If there were an afterlife, would it even be desirable?

[Weebster]

This life is pointless and random. Why would the afterlife be any better?

 

[Lost Magic]

maybe the after life would be a more loving and peaceful place with less bullshit to deal.

 

[Weebster]

maybe the after life would be a more loving and peaceful place with less bullshit to deal.

Then why didn't we start there?

 

[DontplayGod]

It would not be desirable. If it were to be desirable everyone would need to like it and for everyone to like it is impossible without taking away agency. Agency is a very valued fundamental law so I don't think much people would be happy to have their individuality stripped away at the gates to heaven. So no it is not desirable, and even if it is it's not

 

[GrumpyFrog]

There is no indication that it would be "any better", but you've got to take into account that most people like being alive.

 

[Someone123]

From seeing a lot of near death experience videos it seems that in most cases the afterlife is a lot better, but not always- since some of these seem to contradict each other it's not cloear what happens, but there is hope that it could be a lot better.

 

[GrumpyFrog]

but there is hope that it could be a lot better.

That's a good point - we don't really know anything, so we can hope that it's better - after all, why not?

 

[gracefulexit]

As long as there's no such things as a government and money, I wouldn't care. Our problem is the government/money. Government allows people to kill you mentally and emotionally. Emotionally murder is just as bad or worse than physical murder. Narcissistic, pychopath, social path, cheaters, users are all criminals but the government let them get away with it. If there was no government/ law, I would be able to take care of those people

 

[FuneralCry]

I do not believe in the afterlife personally, and I do not want any afterlife. I believe that there is nothing good about any kind of life, I just prefer the sound of nonexistence. I do not want to experience anything ever again.

 

[NaturalBornNEET]

the thing about the afterlife is, I assume, its ETERNAL. Really think about that, the concept of being conscious for ETERNITY, never ending, I've had times where I think about eternity to the point I induce anxiety and emotional panic in myself, it's horrifying to me. So for me any eternal afterlife would have to be completely perfect, never ceasing bliss.

And if we take this concept of an eternal afterlife and apply it to hell, eternal torture.....

I just hope there is no afterlife, I dont want to be conscious anymore.

 

[demuic]

An afterlife is just wishful thinking. If there was one the way most people imagine it, and there is no reason to believe there is, there is no reason to think it would be any better than this current "life." Think of the average lives of most lifeforms just on this planet, most spend most of the time suffering immensely or in agony, being eaten alive, starving, stepped on, etc. To even consider anything like unending bliss is beyond the realm of anything worth considering because it is basically just magic at that point. In general, anything regarding "spirituality" can just be boiled down to wishful thinking or being fooled by chemical or physical processes.

Then why didn't we start there?

A very good question. Which to me just demonstrates how much the idea of an afterlife is contingent on the beliefs of certain religions regarding judgement, punishments, and rewards, the very specific idea that we are just in this world as some test, to eventually "graduate" to somewhere else as a result of certain actions or inactions. Some people do bring up the question "what if this is 'hell'?" which is slightly more interesting or relevant to me than imagining an impossible magical eternal bliss land.

 

[Loaf of bread]

Immortality in any form sounds horrifying. If you don't like the afterlife, good luck spending eternity there. If you do like it, you probably will not like it forever, a few centuries or millennia later you will probably get sick of being in the afterlife, good luck spending eternity there.

 

[DeepSlumber]

If it had root beer

 

[Trilucid]

This life is pointless and random. Why would the afterlife be any better?

You spoke the truth about it being pointless my guy!
Rebirth, afterlife, heaven... Hell...
I think what I would like to believe at times the most is death itself. That is all.

 

[deformedface]

I don't want an afterlife I just want my consciousness to be deleted. That way I can't feel anything ever