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i think life goes on but we can not imagine how, maybe it will continue in a completly different way that we cant understand in this life with that primitive sort of brain.
I do have this theory where we are all in a crazy computer program, but this post would be about 2 1080p screen lengths for me to describe.
I don't believe that you simply black out and fall into a dreamless sleep when you die. Your spirit has to leave your body after your heart stops, and if all you did was black out, where would your spirit go?
Some believe that there is no such thing as 'your spirit', and that your spirit is simply a creation of your brain, and when your brain dies, so does it.
I believe we have some understanding of what happens when you die. There are those, both dead and alive, that have proven that there is an afterlife. At this point in time, there's obviously no way for us to see Heaven (if that is indeed the place you go), so we have no clue what it looks like or where it is. Just that it exists.
Proof that it exists? Where? Sorry if that sounded snooty, I just don't think we've ever found solid evidence (meaning everyone agrees on it) that there is an afterlife.
I also believe that some (but most likely very few) are reincarnated. I recently read something that suggested that everyone in the world is the same person due to reincarnation, but we lose our memories from our past life after being put into a new body. So really, there are only two people who exist in the world- me (who is also you) and God. It's really crazily interesting if you read it.
I'll read it, linky?
By the way, I'm not a Christian. I'm a theist- one who believes in God, but doesn't believe in religion.
I like to think that we are reborn. Maybe not as a person at first (unless you were a really good boy/ girl). I also like the idea of karma, as in that it has an impact on to what we are reborn as.
So there's my input, I don't believe in reincarnation, it just doesn't make sense.
I think there's nothing, which is why my drive to enjoy my current life as much as I can is so great, and why I have an unhealthy obsession with immortality. Cryonics seems promising. Brain uploading... maybe.
I would regret it now and later, and that's enough. It's not as though I live in a destructive way that will make me suffer later. But my interest in immortality specifically comes from my belief that nothing comes after. I want to live as long as possible because I like living and I like who I am. I don't want that to end, and I believe it will someday, so I'm hoping to put that off as long as possible.Well, frankly, if there's nothing, you won't be around to regret doing or not doing anything anyway.
And, to be fair, people have been seeking immortality throughout history, whether they believed in god(s) or not.
I would regret it now and later, and that's enough. It's not as though I live in a destructive way that will make me suffer later. But my interest in immortality specifically comes from my belief that nothing comes after. I want to live as long as possible because I like living and I like who I am. I don't want that to end, and I believe it will someday, so I'm hoping to put that off as long as possible.
There are several definitions of immortality; one you missed is eternal youth. To be honest, I'd be fine with any of them, provided I can at least interface with my surroundings in some way. Being incapacitated for the rest of time and then some wouldn't be my idea of fun, but provided I can at least get out of the solar system before the sun goes nova and make my way throughout the universe, I think I'd be fine. Eventually, it'd probably end up something like this; there's more than enough matter for me to invent machines after humanity dies out, and with nothing else to do (other than bask in the insanity), I'd end up inventing AI eventually (or going completely bonkers, in which case I won't much care), which would be more than good enough. This is all assuming humanity itself doesn't survive and do all this first.Immortality, a.k.a. eternal life. It would seem you've defined eternal as everlasting duration, a horror I hope I'm never subjected to. There is another definition, though.
That which is eternal is that which exists outside of time, that which is utterly unaffected by temporal succession. And thou, "Thou art that." Immortality, in this regard, is the status quo.