something) )
This basiclly tells us that you can view the body as a machine to experience.
Now if we borrow from religion and say that a soul is needed to live this experience. (either created by the body, or inhibits the body externally)
We now have a body and soul. Now the body after death will certainly rot away, it's simply what it does or something. The question however is, what will happen with the soul.
Personally i simply can not accept that the soul will stop existing. Nothing in this world simply stops existing. (for as far as i know)
Religion gives us answers to this question, reincarnation, heaven/hell etc...
personally i think it will be reincarnation, it just seems natural.
This offcourse raises lots of problems. (is there a absolute nummber of souls? ) I haven't thought about those problems much, since i don't really care much about the question, but i think reincarnation is the most obvious natural solution to death.
i could be wrong though
The way i see it life is complex, scientists still haven't figured out what it is exactly. From philosophy we can learn that many philosophers played with the idea of 'ancient images' (bad translation of how i would describe it in my own language 'oer beelden') (plato's shadow cave, and the thinking experiment of descart. 'the only thing i can be certain of is that i can think, and therefore i am' (or something) )
This basiclly tells us that you can view the body as a machine to experience.
Now if we borrow from religion and say that a soul is needed to live this experience. (either created by the body, or inhibits the body externally)
We now have a body and soul. Now the body after death will certainly rot away, it's simply what it does or something. The question however is, what will happen with the soul.
Personally i simply can not accept that the soul will stop existing. Nothing in this world simply stops existing. (for as far as i know)
Religion gives us answers to this question, reincarnation, heaven/hell etc...
personally i think it will be reincarnation, it just seems natural.
This offcourse raises lots of problems. (is there a absolute nummber of souls? ) I haven't thought about those problems much, since i don't really care much about the question, but i think reincarnation is the most obvious natural solution to death.
i could be wrong though
Marla_Singer
United in diversity
I second that.The Last Conformist said:
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