Discussion Are you spiritual/religious? Do you believe in an afterlife?

[ElTopo]

This has probably been asked already. Me personally I believe in God and used to read a lot of theology texts, but I mainly came to faith through philosophy. I kinda like Jung's vision of an afterlife, and generally his approach to spirituality so I would consider me that.

 

[whywere]

I do NOT believe in any form of organized religion, as to me it is all about money and power.

But I do believe in GOD, as there is such an aspect as good and not so good.

I always say my evening prayers when I retire, as it is a way of closing out the day and also communicating with GOD. Makes me feel complete.

Walter

 

[Trismegistus_13]

I love the idea of heaven, but i don't believe it, or by extension any afterlife or God, really exists. Too many aspects of it are incongruous with regular life. I'd be pleasantly surprised if I'm wrong, but I'm also okay with the eternal yet infintesimally short void of nothing when we die

 

[Agon321]

I don't believe in any typical religion created by people, but I think there might be a God or something like that.
It's just that total nothingness seems terribly stupid and pointless to me. If we are born only once and live only once, then the entire Universe makes no sense at all.
I have no idea what might exist, but deep in my "soul" I feel that there is something greater than us, even if it is not God.

 

[DivineSpark]

Yeah, I know I am more than just flesh and bones. I know life on our planet has purpose, we are not cosmic accident.

 

[Holu]

I'm an atheist, but I personally think religion is generally good, especially since it does bring so many happiness and fulfillment. If something can provide you meaning, comfort, and community then who am I to question or attack your beliefs.

That said, in a weird way I would hope that even if there is an afterlife, that I am spared it. Nothingness might sound scary, but I would vastly prefer to return to whatever void my existence was before birth. If when I die, I wake up in heaven, I'll probably get sent to hell for immediately trying to kill god lol.

Weirdly, I think everything could go right in my life and I'm just far too gone. I acknowledge such negativity is probably holding me further back, but I don't really care at this point. I'm just sick of suffering, even if it's a minuscule amount I'd much prefer complete nothingness.

 

[SVEN]

To a point.

 

[FuneralCry]

No I don't rather I believe such to be completely fictional invented by humans, I believe death to simply be non-existence, nothing more than an eternal dreamless sleep where this cruel, torturous existence I always saw as the most terrible tragic mistake is finally all gone and forgotten with no more pain and suffering. I'd just never wish to suffer in this existence rather I just hope to be unconscious for all eternity, for me non-existence really is all that's desirable and is the only peace and relief, it's all that's positive for me. I'd just never wish for the burden of existence no matter what rather all I hope for is to never suffer ever again and I'll always see existing as only suffering, I see existence as an abomination that just causes harm with no limit as to how much one can be tortured and the fact that this existence was imposed is the most terrible harmful tragedy to me.

 

[lynnschronicles]

I was raised to be Christian, but I'm not religious anymore. I'm agnostic, leaning more towards atheism

 

[MissWannaLive]

I'm more in spirituality in terms of witchcraft and slavic beliefs. Not really a very religious person. However I do believe in multiple lives aka when you die you are reborned again. Quite a never ending cycle. It often adds more bad to the outlook that in fact I will be never able to break that cycle since it continues in multiple timelines and "universes" but I think I will stay at that. So maybe in some past life I was someone greater than in this one.

 

[let.me.let.go87]

I go to church but it's all bullshit. There is no god

 

[22yearsbroken]

Not really in any sense at all... the only thing i have faith in is that are some good people in this world

 

[Griever]

I've heard many stories where children have been able to remember their own past lives, and whether it's true or not, I somehow believe that there is an afterlife, but without pain and suffering and at some point in this life you'll be reborn, but these are just my thoughts on this topic

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

No . I'm just another animal a bug. Same cells . Same brain cells= neurons

Terrible injustice abomination that a dog cat other animal can get relief from extreme suffering or extreme pain with nembutal and assisted suicide. But a human me which is the same thing can't get relief not escape from extreme torture but has to suffer unbearably for no reason because we all die anyway.they want to enslave every human .

 

[Pluto]

 

[whywere]

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Always love you and your outstanding sense of humor.

Walter

 

[apict]

I also believe (KNOW) that there is more to us than our physical (3D) selves. But I think that whatever afterlife there might be is a reality of more than just 3 dimensions. As such, that afterlife would be incomprehensible to our 3D selves. So, our 3D selves really do die - permanently - unless our higher dimension selves remember it like some kind of dream. Of course, it is possible that we keep coming back to this 3D reality, not to learn a lesson but to make manifest another possible 3D reality by just changing the way we lived our "prior" life. (time is merely an illusion created by us to measure movement in 3 dimensions. There is no time in higher dimension reality.) Since god exists in the higher dimensions, the only way god can know about what 3D life is like is through us. That is the way in which we are co-creators with god of our lives.
Or something...

 

[tung tung sahur]

Personally i'm agnostic se just can't know if there's a God

 

[divinemistress87]

I believe there is something Ive had some spirit readings from a psychic friend and what she said from spirit was on point and theres no way she could have known that. So I think we go to some other dimension after death but I dont believe in religion at all

 

[EvisceratedJester]

I am an atheist. I don't believe in there being a God or any of that sort of nonsense. I don't believe in their being anything beyond this life. You live, then you die, and that's it.

 

[matchalavendercake]

I believe there is something Ive had some spirit readings from a psychic friend and what she said from spirit was on point and theres no way she could have known that. So I think we go to some other dimension after death but I dont believe in religion at all

i agree with this!!

 

[Darkover]

Not all religions postulate an afterlife. Some postulate that you NEED to actively do something not to have an afterlife (reincarnation), and be obliterated as individuals in the Nirvana.

aren't most religions and the idea of a god just mechanisms to cope with reality the fact is nobody makes it out of here alive

the belief in God—is a coping mechanism that isn't based in reality.
the idea that you somehow your life continues on after death is complete nonsense

 

[KinderEgg]

I am not religious and don't believe in an afterlife, I kind of like the idea that there is "something" after death but I think it's probably quite unlikely. I find the idea of nothingness terrifying, which I know I shouldn't because I wouldn't be there to experience it but still.