Do you believe in life after death?
By aroraasr
@aroraasr (428)
India
January 10, 2007 1:19am CST
People say we go either in hell or heaven after our death. But how can you say it so confidentaly when no body has seen the life after death. What is your opinion in this regard? Do you people also believe in life after death? If yes, what you do to go in heaven?
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@madgirl (210)
• India
12 Jan 07
Its kind of hard to believe in heaven and hell. If there is, I have more than a few doubts:
1. Wouldn't it be crowded by now?
2. Where do the new souls come from?
3. Are we going to have more and more people born in Earth and just dispatch them to heaven and hell and just crowd up the entire universe with our presence?
4. What about animals and non-believers (some religions categorise us in this manner after all, so don't look askance at *me*).
5. What about those who live a good non-violent life serving others without believing in a particular God? Are they condemned because they don't believe? If that's the case, I have to say that God is mightily cruel indeed.
6. What about those who believe in God and commit sins in the name of God? Will they go to Heaven? Where's the justice in that?
7. What about ghosts then? Do they exist or not? Because the heaven-hell theory or even the reincarnation theory wouldn't explain them fully.
8. What is actually sin and what is a good deed? Is it not all relative? Who decides who's a sinner and who's not and what's the basis for this?
9. Why are some people born with a bad start and others with a good one? If we are all going to heaven or hell, why doesn't God give us all an even start? An uneven beginning (some of us born with bad circumstances and others with good implies previous life karma to me, which is against the heaven-hell theory after all).
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@msqtech (15074)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I dont believe that anyone is born with a bad start. I think we all are given circumstance and that we can make the best of it. I dont think it is up to people to make judgement about other peoples sins but for God.
We can only make rules to survive in a civilized society and we must do this regardless of our belief structure. I am certain that it is easier for those who struggle in life to live a better moral life than those who find life to be opulent and easy.
I find we can hardly ever determine good from bad, rightfully.
@visvambhari (200)
• India
12 Jan 07
'Morals,good ,bad,'The theories in regard to this are created by humans.NOT ETERNAL.We keep changing these laws.Everything is changing.some wise guy said 'The thing that never change is 'change'.
Some feel killing animals are correct. Some consider it as immoral.
And it must be noted that the morals were written for humans only.Then What about mentally challenged people.They never do good or bad!
@Shaibor (60)
• India
17 Jan 07
1.never becoz our human minds are to limited to perceive the ability of God
2.that where the question of a creator arise.
3.defintely not the universe is actually not that small as we do understand about it.
4.animals and human re not the same and you know better where teh difference lie.and let me tell you non -believers are nto animals but precious souls created by God in his very own image.
5.yes they live a wonderful life on this planet but at the eternity if they don accept Jesus as their personal Saviour.yes but God is not cruel indeed by doing so .we are very cruel with ourself by not allowing God destiny he set for us.your mom and dad cannot force you to study and work hard if yu yourself chose the way to be a failure.they can just show you the way and guide you for your success but its you who decide.infact its you who are very cruel with your life in the long run not your parents.remember God is not a Machine he is a person where you can relate.
for more answer you have to response first so that i can know you are interested in this discussion.thanks for you time.
@visvambhari (200)
• India
10 Jan 07
It is better to have faith so that majority of people will not commit crimes.
Good and Bad are relative terms created by humans to live in peace.
we must also think whether hell and heaven are there for animals.!
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@Shaibor (60)
• India
11 Jan 07
i dont think that good and bad are relative terms.then say mother theresa is feeding the millions of poor among the poor in the name of doing 'good'.and the same too Adolf hitler is killings many Jews in the concentrations camps inthe name of doing 'Good'.then do you think they are related and if so where.
@madgirl (210)
• India
12 Jan 07
When Hitler killed people, *he* thought it was perfectly right and well justified and moral. Similarly, there were more than a few people who felt that feeding poor people made them dependent on the provider and was therefore sinful. After all, you're making them lazy by feeding them instead of making them independent. Does that mean that Hitler is not a sinner because he felt he was right or that Mother Theresa *was* a sinner because many people felt that she shouldn't be making those poor people lazy by feeding them?
Good and Bad is how *we* perceive things. But what is actually good and bad? Is there any good action which doesn't result in some bad for somebody? Is there any bad action which doesn't result in somthing good for somebody?
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@visvambhari (200)
• India
12 Jan 07
If a cat eats a rat we dont consider that a crime. We just call it natural. After all, its good for the cat and bad for the rat. Similarly, if the rat escapes, its good for the rat and bad for the cat. Are we going to say that one is more morally acceptable than the other? The same philosophy is applicable to humans too. We are all in a way 'Equal' to mother nature.
Consider if its actually alright to kill each other. Its not and we do not want the philosophy that might is right. We dont want to fight with each other. Therefore, we create laws to live in peace and harmony.
However, despite all that, rules are made for us to live with each other. There is no such thing as good and bad - we perceive it in that manner to enable *us* to live with some degree of order.
@sreejithsreenivas (10200)
• India
10 Jan 07
I believe in it.There is no proof for it.We cannot explain, what heaven and what is hell.
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@Shaibor (60)
• India
11 Jan 07
there are things in life where you cannot proof and you would not need them so. to convince you that it is painful if you fall from a three storey you did not need to go up there and try to fall from there, why because your commonsense is telling you so. from where you know thet. somebody told you and you believe it so .if he lie then you are bluffed.simple as that right.but in reality you knewand you are convince about it and you will not foolishly hurt yourself.thats the same to and hold true for heaven and hell.thanks
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@Shaibor (60)
• India
10 Jan 07
everybody has a mind, body and a soul and i think even you agree that yu have so just as you belive it.there ae many thing which you didnot have to experiene to belive in anything.when you fall from abed it pains you right and you automatically know that it will hurts you more if you falll from a three storey building.who say so when you have not experience it in your life ,how cnfident can you be.everything that happpen need not to be experience in our life.for furtheeer response i nee your response first.thanks and i will continue to response if you are intersted in the topic
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