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Do you believe in the afterlife?

Do you believe in the afterlife?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 18 62.1%

  • No.

    Votes: 10 34.5%

  • I believe in reincarnation.

    Votes: 1 3.4%

  • I don't believe in existence.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    29
Just because we might not care that an afterlife does or does not exist doesn't mean we aren't interested in other people's opinions. This is a forum. If none of us cared what other people think none of us would be here.
 
LogGrad98 said:
If you're mormon you don't believe in it, or it won't bake your noodle?
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I'm interpreting "before life" as this life on earth. If that's the case than Mormons already believe that. So it won't bake their noodles.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Just because we might not care that an afterlife does or does not exist doesn't mean we aren't interested in other people's opinions. This is a forum. If none of us cared what other people think none of us would be here.
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You're right. I'm sorry. It didn't come to my mind. Actually even existentialist nihilism did, but this one didn't.
 
The afterlife seems too good to be true....

However this life we live right now also seems to good to be true as well... Imagine explaining the world to an unborn child (pretending they understood you). Explaining what the world is like would seem pretty strange to them, imagine talking about the sun, the ocean, trees, our organs, etc.
 
Same like gods, unicorns, fairies, Loch Ness monster, Ogopogo, etc.. Until it is not proven I can't believe in it.
 
BTP said:
Actually there are findings that less educated people have a stronger tendency to be religious. The religion gives them a tool to sort their life and provide emotional stability. It's easily accessible as it's static in its teachings.
More educated tend to find these tools more often in social interaction/relationships on a level of trust that provides the necessary security to deal with feelings and strengthens confidence.
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While that may be true on a large scale, there are plenty of people who are converted, so to speak, because of their superior intellectual capacity. From an LDS standpoint, read any of the books by Henry Eyring regarding science and religion. If you take a step back and look at what Mo's believe (and, I guess to some extent, most Christians), science is starting to give rational explanations and theories for some of the wilder beliefs. The God that I believe in would most certainly work his magic through science, and would be taking immense pleasure in watching us figure it all out.

[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];660482 said:
The afterlife? There's only one?
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My thoughts exactly. My idea of an afterlife is much different than Dala's, for example. Who's to say that one of us is wrong, or that both of us are right?
 
Do you take pleasure in watching your child figure out a solution to a problem on their own, or learn to walk, or talk, or come running to you excited they found something out that day? Or do you just sit them down and force feed them every bit of knowledge that exists the second they are old enough to comprehend something beside pooping and eating?
 
E.J. Wells said:
The God that I believe in would most certainly work his magic through science, and would be taking immense pleasure in watching us figure it all out.
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Mankind wants to believe in miracles and magic. If there were truly a god and it worked its magic through science then men would have a hope of surpassing him. Without a father role who punishes and rewards justly, religion falls.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Do you take pleasure in watching your child figure out a solution to a problem on their own, or learn to walk, or talk, or come running to you excited they found something out that day? Or do you just sit them down and force feed them every bit of knowledge that exists the second they are old enough to comprehend something beside pooping and eating?
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I suppose he has a point, kind of. While I think he was just giving a cop out, I can see how he would think that my opinion was rubbish as well. I dig it and retract my previous insult to AK.
 
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