Life after death ?

[lafanga]

I had accident a couple of days ago and I was lying in the hospital !! I remember having vivid memories of going throug tunnels of light ..
I don't know if that was my imagination having heard so much about them ...or was it for real

 

[Kadarin]

My g/f a number of years back (when she was in high school) had an incident where she flatlined for a short while. She's got no memory of any of it.

-j

 

[d1abolic]

Aren't visions of light caused by medical conditions? I remember hearing something about that.

 

[Elledan]

<< Aren't visions of light caused by medical conditions? I remember hearing something about that. >>


Yup, lack of oxygen, and increased activity in certain regions of the brain cause experiences similar to those described by many patients who claim to have had a near-death experience.

 

[d1abolic]

Yeah lack of oxygen, thought that had to be it. I really doubt there is life after death. I mean unless aliens with too much time on their hands extract our memories out of our dead corpses and place them into cybernetic bodies in another galaxy. But um. They're not.

 

[Elledan]

<< Yeah lack of oxygen, thought that had to be it. I really doubt there is life after death. I mean unless aliens with too much time on their hands extract our memories out of our dead corpses and place them into cybernetic bodies in another galaxy. But um. They're not. >>


But what if you're right?! :Q

*looks about the room for his foil hat*

 

[MeanMeosh]

<< Yeah lack of oxygen, thought that had to be it. I really doubt there is life after death. I mean unless aliens with too much time on their hands extract our memories out of our dead corpses and place them into cybernetic bodies in another galaxy. But um. They're not. >>



yutyo.

<looks around for his 100% guarunteed memory blaster. memories totally wiped out after death :Q

 

I'm just hoping there is no death after life.

 

[tecumseh]

U die, that's it!! Game over!!!

Then worms devour your brain, guts, heart!! You know, the good stuff!!!

We're all going to die!!!!


Muwahahahahahahahaahhaahhahahaahhahahahaahahah :Q:Q:Q:Q:Q

 

[ravanux]

I can't handle the thought of there being nothing after life. It just freaks me out.

 

[jamison]

Well put it this way, if there is nothing after death, you won't know it or worry about it!

I think death is the last great mystery of life. Either there is a grand picture and we get to finally realize it, or nothing happens and we do not have the ability to ponder or comprehend it.

 

[Herbman]

Just think how you felt before you were born. Thats what death is going to feel like.

 

[Jeff7]

The Far Side already explained this. The doctors are standing at your head with a cardboard tube and a flashlight, duh!

I mean unless aliens with too much time on their hands extract our memories out of our dead corpses and place them into cybernetic bodies in another galaxy. But um. They're not.

"Hello and welcome to our planet."
"Oh great, hallucinations now..."


Tecumseh got it right on, as is Herbman.

 

[hoihtah]

tunnels of light?

hmm...
what i would like to know is... why a tunnel?
is it really what it looks like?

this is sort of ot from what lafanga is talking about... but something that i have been wondering

i mean... all these super-natural occurances i hear of...
if you talk to a japanese, aliens speak in japanese.
if you talk to a german, clouds form letters in german.
if you talk to an american, everything is in english... 'cause it's the liguafranca.

man...

(alrite... i have no idea what i'm talking about... but that's probably 'cause i'm talking about something that's not in my own language) (and also... it's friday afternoon)

 

[BigJohnKC]

I believe there is, but that may be another topic altogether.... Anyway, I have some fire insurance, cause Hell scares the sh!t out of me.

 

[Grinchy]

yes, please. however many years of life I get, they won't be enough.

 

[j0lly]

Hindu philosophy places emphasis life after death. I find solace in this belief system.

 

[Captain4]

<< Aren't visions of light caused by medical conditions? I remember hearing something about that. >>



The tunnels are supposedly caused by the fact that the rods and cones in your eyes shut down starting at the outer edge, so it looks like a tunnel when actually your field of vision it getting smaller. As for the initial question, I don't see any reason for there to be life after death. Just because we want something to be true doesn't make it so.

 

[Wallydraigle]

I'm inclined to believe in it, but I'm not about to change anyone's mind about it on a computer forum.

 

[brandonl]

Kinda hard to comprehend about how you felt before you were born. the earliest thing I can remember about my life is somewhere along my 4th or 5th birthday. I dn't even remember thigns from watching videos about them. I'm 16 so its not like I'm too old. Let's say there is a heaven or hell for after death. Then WTF were you in before you were born? To me I think reincarnation best answers it all. I go to a private school so its not like I'm an athiest. I'm white ... not chinese so I wasn't taught around reincarnation.

Its all very confusing. So many questions so many unknown answers.

 

[tecumseh]

I used to believe in creation (and still kinda do) but the evolution perspective just holds up to well. Christians would tell me, "we'll look out side and what do you see? plants, tree's, animals and humans! Who put us here? God did!" At first I would nod and agree, but now I just don't know.

I think that a guy named god who is floating around in space and checks up on you to see whether or not your obeying the commandments is just really far fetched. But if you look at evolution, at how we evolved from the ape and so fourth make sperfect sense.

P.S. If there is a god I'm just kidding!! :Q:Q:Q

 

[Elledan]

<< But if you look at evolution, at how we evolved from the ape and so fourth (..) >>

Humans didn't evolve from any currently existing Primate. We just happen to share a common ancestor with every single Primate species on this planet. Our DNA differs only about 1.6% from the DNA of a chimpanzee.

 

[heliotrope7]

IMO,
I've always considered life after death as a variant of Pascal's wager,
with three possible outcomes....

1) death/no afterlife -
die and rot....
pretty straightforward, no consequences (even for Bin Laden)
eat, drink and be merry......

2) death/reincarnation -
come back as something/someone else,
status varies according to pre-death behavior -
cause for concern (who wants to come back as a roach?)
but outcome is not irrevocable - is correctable in next life

3) death/judgement -
most immediate consequences for pre-death behavior -
the three big religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity)
fall into this group.....
outcome is irrevocable......

I choose to bet on option 3 because, frankly,
given an equal chance of all outcomes occurring,
I have less to lose if option 3 is not true -
and what I do lose is either moot (option 1)
or correctable (option 2)

and given that Islam considers Jesus to be a prophet
(sucking up to Him, as it were)
and that Judaism doesn't rag on Him overmuch either,
Christianity seems to be the best of the 3 sub-choices
from a betting standpoint....

my $0.02

 

[Ryan]

No, you were just listening to the Notorious BIG album "Life after Death"