Life after death: Yes or No?

Question

Recently I was astounded by a simple concept introduced to me by a fellow traveller. It concerned the unanserable question "Is there life after death". His concept was so logical it made perfect sense. Can you guess what the concept is and furhter, can you come up with a novel one of your own? Thanks PP

Answer 1

actually they didn't have to go that far.





according to the question: is there life after death... the answer of course is "yes".



think about that.



of course there's life after there is death.



look around ya.

Answer 2

Is there death after life? If so there would be no continuing life; therefore there must be life after death.



...Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.



My first answer is but a construct of language. The true answer to the question is found in the divine concept of seed time and harvest.



Not only does this concept, as a revelation, speak to life after death but it negates the linear argument of evolution and dualist necessity of creationism.



It also explains Solomons conundrum; "that which is now has been before." It also negates the argument between vegans and meat eaters; reincarnationists and purgatorians; and lets us know without a doubt that the egg came before the chicken.



Prof. When you see the beauty of this you might consider keeping your day job. lol

Answer 3

There is no life after death. I have always felt that we just simply cease to exist, but our energy or soul is reused by nature. Heaven and Hell and the concepts of religion were developed because man needs to feel he has a reason to live and they provide basic rules for governing a society of people.



All of the religions came from someone teaching man how to treat his fellow man. It was not so much a higher being as much as it was a person of great thought trying to do his best to make the world better.



I believe that "karma" or what ever you want to call it exists. You will receive from life what you put into it. And mother nature will win in the end. So we must respect everything and everyone around us and treat our fellow man like we would want to be treated.

Answer 4

Concept rubbish... I would be a seriously outspoken sceptic, save for the fact I've had the proof all my life and the 'gift' of speaking with, and seeing, the so called dead... ever since the age of eight and my first of many NDEs... and of 'meeting' people, who would enter my life in the future.



The past, the present and the future, are all linked as one... that was the strangest part to grasp for me... and I never asked, nor dabbled to try and make it happen, nor wanted to be, what the Bishop of Peterborough UK, labelled me back in 1973... a natural psychic medium.



I mean, the very word 'medium' is 'bland' and I can assure you, my life experiences, are anything but mediocre and bland because of this strange gift!



Terrifying for my first 28 years of life, would be a better description of them... all because, I inherited societies and my parents, morbid fear of the unknown!



I am now a more together, very life and death learned lady, completely unafraid, at 61 years old who, doesn't need to guess about the final question inside semantics... and does not fear the time it will come to me either... well, perhaps the 'way it happens' is a little scary to envisage... since no one wants to linger, or suffer unnecessarily, as we leave this mortal life, but afterward, it's brilliant, I've been there and seen and felt and kept it in my heart.



My advice to sceptics of all leanings... whether about God, or ghosts, or afterlife... is to take serious stock and start to trust the creator of our universe... because we are not alone every second of our lives...



I surely do, after what I've seen and shared:-)



God bless everyone!

Answer 5

There is a lot of speculation on life after death. Near death experiences of people, claim to see a bright light at the end of a tunnel. They see past love ones who have died before them, or if they are on an operating table they have an out of body experience and can remember what the doctors were saying and give detail on the operation.

I am stuck between two theories. The first being that there is life after death, heave and hell. The second, is that we (our soul) is a ball of energy that is released after death and is regenerated to another embryo to start life all over again (the basis for deja vu sp). Maybe this is his concept.

Answer 6

What a brilliant question! But unfortunately I'm not sure I agree that its an unanswerable question I'm afraid. Nearly 2000 years ago Jesus died on a cross yet there are still millions of people all over the world who claim to know Him and talk to Him, the Bible clearly says that He rose from the dead thus answering the question that there is life after death and that it can only be found in Him who has been through death and come out the other side

Answer 7

The bible says the dead are concious of nothing at all. Ecclesiastes 9:5. But John 5:28 & 29 promise a resurrection for all the dead. Revelation shows this to be a future thing 20:12 - 15 and 21:3 & 4.

Check Matthew 24:7 -14 to see how near we are to that prophecy becoming a reality. Email me for more info. [e-mail]

Answer 8

Life is constant. Shapes, beings form and dissolve within it's realms.

Conciousness likewise illumines uncountable beings ,and will do so after this form has passed.

This form has passed .This form is new . 'I' call them both 'me', but only the light of conciousness is really the same, since it is not an object ,and therefore subject to change.

Probably conciousness is co-arising with an energy phenomenon,such as a body, to support it, and be supported by it. And prehaps some more subtle energy phenomenon can co-support conciousness, and carry some seeds from the previous bodily form, but as in life there is no continuation of forms. Only patterns continue ,following their life-cycles ,consuming energy, and laying down seeds, with slightly modified patterns ,to repopulate the new present moment.

There is no continuity of form through time .

The universe is constant ,and each form reflects the whole . Each form is a reflection of the whole universe, including future and past .

That's how I see it ,anyway.

Answer 9

This Question takes me back five years when I was admitted to hospital after suffering an heart attack, while in hospital I suffered a further two attacks, while recovering from the second I recall saying to the nurse that I was feeling a bit down she was giving me an injection of something when I recall her shouting “He’s going,” who to I have no idea, it felt as though a plug had been pulled and that all the blood was draining from my body, I felt no pain, the next thing I knew was the nurse calling my name I had been dead for as long as it had taken them to get the shock machine together she said later about 3 or 4 minutes, I had heart surgery after that.

But back to the Question my recollection of life DURING death was NIL but that life after death five years on is great.

Answer 10

I can't guess the concept...something about being reborn?? But I believe in it, and that there is a soul, that goes through several life cyles, learning the lesson it needs...So my soul may have lived several lives before this one, trying to learn what it needs in order to hit heaven.



I can't decide whether I have an old soul or a brand new one...sometimes I feel quite wise, and sometimes like I know absolutely nothing about life!



Good question!



p.s. Let us know the concept of the traveller when you're done!

Answer 11

YES, of course there is life. What would be the purpose of living if we are going to die and that's it!?? Life would be in vain.

There was life before we were born, and there's life after. You decided to born before coming to this Earth. Now, in this life, is were you decide were do you want to go next, even if you are not sure of what will be like exactly.

I believe in prayer, and I know that by doing it, we can ASK GOD to bless us with knowledge, I know he's the one that can and WILL give you the BEST ANSWER. (I have done it, and it works)

I know it's something difficult to understand, is a very hard subject for some people. But I promise you that you will get your answer IF you pray with REAL FAITH and that we will have life after dying, and is not going to be in this Earth. God has a plan of happiness. I really believe and know this.

Answer 12

I believe in life after death but not in the traditional sense of going to heaven or hell.



I heard a theory once that energy can never be destroyed, it simply changes form. I believe this is what happens when we die. Our energy or our soul if you like doesn't disappear, it simply changes form. Perhaps our energy is left behind in the place we died or just in the world in general which would explain why people can sometimes sense the deceased. Or perhaps the energy takes a different form in that when you are buried your energy is used to feed plants and animals in the soil and you live on that way or when your ashes fertilise the soil or are scattered int he wind.

Answer 13

Some non-believers in an afterlife, influenced by positivism, have argued that claims of an afterlife are unverifiable and unfalsifiable, and therefore cognitively meaningless. Some have argued that, on the contrary, particular claims concerning the nature of the afterlife are verifiable and falsifiable: all one has to do to verify/falsify them is die. On the other hand, they argue, the belief in the absence of an afterlife can be attacked as vacuous on the grounds that the statement "I cease to exist" is unverifiable, unfalsifiable, and therefore by the same token cognitively meaningless. In particular, the concept of our own non-existence is inconceivable:



What experience corresponds to your own non-existence? None.

If there is a life after death, then is there a life before birth? And if there was, can that experience be remembered?

Schopenhauer in particular argued that the idea of an afterlife or immortal soul is contradicted by the fact that it is impossible to attach sense to such a concept as the soul without reference to characteristics such as consciousness, which depend on such physical entities as the brain. Such concepts he argued, are beyond our reach and noumenal (thus unknowable). A counter-argument to that is that consciousness does not directly depend on physical entities, merely that our bodies are merely "temporary tools crafted by our souls" (which leads back to the idea of reincarnation).

Answer 14

Life after death: Yes or No?



Maybe Yes and No.



Perhaps for some people, a few who are prepared to make the necessary prolonged and consistent efforts to grow a soul, there is life after death though how long it lasts before the soul disperses, or what form it takes, or what it does all day - who knows.



But for those who make no effort to grow a soul, death is eternal oblivion.



Maybe ... ;-)

Answer 15

Yes there is life after death and I can come with a novel of my own based on this subject

Answer 16

"Is there life after death" is a factual question. It needs answering in the same fashion as all factual questions: by reasonable judgment of the evidence, and if the evidence is insufficient for a conclusion, by consideration of its likelihood in light of other aspects of one's worldview.



In general, the evidence isn't strong. It mostly falls into two categories: evidence by near-death experiences, and evidence by reports of ghosts. The former are almost all explained by neurobiology. None of the later are even confirmed.



Therefore, so far, all we can do is guess.

Answer 17

After death you...



cannot reproduce

cannot adapt to your changing environment

you do not grow (some small parts of you may for a brief period during the dying process but will eventually stop)



dead is dead.



it is yet to be seen if something can be made living again after death, but for now I would say there is no life after death as life is defined.

Answer 18

Our existance after death is one of our own making. I believe that if we have lead a good life we will go back to our happiest memories and relive these. If we have lead a terrible life we go back to our worst memories and are forced to relive these unhappy times.



I think the existance is more individual than heavan and hell, and one could ask does death really exist?

Answer 19

Oh yes its all recyclable these days body returns to atoms even dust atoms if you have had the misfortune being toasted.



Last breath goes to feed the plants



Soul goes back the pool of souls to be dished out to other poor souls rentering Earth Station One



The government and your kids grab your wealth and your memories become history

Answer 20

No life after death.

Answer 21

Yes

Answer 22

Yes

Answer 23

No. Death by definition is the end of life. Nor do I believe there is any other form of existence after death.

Answer 24

Yes & No having been pronouced dead but, came back to life all I would say is there wasn`t any light or stuff when I went, only a Bollocking from my sister for scaring her at the time.

Answer 25

Life and death are just two parts of the duality within which we exist.. The cycle of Birth, Life, Death , and Re-Birth.............



If you are Buddhist, and believe that Life is suffereing, then the aim is to become enlightened, and break this cycle......



So to more succinctly answer your question, Yes, there are many lives after many deaths........

Answer 26

Without proof, it just fanciful thinking. While it might be nice to think that we'll see our long dead relatives and be able to look forward to eternal bliss, without evidence, its just wishful thinking.



Better to believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, those were good times living in a rose-colored world. But alas, its not Objective Reality.

Answer 27

I think it is something along the lines of "We're all on the journey of life. So it would be rather pointless if the destination is a Dead-end. If it was, then we'd have to turn round & try another direction!"

Answer 28

Yes. I believe that everyones essence (not souls) stays around in one form of another. Either becomes another person or as a guide to help others through this life.

Answer 29

I don't actually y believe in life after death. I believe in reincarnation. That if your soul does not achieve what it wants in one life. Then you will be reborn until it does. After that you will then enter a higher level of consciousness

Answer 30

If there is life after death, why has nobody actually come back and told us...and given us some proof??? Until then I say No,there is no life after death.

Answer 31

I think no one on this earth really knows if their is life after death. The only way we will all know this answear is when we pass away.

Answer 32

i'd like to think yes but in my heart its a no to the life after death thing

Answer 33

Nobody will ever know because nobody can come back to tell us.

My favourite philosophy is to live life to the full whenever possible for nobody knows how long they have

Answer 34

IF IT MADE SENSE TO YOU ,THAN THAT WAS THE ANSWER YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ,OTHER PEOPLE MAY FIND IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. My way is simple I just know people who have passed over from this world help me in my life.

Answer 35

I don't believe in life after death. So what was his concept then? See if you can change my mind. . . . .

Answer 36

NO ,

but its comfortable in thinking that there is indeed life after death

and we humans are all ever-grabbing beings...so i guess we do need life after death

Answer 37

The quesion regarding life after death is very answerable.

The Bible speaks of eternal life, the question is WHERE will you spend eternity?

Answer 38

there is life after death!!!...

The life on earth is just a criteria to b selected what ur eternal life is goin to b either on the flames on the Hell or b peaceful in the Heavens...

Answer 39

FIRST YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIFE THEN WHEN YOU DIE DOES IT REAL MATTER AS NOBODY ELSE KNOWS IF YOUR ALIVE AFTER DEATH OR NOT

SOME TIMES A MYSTERY SHOULD NOT BE SOLVED

Answer 40

i suppose it depends if u belive in that sort of thing, life after death, is there a heven and hell, or reincarnation. everyone to there own that's what i say.

Answer 41

no

but existence after death yes

Answer 42

I would hope that there is something more and better than this life after we die but but I am not sure.

Answer 43

i'm a christian and yes i believe there is. i believe your soul, what is almost your ghost i guess you could say, goes to either heaven or hell. i'm sure there are tons of people who both disagree and agree with me but whatever. thats what i believe.

Answer 44

What is the concept he gave you?

Answer 45

Yes, if you go back to the past and read the book of the messengers espeaclly qurran, it's so clear...

Answer 46

Probably not but I hope there is.

Everything logical says no though.

Answer 47

yes

Answer 48

yes...just as there was life before birth.

Answer 49

YES! WHY WOULD GOD LET ANY ONE DIE? HE HAS MUCH

GREATER THINGS IN STORE FOR HUMAN KIND. WE ARE

HIS CREATION AND DEATH IS NOT AN END ! IT IS A NEW BEGINNING. 'GOD' HAS PROMISED ETERNAL LIFE! WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION ALMIGHTY "GOD?

Answer 50

yes although i think you become an animal something other than a human

Answer 51

Death is death and that's what it is. We'll all see what happens when we die.

Answer 52

Why don't you share his concept with us?

Answer 53

Yes.

Even if you die, someone in the world, born in that moment, lives.

Answer 54

the concept? heaven! you cant just fade away onto nothingness....

Answer 55

i am a buddhist so, Yes i guess? i have never remembered any experience though! :P

Answer 56

Maybe

Answer 57

yes

Answer 58

you will just have to wait and see it is impossible to find out while living!

Answer 59

I really don't know I haven't died yet. I hope if there is though, it's peaceful.

Answer 60

If this is a vote, I vote yes.

Answer 61

YES THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH IF YOU BELIEVE AND CHOOSE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR MARY BELIEVED AND LASARUS BELIEVED SO DID OUR SAVIOR BELIEVED IN HIS FATHER AS TO RISE AGAIN SO WE WILL RISE AGAIN IN THE DAY APPOINTED OF JUDGEMENT DAY IN MY LIFE I WOULD NOT TAKE THAT CHANCE TO DOUBT IN MY HEART THAT WHEN I DIE I WILL GO IN PEACE TO MY LORD AND JESUS CHRIST AND PRAY THAT THE LORD'S ANGELS ARE WAITING FOR ME WITH MY CROWN AND WINGS AND THE ARMOR OF LIGHT WITH MY KNEES BOWED PRAISING GOD FOR SAVING ME AND GIVING ME THE MERCY TO ENTER HEAVEN WITH TEARS IN MY EYES ,TEARS IN MY EYES THANKYOU GOD THANKYOU GOD THANKYOU JESUS FOR FORGIVING ME AND LETTING ME LIVE AGAIN IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME THE LORD JESUS CHRIST SON OF THE LIVING LORD AMEN AMEN THE LOWLY SERVANT OF GOD REY

Answer 62

som1 dies -



a baby is born -



job done

Answer 63

of course there is!!

Answer 64

yea there is :D

Answer 65

no.