The Meaning of Life...and What happens After...

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imperfeckd

Discussion Starter · Jan 1, 2007

I ask this question to Everyone here...This is a question of our beliefs and i direct it to each and every one of you....This is for those who believe in life after death and for those who do not believe....This is for those who Believe in The Supreme Being...AND for those who do Not...

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about what happens to us after our bodies give out and Die...I have so many questions but will try to make this as brief as possible...

Do you belive in ghosts and/or spirits ??? Do we in fact have souls ??? Each one of us will eventually Die and i was wondering what you All think about what happens to us when that time comes...

Do we just Only exist in the memories of the living ??? Do our spirits roam the gallaxy ??? Is there a Heaven and a Hell ??? Are our lives here the previously mentioned Hell ??? Has Anyone ever seen Ghosts or Felt Spirits ??? Why do we strive for the greater good if in the End there is Nothing ??? Lastly What Exactly is the Meaning of Life ???

Personally i am a spiritual person...Yet my beliefs change from time to time...i would like to have the Input from you ALL on these questions...Not just the Fanatics...

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Blackmirror

· #21 · Jan 2, 2007

PhoenixNEW said:
Death is good for the whole humanity. it is unjust to see somebody suffer all his life. But life
is not fair to all human races. that is why I hate evolution.

Life is not fair to all races...

I agree.. no one said life was fair

It is not our fault we we born in the UK/Usa ..

It is our fault that we voted in Blair/Bush and i feel guilty at what has happened .

It is not fair that children are suffering and dying in all parts of the world through war famine or natural disasters....

There should be no human sufferings because of food shortages.. there should be no child born into despair..there should be no Wars..:down:

Do you think that we do not see the pain and suffering around the world ???

Do you think that the ordinary people in the West have no feelings

You are very wrong

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PhoenixNEW

· #22 · Jan 2, 2007

Blackmirror said:
Life is not fair to all races...

I agree.. no one said life was fair

It is not our fault we we born in the UK/Usa ..

It is our fault that we voted in Blair/Bush and i feel guilty at what has happened .

It is not fair that children are suffering and dying in all parts of the world through war famine or natural disasters....

There should be no human sufferings because of food shortages.. there should be no child born into despair..there should be no Wars..:down:

Do you think that we do not see the pain and suffering around the world ???

Do you think that the ordinary people in the West have no feelings

You are very wrong

Many were laughing at us when bombs were dropped on us. We are not humans but animals.. it is okay for some civilization to live in harmony but others die ..Leaders do the talking for all their people but truly all forms of government are corrupt with not sense of decency. If some country has lots of resources others want to grab them. Yet we are called as barbarians and sick men.

Blackmirror

· #23 · Jan 2, 2007

PhoenixNEW said:
Many were laughing at us when bombs were dropped on us. We are not humans but animals.. it is okay for some civilization to live in harmony but others die ..Leaders do the talking for all their people but truly all forms of government are corrupt with not sense of decency. If some country has lots of resources others want to grab them. Yet we are called as barbarians and sick men.

We had bombs dropped on us in the second world war..and my mother who was a young girl then was not laughing :down:
.by Germany.....
If the Allied Forces had not beaten Hitler who knows what would have happened...To The UK/USA and in fact the whole world

It was the threat of a Nuclear attack by USSR during the cold war that gave me nightmares....as a child

PhoenixNEW

· #24 · Jan 2, 2007

Blackmirror said:
We had bombs dropped on us in the second world war..and my mother who was a young girl then was not laughing :down:
.by Germany.....
If the Allied Forces had not beaten Hitler who knows what would have happened...To The UK/USA and in fact the whole world

It was the threat of a Nuclear attack by USSR during the cold war that gave me nightmares....as a child

Now it is called Islamic fascism that is the threat to the US/UK and their empires. Now ,who is laughing and crying?

Blackmirror

· #25 · Jan 2, 2007

PhoenixNEW said:
Now it is called Islamic fascism that is the threat to the US/UK and their empires. Now ,who is laughing and crying?

The whole world cries for those lost ...
there is no answer i can give you to quench your anger..

But i know that the UK and USA will not bend to Terrorists.. wherever they come from

and there will be no hiding place for them either..

Thats how it is ....

imperfeckd

Discussion Starter · #26 · Jan 2, 2007

PhoenixNEW said:
Many were laughing at us when bombs were dropped on us. We are not humans but animals.. it is okay for some civilization to live in harmony but others die ..Leaders do the talking for all their people but truly all forms of government are corrupt with not sense of decency. If some country has lots of resources others want to grab them. Yet we are called as barbarians and sick men.

UUUHHHHMMMMMmmmm....IF you don't mind since this is my thread and i have let you take it OFF TOPIC...i am going to have my say....just by reading this response i would like to add that phoenix???...

Do you think that the American people were laughing when the Terrorists highjacked two airplanes on 911 and flew one into the World Trade Center and the other into a field in Pennsylvania, USA??? Are you even Aware of that??? Or are you blinded by your own Hated of Mankind???? Do you realize how many innocent people died for No reason???

Do Not feel ALONE because you are NOT...There are still MANY families who's loved one's still have not been found....When that happened it threw our Country into a defense alert that has resulted in what is happening Today ALL over the World...

So not to be mean but you are not the only person in the world who is sufffering....And the People of whom you speak of are not that Innocent of Victims....Terror is Everywhere in all Shapes and Forms of Life... You can Not Put All Blame on the Americans and the UK for it is not our fault that Other Countries have started something that has led to what WE live in Today....

Terror has been around LONG before any war was created with Afganistan and Iraq...Just look at what MR. SH did to his OWN people...Is that NOT called TERROR??? So is this your answer to What is the Meaning of life??? and I am not picking on you because you are not the only one who feels the way you do...However you have made your Opinions known in many a thread here at TSG and if you are going to throw around your opinions the way that you have been then you are going to have to be able to deal with the opinions of Others...Can you understand what i am saying here??? Your loss was a terrible one...I can understand that...But i have had a loss of my Dear Husband because he faught in Vietnam and incurred Cancer do to trying to defend the "little guys"....Yet i know that i can not be mad at the whole world for this happening....

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Blackmirror

· #27 · Jan 2, 2007

My appologies Diane

imperfeckd

Discussion Starter · #28 · Jan 2, 2007

Blackmirror said:
My appologies Diane

There is NO need to appologize...

After all we are in C/D...

You may carry on...i find this quite interesting that a Topic Thread about the Meaning of Life has taken this direction...

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G

· #29 · Jan 2, 2007

imperfeckd said:
Do you think that the American people were laughing when the Terrorists highjacked two airplanes on 911 and flew one into the World Trade Center and the other into a field in Pennsylvania, USA???

Ummm.... psssssst. 4 planes.

World Trade Center- Tower One and Tower Two.

The Pentagon.

The field in PA.

(Just for clarity, mind you. )

imperfeckd

Discussion Starter · #30 · Jan 2, 2007

Jonesiegirl said:
Ummm.... psssssst. 4 planes.

World Trade Center- Tower One and Tower Two.

The Pentagon.

The field in PA.

(Just for clarity, mind you. )

thank you... and why no smilies this morning????

beeen up all night and am a little brain dead....

anwthan-a

· #31 · Jan 2, 2007

imperfeckd..noticed that too,but didn't want to embarrass you.

imperfeckd

Discussion Starter · #32 · Jan 2, 2007

anwthan-a said:
imperfeckd..noticed that too,but didn't want to embarrass you.

is quite alright...no embarrassment ...just very loooooong night..............

going to the hospital now so have fun all....

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Ciberblade

· #33 · Jan 2, 2007

Looking back on the path I have walked in this regard is always interesting. Though, I think it is important to take time to reflect.

I found the idea of spirituality to be true some time ago as I became more knowledgeable about meditation. From there, it became apparent that there must be 'more'. Now, I have no doubt as to the existence of a soul, and that there will be life beyond what we know now -- and then the question becomes, will that life be of darkness or light?

You asked about some who may have 'felt spirits' -- I have, and most important to me is the Holy Spirit...that I am learning to communicate with, and be the guide of my life.

Heaven and Hell, at its foundation, speaks to the separation of God from man -- Heaven would be living an eternal life after this world in the presence of God. Hell would be the same, only separated from God's presence.

I do not believe this because I was raised to (I was not) -- nor do I believe because of poetic or enticing words that convinced me. No, I Know this to be true because of the experience(s) I've had, the interaction and the relationship.

CB

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PhoenixNEW

· #34 · Jan 2, 2007

I promise not step again here.. eye for an eye will never solve the solution. Also, I don't agree for any American troops on any Muslim land and they can pack up leave immediately.

anwthan-a

· #35 · Jan 2, 2007

Hope everything's okay your end imperfeckd?...the "very loooooooong night" along with the

..makes me think it's good news....A new baby perhaps?

PhoenixNEW...don'tlet anyone put you off being here. They won't change,..but you do get used to it.

katonca

· #36 · Jan 2, 2007

Blackmirror said:
It is not fair that children are suffering and dying in all parts of the world through war famine or natural disasters....

There should be no human sufferings because of food shortages.. there should be no child born into despair..there should be no Wars..:down:

Do you think that we do not see the pain and suffering around the world ???

Do you think that the ordinary people in the West have no feelings

{{{:up:}}}

We don't have to look to far to see this suffering either. In our own countries/towns many suffer needlessly. For that matter, in our own families things happen that cause undue pain and suffering. I think it's time to worry about our own first (family/countrymen) and help save the world second. Maybe not a popular notion but that's how I feel.

As far as the topic at hand, I don't like to debate my beliefs but I'll say this. I believe we were born to Heavenly parents as spirit children, chose to come to earth and gain a body, to learn all that we can which will help us grow both temporally and spiritually, to show our faith in our Heavenly Father, die and then receive our glory.

erick295

· #37 · Jan 2, 2007

Don't you think "life" after death will pretty much be the same as it was for the eternity before you were born? As in, nothing?

We have enough intelligence to be aware of our existence and mortality, and enough creativity to fantasize about an afterlife. Unfortunately, we don't have enough guts to come to grips with the fact that there probably isn't one.

Blackmirror

· #38 · Jan 2, 2007

katonca said:
{{{:up:}}}

We don't have to look to far to see this suffering either. In our own countries/towns many suffer needlessly. For that matter, in our own families things happen that cause undue pain and suffering. I think it's time to worry about our own first (family/countrymen) and help save the world second. Maybe not a popular notion but that's how I feel.

As far as the topic at hand, I don't like to debate my beliefs but I'll say this. I believe we were born to Heavenly parents as spirit children, chose to come to earth and gain a body, to learn all that we can which will help us grow both temporally and spiritually, to show our faith in our Heavenly Father, die and then receive our glory.

You cannot fail to be moved by news images..
i remember the famine in Africa that started Bob Geldolf on his quest for help for the people there..
i can remember cradling my newly born well fed well dressed baby son and feeling an overwhelming wave of sadness and guilt and happiness
that my son had been born to me and was not one of the half dead little waifs i was looking at

katonca

· #39 · Jan 2, 2007

erick295 said:
Don't you think "life" after death will pretty much be the same as it was for the eternity before you were born? As in, nothing?

We have enough intelligence to be aware of our existence and mortality, and enough creativity to fantasize about an afterlife. Unfortunately, we don't have enough guts to come to grips with the fact that there probably isn't one.

Hey erick,

I have lived both with faith and w/o. Since my faith is based on God and I believe in the Word of God, then I feel secure in my belief of the afterlife :up:

PhoenixNEW

· #40 · Jan 2, 2007

katonca said:
Hey erick,

I have lived both with faith and w/o. Since my faith is based on God and I believe in the Word of God, then I feel secure in my belief of the afterlife :up:

What is his name ?

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