do yall believe in an afterlife?

[tretion]

Im personally pagan, i do believe in it to an extent, i really dont know what my afterlife will be like since im committing suicide though, im curious on what others believe in, trying to find some comfort and i like learning about others religious beliefs

 

[MrHypnos]

I have mixed feelings. I was raised in a mixed family of catholics, muslims, hindus, and buddhist. I think religion has an important and meaningful impact for many people but it shouldn't define you. I am technically an atheist but a part of me hopes there is something on the otherside. Maybe a new start. If all goes well I will know tomorrow.

 

[ididnotconsent]

No one in the history of man has ever figured out this question and no one ever will. You will have to find out when you get there. Anyone telling you otherwise is just doing bullshit speculation or trying to sell you some shit.

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

I've flatlined twice and nearly came close a few other times and I can say without a doubt that the chances that something else comes after this is slim .

 

[tretion]

I have mixed feelings. I was raised in a mixed family of catholics, muslims, hindus, and buddhist. I think religion has an important and meaningful impact for many people but it shouldn't define you. I am technically an atheist but a part of me hopes you there is something on the otherside. Maybe a new start. If all goes well I will know tomorrow.

ah, i grew up in a baptist/christian family, i hated it, at 14 i converted to paganism, i still believe in my gods but i havent worshipped them in so long i really dont know if id be accepted into that afterlife

 

[ididnotconsent]

I've flatlined twice and nearly came close a few other times and I can say without a doubt that the chances that something else comes after this is slim .

One of the better outcomes that can happen.

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

One of the better outcomes that can happen.

It's scary but the moments right before you die ... the peace you feel is amazing.

 

[tretion]

No one in the history of man has ever figured out this question and no one ever will. You will have to find out when you get there. Anyone telling you otherwise is just doing bullshit speculation or trying to sell you some shit.

ah, i understand that i just still like hearing about beliefs

 

[SmellsLikeNapalm]

I don't really know what I believe in anymore

I was a dedicated Catholic but I've lost faith

 

[tretion]

I don't really know what I believe in anymore

I was a dedicated Catholic but I've lost faith

i understand that

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I believe death to simply be non-existence where this dreadful, torturous existence is all gone and forgotten which is all I hope for, all I want is some peace, I just hope and wish to never suffer ever again.

I'd never wish for the burden of existence and I'll always see it as a burden to exist, it's one only non-existence can bring me relief from and no matter what I'd just always prefer to not exist than suffer so unnecessarily in this existence I always saw as a mistake where there is no limit as to how much one can be tortured.

 

[Light_]

idk if there is an 'after' life, as much as there is is just some sort of unimaginable continuation

 

[Apathy79]

I expect the initial moments after death to be similar to my NDE - free spirit out of body looking back on the scene, but not really caring about the body that just died. After that who knows, but something seems more likely than nothing.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

1 micro second after my brain dies i will never live / exist again

Death is non-existence forever. there is pain or suffering that is so bad it makes everything else meaningless. everything else is meaningless anyway even if there weren't any suffering or pain so bad it's a trillion times worse than one can imagine. but the fact that you have to work all day a job chores and risk extreme torture to do the meaningless garbage they tell us are so pleasurable so good so needed is an abomination

i can't see any meaning in life except to avoid me suffering or unbearable pain . why do i have to live even another mintue? why do i have to do what they tell us we have to do or should want to do , get married, have kids ( fuck that shit) , have a family , get a job , get a romantic relationship, 'enjoy yourself" , watch the news, watch youtube videos, . i don't have to do any of that nor do i want to when i think about it logically

eternal non-existence is the ultimate perfection never a chance of suffering , pain , problems. permanent non-existence is the only guarantee of never suffering so bad it's a trillion times worse than one can imagine.

I'm just cells , chemical reactions , a machine, a bug. nothing matters except avoiding pain

a human is just cells , the same cells as in the other animals. for example an individual neuron in a fly , fish, mouse, human , monkey are virtually identical a neuron is a brain cell which is a neuron. all life descended from a cell that evolved 4 billion years ago .

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The brain of a 1 mm worm the nematode has been mapped. it has only 302 brain cells. and 7000 connections between brain cells. however with only 302 neurons and 7000 connections that brain can form this many different patterns a number with over 7000 digits. so yeah it can probably create a self model . but a human has 86 billion neurons/ brain cells and 100 trillion connections so how many patterns and definitely enough to create a self model a model of the world and a model of the brains attention .

how many different pattern can a neural network with 302 neurons 5 layers between neurons , each neuron only 2 states on and off . but each connection can have a weight from 0 to 10. 7000 connections between neurons ?

Ai answer :
A neural network's number of possible "patterns" or configurations is determined by the combination of its neuron states and the weights of its connections.

The total number of possible patterns is calculated by multiplying the number of possible states for all neurons by the number of possible configurations for all connection weights.

1. Neuron States: Each of the 302 neurons can be in one of two states (on or off). The number of possible neuron configurations is
   
   23022 to the 302nd power
   .
2. Connection Weights: Each of the 7,000 connections can have a weight from 0 to 10. This gives each connection 11 possible integer values (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). The number of possible weight configurations is
   
   11700011 to the 7000th power
   .

The total number of different patterns is the product of these two values.


Answer:

The total number of different patterns is

2302×1170002 to the 302nd power cross 11 to the 7000th power
.

This can be expressed as an extremely large number:

2302≈4.09×10902 to the 302nd power is approximately equal to 4.09 cross 10 to the 90th power


117000≈6.94×10729111 to the 7000th power is approximately equal to 6.94 cross 10 to the 7291st power

The total number of patterns is approximately

2.84×1073822.84 cross 10 to the 7382nd power
.

that's a number with 7382 digits .

In a mouse study, researchers found a single cubic millimeter of cortex ( brain) contained 200,000 cells and nearly 500 million synapses. this shows that a brain can learn anything or be programmed to do almost anything. the thing is they never teach this in schools or how to reprogram your brain. it's all about knowing how to reprogram that unfathomable complexity to your goals and working on it all damn day until the problems to the goal are solved until i get the ability to do it.

 

[fenty]

No. I was raised extremely religious and was terrified of hell (especially when I realised I was gay) but it doesn't make logical sense. I think it's the same as before birth. Nothing/you won't remember.

If you look at religion from an atheistic stand point, hell/heaven is functional for keeping people morally accountable in big communities. Aztecs have rain gods because their lives were dependant on earth's fertility. Where the silk trade route was, there are polytheistic religions so it can be adapted with foreigners easily. So Christians and Muslims have the idea of heaven/hell for a function. Yoruba (a traditional Nigerian religion) doesn't have a concept of hell because villages were small enough (before colonisation) that people didn't need fear to be kept accountable (e.g. stealing animals).

 

[brassicasaur]

I hope not, but knowing the human race's luck, there's probably a hell and no heaven.

 

[winner]

in my personal opinion, i dont believe in any afterlife
i dont believe in anything after death

 

[Hellis]

No, but I'm open to the idea.

Can't rationalize its existence but don't really think about it so I remain open minded.

 

[Brew]

I've been an atheist for years, because everyone in my family, outside my mother who was hellbent in getting me baptized as a catholic for some reason, is what I consider to be highly superstitious, but not really religious, even if my grandmother says otherwise. Pretty sure both my grandfathers were at least agnostics, too.

But in recent times, I've been hoping that I get to be a psychopomp after this. Just being someone there for people when they need the most is something I could get behind for all eternity, no problem.

 

[fedup1982]

I somewhat believe in panpsychism. Consciousness is recycled but not as in one being transmutes into another but consciousness elements that collectively form each of us are redistributed into different collections

 

[Niron1492]

Yeah,well not in the sense that we are still humans or any beings but i like to think that we become stars in the universe or trees in the forests,like our soul just inhabits those things?

I guess its not realistic,and most likely its just a void,but its comforting i guess to think of that,i remember when i SH on my arms and a bit on my neck,i looked at the night sky since my shutters were up as it was the middle of the night around 11pm-1 AM? and i wished i could go up there and see everything.

I hope my answer gave you some solace,if you needed.

 

[AlmostNobody]

At this point I don't believe there is an afterlife. I do think our existence is strange, mysterious and I won't say God in some form doesn't exist. I don't like atheistic dismissal of God nor do I think that what religions believe in is real but I think it has some basis in reality. Either way, its something we don't have concrete answers and I don't think we will any time soon. I personally think when you die you die, it seems logical to me that brain shuts down and can't experience flow of time or anything, something like coma. You do not experience anything because you simply cannot experience it. Reincarnation is interesting to me because I read long time ago how children in first few years remember their past lives and how they could pinpoint who they were and what they were doing. There were some cases where it turned out to be true that their memories coincide with real people that died. Can't say anything conclusively, just "I do not know".

 

[tretion]

I expect the initial moments after death to be similar to my NDE - free spirit out of body looking back on the scene, but not really caring about the body that just died. After that who knows, but something seems more likely than nothing.

you seen your body?? omg

Yeah,well not in the sense that we are still humans or any beings but i like to think that we become stars in the universe or trees in the forests,like our soul just inhabits those things?

I guess its not realistic,and most likely its just a void,but its comforting i guess to think of that,i remember when i SH on my arms and a bit on my neck,i looked at the night sky since my shutters were up as it was the middle of the night around 11pm-1 AM? and i wished i could go up there and see everything.

I hope my answer gave you some solace,if you needed.

thank you

I hope not, but knowing the human race's luck, there's probably a hell and no heaven.

i seen alot of ppl say they think earth is hell

 

[Surek02]

Im personally pagan, i do believe in it to an extent

Are you a pagan because you genuinely believe in it, or is it more of a rebellion against Abrahamic religions?

 

[tretion]

Are you a pagan because you genuinely believe in it, or is it more of a rebellion against Abrahamic religions?

i do genuinely believe in it!! i worshipped the greek gods for most my teen years, ive just strayed away some and dont know if id be accepted in the religion anymore

 

[Surek02]

i do genuinely believe in it!! i worshipped the greek gods for most my teen years, ive just strayed away some and dont know if id be accepted in the religion anymore

Oh, that's interesting. I'm an atheist myself, but Greek mythology holds a special place in my heart. Those guys are real assholes, but I love it

 

[tretion]

Oh, that's interesting. I'm an atheist myself, but Greek mythology holds a special place in my heart. Those guys are real assholes, but I love it

lmaooo, the gods are so cool i love them, i dont want to give too into specifics but thanks to one of them i made over a thousand dollars when i was desperate for money, and i will forever be thankful for that

 

[Surek02]

i will forever be thankful for that

Glad one of these guys helped you

i havent worshipped them in so long

Oh, I think they understand the reason for it. But they might still cause some trouble anyway; they're gods, after all x)

Though, it all depends on how you interpret Greek mythology, etc. I like to imagine it as very human and chaotic

 

[bankai]

Think about it this way. Billions of people have died in the past. There are billions more alive today that will eventually die as well.What's the point of an afterlife? We are just an amalgamation of cells and organic matter. When we die, that's the end.

Again, what's the point of an afterlife? Other than to sate our own ego?Human beings love the idea of an afterlife. So we can continue on for eternity right?so absurd.

 

[BradGuy123]

Hey. We exchanged some replies yesterday on another thread. People have been wondering about the afterlife since the dawn of time. Nobody knows what lies beyond this life, and nobody ever will. People have to figure out what makes sense to them. I was raised very conservative Christian. Now I have a mix of beliefs of Christianity and New Age. I do believe we live multiple lives and our souls choose in incarnate into our bodies to learn spiritual lessons. I believe in a loving God. I don't think God would be angry with me if I ever ctb. My biggest fear is that I would get to the other side and have regrets that I ended my life before I learned all the lessons I was supposed to learn when my soul decided to incarnate into this body.