I don't want to be just remembered I want to fly someday! sheesh Jafo you're spoiling this for me...

someday "if" I make it in Heaven I am going to fly and worship my Heavenly Father.

I've seen ppl believe in crazier things like my neighbor thinking he is going to hit the lottery this week... hehe

...and I suppose what it really boils down to is what you choose to believe in... Eventually, we'll all know the answer (or we'll be nothing and won't know a thing ).

If I'm still 'around' after death, I wouldn't mind
visiting Tir na Nog and meeting Brighid and Lugh. Some ancient Irish beliefs hold it as the afterlife’s most idealistic environment. Paradise there consisted of feasting, revelry, music, and sexual intercourse.

Sounds like paradise to me.

Sounds like my weekends in college...

I believe that death is the same as when you are put out for an operation. You just cease to be. you never knew that you existed.

Heaven and hell are already here on Earth- good times are heaven, bad times are hell.

The only "after life" I can somewhat believe in is the OverSoul. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, so when you die, your energy returns to the oversoul to be distributed to another living thing.

Ugh...Reincarnation has always interested me; I even believe in it after a fashion. But recycling? I don't think I like the idea of my soul being recycled...

I am too tired to read the whole thread, but in some ways I believe in the idea that when we die our bodies fade away but our conciousness goes on. So if you where are architect in life you spend eternity building cities in your mind, and etc.

the mayflies believe that after death you must go to a very nice place, since no one ever comes back (Pratchett)

when you die you go home /me happy memories

personally i accept the existance of God and existance beyond existance on this planet as an observed fact, in the same way that i accept the existance of the table infront of me as an observed fact.

as for what happens, think of it like this. God is all knowing, for God is the synergistic whole of everything. however, there is always more to be, to do and to experience, so God is always growing.

I do not believe in ANY gods, or any of the paraphenalia that go along with them. I dislike ANY forms of religion, they are the cause of more death and unrest on this planet than anything else. I abhore the atrocities performed in this world and the pathetic attempts to justify them in the name of some religion or other. When you die, it's over, forget about it. Religion is just an appeasement of your own insecurities about life on this planet. I don't have to hope that there is some all powerful being that will look after me when I die, because I can face up to the aforementioned realities of life/death. And don't start flaming me for my beliefs, I am as entitled to them as you are.

When your are not close to death, you may say many "clever" thoughts or you can say thoughts that belong to others.
I can't understand why death belongs to religion... we have so many scientific opinions too.
I think, that death belongs to all of us, not to religion, not to science, therefor, it is very important to think about it more seriously.
I know, you may say that it is better to think about life and not death, but believe me, if you think about death, you going to live your life better!

Why think about death. It's coming, you can't avoid it. It can be over tomorrow. Just make sure you've got your burial insurance thingy (so you can get a good looking box and stone) and focus on things you can control or do something about.

Anyway, go BoXXi!!

Crae,
"focus on things you can control", this is exactly what I mean.
Live your everyday life as your last day, then you will be more your self and you will really enjoy it.

What if you don't want to be yourself?

What is wrong with your self Tarkus?

I hope that when i die, i'll be in paradise already rolled spliffs grow at trees and stuff like that

Nah, i say that life after death doesn't exist. its going to be like before we were born: BORING AS HELL....hehe

mental note: more investigation needed on methods of joining the ranks of the walking dead; prefer to keep/improve personal appearance, but not a must

Try a voodoo witch doctor, Mig.

Nothing wrong with myself, adni18; I just want to be Billy Bob Thorton, so I can be married to Angelina Jolie.

"What happens after we die?"

Do you really expect an answer?

This is a flame post waiting to happen. You always get this type of "informed" post:
"I don't believe in any God or religion. I believe the church made up religion to control people". "Only flakes and idiots believe in the Bible". "I hate holy rollers". "More people died in the name of religion than anything else".

This is a fact. If there is no afterlife whatsoever, there is no point in life at all.

I'm a Christian, so I believe our conciousness lives on after our phyisical death. I have a friend who's an atheist and doesn't believe in an afterlife. The way I see it, it's a win-win situation for me... If there IS an afterlife, I'll get the chance to say "Told ya so" to him. If there isn't one, he won't be able to ruib my nose in it

hehe FIrestorm

Mig yes get that number from crae for the voodoo witch doc,
(I happen to know he has a good one!) hehe

Hmm, Chimpman, I haven't seen any flaming in this thread and it has quite a lot of posts already. Seems that it _is_ possible to discuss weighty subjects such as religion and death without fighting.

Yes, It is possible to discuss weighty subjects such as religion and death without fighting... but I haven't seen it until now. I'm as pleased as punch!

Of course around here, religion and death aren't as weighty as skinning. Politics probably falls somewhere in the middle - depending on who's discussing.