Do you believe in the afterlife?

[pcoll]

I believe that man is appointed a time to live and a time to die...After God's second coming, the dead in him will arise first and all will face the Judgement.

[luv4uandme]

Sure, I believe in 'the afterlife' and there's actually a name for it..........DEATH. We all live for a given number of years and then we all die. Unless you want to include the get-togethers after the funeral (or whatever people choose to do), but those are usually attended by the living.

Perfect. I couldn't of said it better my self.

[angelheartsong]

I absolutely believe in the AfterLife.... I believe our spirit & souls live on in the people we have touched... & within mother earth

[queenofnines]

I do not, but I definitely know many people who made me wish there was a hell just for them.

Wow, amyrouse.  I'm really surprised to see you say this.  NO ONE deserves to be tortured forever, regardless of what they did while alive.

Passe attitudes about hell make me sick.  Where is your humanity?  I don't like all people in general as a rule, but even I have basic humanity to know that wishing torture to other human beings is WRONG.

[Falconer02]

Passe attitudes about hell make me sick.  Where is your humanity?  I don't like all people in general as a rule, but even I have basic humanity to know that wishing torture to other human beings is WRONG.

Not even Fred Phelps or Warren Jeffs!? lol jk jk

[amyrouse]

I do not, but I definitely know many people who made me wish there was a hell just for them.

Wow, amyrouse.  I'm really surprised to see you say this.  NO ONE deserves to be tortured forever, regardless of what they did while alive.

Passe attitudes about hell make me sick.  Where is your humanity?  I don't like all people in general as a rule, but even I have basic humanity to know that wishing torture to other human beings is WRONG.

I know...I agree with you, QON.  I was in a very bad place when I wrote this.  I'm still partially there.  I really try to see the good in all people, but sometimes the things I see take a toll on me, the things I see people do to the people they claim to love and honor...it makes me ill.  I feel like Sam L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction...I'm trying to be the shephard, but sometimes its really hard... call it a moment of weakness.  Its my human nature: I can name some people that I would like to see suffer, but I really don't want to see them suffer, if it makes any sense.  I don't know if any of this makes any sense.   

[ljNana]

There is an afterlife.  It is called Heaven.  Where there will be no more tears, no funerals, no loss of loved ones.
There will be joy unspeakable and love we have never even felt a fraction of.
Jesus had to leave also to build us mansions in the skies.
Read Revelations and study it and you will see what to expect.

[falcon9]

To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, "I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge" --Ravi Zacharias

Infinite knowledge?    You're the one who can't prove your god exists, despite having the burden of proof.  We're expected to rule out all of the thousands of gods that have come and gone before you have to prove yours?  Uh-uh, doesn't work like that!

And this quote is invalid because *a theism* does not deal with knowledge...that would be gnosticism, hello!

To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, "I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge" --Ravi Zacharias

Infinite knowledge?    You're the one who can't prove your god exists, despite having the burden of proof.  We're expected to rule out all of the thousands of gods that have come and gone before you have to prove yours?  Uh-uh, doesn't work like that!

And this quote is invalid because *a theism* does not deal with knowledge...that would be gnosticism, hello!

Prove he doesn't.  The burden of proof is not on our side.  

You are requesting proof of a negative assertion; this is not rational.  Specifically, the burden of proof rests with the initial claimant - that would be those who insist upon the existence of a "god" sans any verifiable evidence, (note: "faith" does not constitute verifiable evidence).  Your entire rebuttal is a non sequitur.

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You and Falconer keep saying this like a broken record and have been answered x times over.
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Logic remains consistant, which is why QoN & Falconer, (who happens to share a variation of my 'nym and many of my views however, isn't me), keep reiterating reason to oppose your unreasoned and unsubstantiated claims.

[queenofnines]

There is an afterlife.  It is called Heaven.  Where there will be no more tears, no funerals, no loss of loved ones.
There will be joy unspeakable and love we have never even felt a fraction of.

And knowing that your mom/child/best friend/cousin/grandfather/insert the name of any apostate you're close to is being tortured forever in hell...does that not spoil the party a bit?

Jesus had to leave also to build us mansions in the skies.

Wow, you're pretty full of yourself.  What have YOU done in your life to deserve a magical mansion?  Saved someone from a burning building...donated thousands to cancer research?  No?  You just believed some ridiculous myth crafted for weak minded sheep?

[Graeth]

I do. I also believei nthe the recycling of souls.
Because if there is an afterlife, it's just going to be come overpopulated otherwise.
And there are plenty of down to earth people who do happen to believe that they have lived before. Not al lof htem are the new agy hippies.

[SurveyMack10]

There is an afterlife.  It is called Heaven.  Where there will be no more tears, no funerals, no loss of loved ones.
There will be joy unspeakable and love we have never even felt a fraction of.

And knowing that your mom/child/best friend/cousin/grandfather/insert the name of any apostate you're close to is being tortured forever in hell...does that not spoil the party a bit?

Jesus had to leave also to build us mansions in the skies.

Wow, you're pretty full of yourself.  What have YOU done in your life to deserve a magical mansion?  Saved someone from a burning building...donated thousands to cancer research?  No?  You just believed some ridiculous myth crafted for weak minded sheep?

how do you possibly feel that you have the right to downplay someone's life? Especially on an internet forum, when you know nothing of what they have or have not done in their life- and nowhere near enough to assert that you are the one who should decide whether they deserve to spend their afterlife in heaven.

[SurveyMack10]

I do not, but I definitely know many people who made me wish there was a hell just for them.

Wow, amyrouse.  I'm really surprised to see you say this.  NO ONE deserves to be tortured forever, regardless of what they did while alive.

Passe attitudes about hell make me sick.  Where is your humanity?  I don't like all people in general as a rule, but even I have basic humanity to know that wishing torture to other human beings is WRONG.

I know...I agree with you, QON.  I was in a very bad place when I wrote this.  I'm still partially there.  I really try to see the good in all people, but sometimes the things I see take a toll on me, the things I see people do to the people they claim to love and honor...it makes me ill.  I feel like Sam L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction...I'm trying to be the shephard, but sometimes its really hard... call it a moment of weakness.  Its my human nature: I can name some people that I would like to see suffer, but I really don't want to see them suffer, if it makes any sense.  I don't know if any of this makes any sense.   

No one said Christians were supposed to be perfect. God knew that human nature is to make mistakes, which is why he sent his son to die for our sins. That is the beauty of being Christians. And hating the things that people do is not the same as hating people- it is easy to hate some of the actions people take these days...

[SurveyMack10]

I do not, but I definitely know many people who made me wish there was a hell just for them.

Wow, amyrouse.  I'm really surprised to see you say this.  NO ONE deserves to be tortured forever, regardless of what they did while alive.

Passe attitudes about hell make me sick.  Where is your humanity?  I don't like all people in general as a rule, but even I have basic humanity to know that wishing torture to other human beings is WRONG.

Why does this bother you so much if you do not even believe in hell?

[anita209]

 ???wow  thats a good one i do  because i belive  in god

[falcon9]

I do not, but I definitely know many people who made me wish there was a hell just for them.

Wow, amyrouse.  I'm really surprised to see you say this.  NO ONE deserves to be tortured forever, regardless of what they did while alive.

Passe attitudes about hell make me sick.  Where is your humanity?  I don't like all people in general as a rule, but even I have basic humanity to know that wishing torture to other human beings is WRONG.

Why does this bother you so much if you do not even believe in hell?

A mythical hell isn't required in order to not like the idea of torturing others on this non-mythical world.