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eeyore
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After Death....
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Jun 30 06:45 UTC 2001 |
Many cultures or religions have very deffinate ideas about what happens
when you die. Some have exotic afterlives, some are reborn, some just end
everything there. What do *you* do? What do others do?
Discuss!
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mooncat
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response 1 of 38:
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Jul 1 04:49 UTC 2001 |
Are you asking about our personal beliefs about what happens after
death?
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eeyore
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response 2 of 38:
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Jul 1 06:51 UTC 2001 |
I guess a combination of personal beliefs, and what you know of other
cultures, etc.
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clees
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response 3 of 38:
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Jul 2 06:52 UTC 2001 |
If I die, I die.
My dead body will be just an empty shell.
The spark that ignited my life (soul if you will) will return to its
original state in which it consists of pure energy, and wander until it
finds a new host. This host could be anything, from an ameuba to a
human being.
The spark will begin again from scratch with a clean slate, but carries
some wisdom gathered from previous lives.
There are such things as 'old, wise souls' and young souls, because
ocassionally a spark will create a new spark.
In this system there are no such things as supernatural beings that
rule/guide earthly affairs. Souls/sparks just are.
Things like Hell (sorry Inferno) or heaven don't exist and are man made.
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eeyore
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response 4 of 38:
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Jul 2 12:23 UTC 2001 |
"Did you make mankind after we made you, and the Devil too?"
I think that's one of my favorite lines from "Dear God", from XTC.
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lynne
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response 5 of 38:
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Jul 4 16:44 UTC 2001 |
I don't really feel too firmly attached to my body as it is. If it dies, I'm
just going to wander around a while having pleasant hallucinations.
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vidar
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response 6 of 38:
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Jul 4 22:28 UTC 2001 |
I believe that the body is merely a shell, but as to what happens to
the soul . . . well, I've changed my religion a couple times as it is.
I tried Christianity, went to worshiping the Egyptian gods, and am
currently a worshiper of the Norse gods. Even so, I feel more pull
towards just reincarnation and away from deities to "the Force" if you
will.
Granted, given the sins of this life - even if I have attoned for them
with the people they were committed against, will that help in getting
me wherever it is I'm going?
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clees
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response 7 of 38:
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Jul 5 07:25 UTC 2001 |
Norse Gods, I like that.
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bhelliom
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response 8 of 38:
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Jul 10 14:19 UTC 2001 |
You would, Rick :)
Me, I'm trying to sort out all that mess myself. Although, on a more
comic note, I wouldn't mind a Norse God or two to worship myself. On
the serious side, Vidar, how did you arrive at worshipping the Norse
deities?
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clees
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response 9 of 38:
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Jul 10 21:59 UTC 2001 |
Loki?
Odin?
Thor?
Frey or his twin?
Beard of Weyland the Smith!
There are so many!
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bhelliom
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response 10 of 38:
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Jul 11 12:50 UTC 2001 |
I dunno . .. I would prefer a Thor kinda guy with a Loki personality,
maybe?
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clees
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response 11 of 38:
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Jul 11 19:07 UTC 2001 |
Ah?
But they are natural antagonists as Loki in the person of Utgartha-Loki
tricked Thor in more than one ocassion.
Well, none of the gods is too fond of the trickster anyway.
Yet he is less of a zealot than the others.
Thor is cool though wen he wreaks havoc among Utgarthas subjects and his
hammer drips with blood.
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bhelliom
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response 12 of 38:
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Jul 11 20:11 UTC 2001 |
But it's very interesting, a guy who's a walking enigma, no? :)
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clees
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response 13 of 38:
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Jul 11 22:14 UTC 2001 |
The more mysterious one gets to more interesting one becomes.
Enigmas tend to mesmirise people.
It's a win win situation.
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vidar
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response 14 of 38:
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Jul 13 04:58 UTC 2001 |
Re #8: I think it had something to do with reading "The Children of
Odin" when I was a sophomore at Community High School.
Re #9: I believe there are exactly 72 Norse dieties.
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eeyore
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response 15 of 38:
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Jul 13 12:40 UTC 2001 |
Is that any thing like "Children of the Corn?"
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bhelliom
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response 16 of 38:
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Jul 16 17:21 UTC 2001 |
Gods, I hope not!
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vidar
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response 17 of 38:
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Jul 18 00:26 UTC 2001 |
No, "The Children of Odin" is one telling of the Norse myths. Granted,
in this version, Ragnarok has *already* happened. Of course, the Norse
myths are sometimes pretty violent, but it's not violence for the sake
of violence.
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clees
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response 18 of 38:
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Jul 18 06:04 UTC 2001 |
Hence my story.
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jaklumen
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response 19 of 38:
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Jun 16 03:52 UTC 2002 |
Exotic afterlife, hmmm? Well, if you're interested, I might tell you.
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bhelliom
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response 20 of 38:
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Jun 26 15:39 UTC 2002 |
You'll have to enlighten me. I'm actually intrigued. :)
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jaklumen
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response 21 of 38:
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Jun 27 05:40 UTC 2002 |
In part, it is a continuous journey towards perfection if one wishes to
accept it. The secrets of eternity and the universe.. to become like
the One who created you. The concept espouses the idea that there is
maturation beyond the physical mortality we know now, to immortality
and life of the Eternal One. It is a continuation of the empowerment
that flows without compulsion nor forcing of will; the power that
springs from the Creator-- truth, light, and life. Joy of progeny and
worlds without end.
That is about as inoffensive as I can put it without revealing my
affiliations of beliefs. Or perhaps I have already. I hope no one
would be offended, for everyone's experience is different. I can also
assure you that I have reached these conclusions quite independently.
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clees
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response 22 of 38:
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Jun 27 06:09 UTC 2002 |
I tend to agree with that view.
I am convinced there is a distinction between 'old souls' and 'young
souls'. As a soul matures with each life it gets closer to perfection.
Old souls are wise. It's easy to recognise both kinds.
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bhelliom
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response 23 of 38:
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Jun 27 17:22 UTC 2002 |
I don't think 'Old Souls' are inherently wise . . . some take more than
one lifetime to learn a given lesson.
I don't think you've offended anyone, JL. Honestly, I do not think that
references to the One or the Creator automatically mean the Christian
deity, but that to you the Christian concept of God is the face that you
put on the One.
I haven't really come to any conclusion about what it is I actually
believe. At this point, I'm trying to go be the old adage of "Know
Thyself."
Incidentally, I am more inclined to believe in reincarnation that I
probably let on. I find myself wondering if my neice is the
reincarnation of my great grandmother who died about 7 months or so
before Kiara was born.
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clees
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response 24 of 38:
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Jun 27 21:50 UTC 2002 |
I tend towards reincarnation too, but not in the karma way of the
Hindus in which you are punished for the flaws in a former life.
Each life in my view is a step ahead, never backwards.
One moves faster through the lifes than the other, who needs more steps
(lifes) to reach that final step.
I haven´t worked it all out, yet, as spīritualism is a rather recent
thing in me. I have been an agnost for so long.
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