Discussion What do you THINK happens when someone dies?

[Zenova_]

Personally, I think it's whatever you want to happen. If you want a heaven, you'll get a heaven. If you want to cease to exist, you'll cease to exist. If you want to be born into a better world, then that's exactly what will happen. I believe after suffering in this world, we should be rewarded with whatever we want. What do you guys think happens?

 

[dragonofenvy]

Well, we've spent billions of years before our life started... not existing. Can you be in a state of non-existence? Is that in itself existence?
I wouldn't be shocked if after death we spend the rest of eternity in that state of non-existence. It's not so bad really. I mean, those last, what 14 billion years or so before our birth went by pretty quickly didn't they?

 

[pieceoffox]

I partly believe in reincarnation. After death - no matter how much time passes - there is a possibility of being reborn anywhere and at any time: in the past or the future, and perhaps not on our planet, but on another. And since time is not perceived in the state of non-existence, for us, rebirth could occur immediately after death.

In that case, one might assume that we existed prior to our current life, even if we do not remember it. Likewise, in the next life - if such a thing exists - we will have no knowledge of our current one.

Or, if things turn out to be far more prosaic, we will simply slip into non-existence - much like the state we were in before we were born.

 

[ireallywasnttogopls]

I partly believe in reincarnation. After death - no matter how much time passes - there is a possibility of being reborn anywhere and at any time: in the past or the future, and perhaps not on our planet, but on another. And since time is not perceived in the state of non-existence, for us, rebirth could occur immediately after death.

In that case, one might assume that we existed prior to our current life, even if we do not remember it. Likewise, in the next life - if such a thing exists - we will have no knowledge of our current one.

Or, if things turn out to be far more prosaic, we will simply slip into non-existence - much like the state we were in before we were born.

the thing about reincarnation is, if we cannot actually remember who we are or anything about our past lives , are we really the same "person" or consciousness

idk how to explain it but without our memories we might as well be anybody else

 

[pieceoffox]

the thing about reincarnation is, if we cannot actually remember who we are or anything about our past lives , are we really the same "person" or consciousness

idk how to explain it but without our memories we might as well be anybody else

The topic of reincarnation can be discussed endlessly, and there are many nuances that could steer the conversation in a completely different direction. However, I agree with the idea that a different life implies a different personality - a person entirely unconnected to who we are now. Things might be different if the existence of an unchanging soul were proven, but I do not believe in that