Isn't it strange that we can die at anytime and  go into an unknown eternity?
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NO, because if there is God. He is just. Then he rewards the good and punishes the evil. The way he rewards is to spend eternity in heaevn; the way he punishes is to spend eternity in hell. So it is not strange. And fot a Christian, it is not unpredictable.
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According to Hitchhikker's Guide, it is impossible to know the Question to Life, the Universe and Everything at the same time as the answer (42). So since we know the answer, we can never, ever know the question, for they cancel each other out and life as we know it will cease to exist and start anew.\n\nDeeep. . . .
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Absolutely.  Its life BEFORE death that I am not too sure of.
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We don't realize we are going to die until that moment comes. In the mean time people try to satisfied themselves with everything they can have, because this world, this life, is the only thing they have for sure. They don't know what to expect after dying so they try to fill the whole inside while they are living, they do this running after goals that won't last for eternity, obviously.\nThe only way you can stop living denying that someday you are going to die is to find a meaning for life, a reason to live... and that's Christ.\nP.S. Excuse my english, is not my native language.
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God dwells in eternity, we dwell in the restraints of physical time. We do not understand that concept. It's like a the earth asking if space exists. I'm sure if the earth could talk, it would have a very hard time understanding its vastness and how it is placed in the midst.
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The soul is energy, and energy can neither be created, nor destroyed.  I believe that we go somewhere.  Where, you ask?  Who knows, but death is not the end, but the begining of a marvelous new adventure.
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I believe that I will have no afterlife.\n\nOr rather, I believe this: I cannot imagine a god so cruel as to condemn me to an eternally unchanging afterlife. Sure, I can imagine enlightenment that could last a long, long time--it would be interesting to explore the universe and unlock its mysteries, or to reincarnate over and over as different beings, up to a point--but I cannot imagine any existence for eternity without it becoming horrible.\n\nAnd thus, since I cannot believe in a god so cruel, I believe that either there will be no afterlife at all, or there will be no afterlife for the being that I consider to be "me." In other words, if what I become after my death can somehow find fulfillment in an eternal afterlife, then it won't be "me" and therefore not worth worrying about.\n\nI'm young--around 40--but don't see any reason to want an afterlife. I certainly want to not-die in this life, though. I find this life just fine, and would like to experience a lot more of it. I just don't want eternity.
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I wouldn't want to live forever. I would just want to live life to it's fullest, doing everything I can. Because otherwise, it'd be boring. You wouldn't have the joy of taking risks, or if everything was perfect, there would be nothing to spend time on to improve. It'd be pointless because if you lived forever, you would be able to do everything, not get those feelings of when you have to choose one thing. I don't know, I just think it'd be better to be on "a restricted time frame"
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I know, you have to start thinking laterally to get your mind around the concept of eternity and life outside of this physical time domain. However, if you can, many answers will start coming your way. Read my study below and it should answer all of your questions.
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Nope, all human beings eventully die.  Theres something in our dna that is being chipped/ shortened as the years go by.  It is our death clock.  No one has found a way to stop that.  If stopped, we will become immortals.  Brain information cannot be downloaded and transferred if not we did all become einsteins by now.  We can only monitor brain activity.\n\n\nBut if I could do the following, why not?
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That question has many answears depending on your believes. You can go to heaven, you can reincarnate in something else, or become nothing after your life cycle ends. There is really no answear to a question like that, for no one knows the answear
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I believe that there will never be something like that invented. However you might cheat a bit (not in the near future). You could use a device that copies everything in your brain everyday. Next you would need something to form your body when you die. That would be best done when you are younger. So when you die a machine automatically brings back you to life and you then go and install your latest memories. In that way you lose only the most important knowledge and that is how and why did you die! Personally I believe that you must not even try to live indefinitely because we are here to evolve and nothing more...
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well if i knew that i was going to die today then i would be telling every one about what God did for me. i am not kidding. the fact is is that we don't know when it will be our last day on earth and so why aren't we more cautious about how we live our lives for all you know you could die right now. and there is like no way that you could stop sinning.
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Earth can't be hell because it is not eternal torment. We do not spend close to eternity here only 80 years +/- and even when life sucks, there are times that are good. You're mom has wishful thinking. It can be so so SO much worse and for a whole lot longer.
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When I was younger, I was terrified of Heaven. Actually, it wasn't the concept of Heaven that bothered me; it was the thought of eternity. My child's mind tried to comprehend what that would be like, to go on forever without end. What would we do? Wouldn't we get bored? Isn't there SOME kind of ending to it all? Questions like these rattled through my head over and over again. I was unable to completely grasp the concept of eternity, and my inability to do that upset me greatly.\n\nNow that I am older, I am no longer afraid of Heaven or eternity. That isn't to say that I now understand either one of them; eternity is still a bit too big a concept for me (or any human, I think) to truly grasp. Why I am no longer afraid is that I have learned to trust God over myself. Even if I don't understand eternity, God does, and He will know how to run it just fine. With faith in His wisdom, I know that eternity will be something to look forward to, not something to fear.
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nah.\n\n may be there is no afterlife but death is a reality. people are afraid of death even if they believe in it. as many others said to people are more afraid about how they are going to die. when you are dead you are just dead. no pain. no suffering. nothing. body is destroyed ultimately. back to "panch tatva" (5 elements- earth, water,fire,air, eather/zero/sky fifh element is diificult to translate in english). \n\n  there is a story of dialogues between a Yaksha and Yuddhishthir. "what is the biggest surprise in this world" asked yaksha. "people die everyday; each mortal has to die one day or another; even then in general people are afraid to accept it as a reality which will befall on them too eventually" yuddhishthir said.\n\ni am not in denial. i concentrate on my karma and try to have a ballanced life and attitude and be good. it is for my own satisfaction. \n\nKrishna said  "Karmanyevaadhikaraste" we can only do deeds the result is not in our hands. so if there is heaven or next birth or there is just nothing it does not matter. if there is them i hope my karma was good enough.
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I totally know what you mean. I used to think about that all the time, but I would just exhaust myself. I think the only sure thing we know is that we know nothing. I am a bit of an agnostic, but certainly don't think that everything just happened by chance. Was there ever nothing? If so how did we ever get something? If scientist say there is an end to the universe, what is it like a wall? Plexi Glass that you just bounce of of? Or is it like Pacman where you just pop out on the other side? There is so much that is just unexplainable in t his world. I am just glad to be a part of it. I have pretty much given up on trying to figure it all out. While I am in no hurry to die, I am somewhat excited at the possibilty of everything being answered once I go. Good luck in your search for answers. We need the Teacher's Edition of the bible, one with all the answers in the margins( I wonder how much that would go for on eBay?)