Life after Death

Do you believe that you go somewhere when you die? Ever since losing my friend I broke down that day. And all of a sudden I picked up the ability of feeling bad when people die now, even if I don't know them. Not saying I never felt bad for that thing but it's much greater now.

So, is there really a heaven? I mean, you got to go somewhere when you die. And it's kind of hard to know that stuff when you're still living. I mean a believe in all of it but... How would I know. If I knew for sure a heaven existed, no amount of any force could ever hurt me.

Zippy,
I'm a Christian. I believe that there is one God, one heaven and one hell. How do we become a Christian? My praying and asking Jesus to become our personnel savior.

These are my beliefs; I'm sure others will have their one.

Sincerely
Sweetngentle

Hi Zippy,
Sorry to hear about your friend. I am no christian, but I have to tell you that I do think that we go somewhere when we die. Maybe we don't have souls that fly to heaven when we die. But, I do believe we may become part of the universe in some other way. And maybe we are not even concsious about it. Or maybe we do have souls or something. My point is, you can never really be sure about what happens when people die. You can be sure about one thing though, We all die. We all get our chance at youth and life and then it does come to an end. Why is that such a bad, scary thing if that is the way it is supposed to be. You see Zippy, life is what you make of it. You can spend your whole life worrying about death, or you can just let go and say "what ever is meant to happen will". Believe me you will be a happier person.

We will never know for sure. Live your life to the fullest.

Take care,
Amy

hm well no one can really be sure i personally think there is i'll never except tht when people die they just disapear
thers got to be sommet more
Josh

Being an existentialist, I think we should focus more on what life means to us than what it "ultimately" means. Living life is a celebration of it, and we should celebrate it by living a good life, living as one should live.

It is up to us to determine how to live a good life, that is the crux.

I won't know til I get there, I just hope it's not hot, cuz I'll have nothing to wear. literally.

Well if I know anything, I know that there is absoltely nothing on this universe, abolustely nothing, that can die. Think about that.

Huh?

uh huh

And all of a sudden I picked up the ability of feeling bad when people die now, even if I don't know them.

Zippy,
I get this way too. It doesn't matter if they're a celebrity or someone on my local news, I start thinking about the people they left behind. I believe that whatever comforts us, is what is best for us to believe. Personally, I have to think that my mom is still with me in spirit or I'd feel terribly alone. For me, however, I don't think there is anything after I die. I think I'll cease to think and feel. I think heaven and life after death were made up by those of us left behind to comfort us in our times of loss. At my mom's funeral I was bombarded with cliches like 'don't be sad, she's in a better place...she's no longer in pain'. Great, then why the hell are we all still down here suffering???