If there is an after life, was there a before life?
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I beleive in reincarnation, therefore afterlife and before life are the same time, it's really just between lives.  I also beleive that you choose your own life(you want to learn from your life).  That  could be a major part of before life.
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There are no such things like nothing. Nothing is a human defentition of emptyness. Existence of nothing is already existence of something. The smallest part we know something like proton and photon but that what we know. I am sure there are even smaller parts that in time will discover.
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The first question you need to answer is: do you believe in a life beyond death?\n\nIf not, then the purpose of this life is truly something that is limited to this life. Which means, there is no greater purpose behind the scenes, so whatever goals you set for yourself in life, they're it.\n\nIf you believe in something greater beyond death, there are many beliefs around the world. Many people believe in an eternal soul that goes through many different stages of learning, beginning at very basic consciousness, learning as a living being, like here on Earth, then moving on to more complex matters. If this reflects your own way of thinking and believing, then you may consider your current life as a single lesson (or more) in this evolutionary process of your soul.
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It's not after life.\n\nWe are in heaven right now, we have never left. Each of us is a part of God. God is in heaven and so are we.\n\nlove and blessings Don
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I think there must be because no matter how hard i try, theres no way i can imagine not existing, like u kina imagine blackness but there wouldn't even be that if we were just nothing.\n\nBut maybe we never existed in that time but God new the descendants would be created in the future.\n\nWho knows man!\n\nI would like to think theres life b4 birth tho, would be kinda nice
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Are you seriously expecting that there are people here in Yahoo Answers (or here on Planet Earth for that matter) who KNOW what happens after death? No one knows what happens after you die. People who pretend to know are either charlatans or fools.
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No.\n\nJust as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment ... (Hebrews 9:27)\n\nCatholics and most other Christians believe there is no "reincarnation" after death.\n\nDeath is the end of man's earthly pilgrimage, of the time of grace and mercy which God offers him so as to work out his earthly life in keeping with the divine plan, and to decide his ultimate destiny. \n\nWhen "the single course of our earthly life" is completed, we shall not return to other earthly lives.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Not past lives, but everyone will have a future life, but only one. When everyone dies, they will either go to heaven or hell, depending if they live for jesus or not. Heaven and hell is just as real as earth, so make sure to surrender your heart and soul to jesus and serve him the rest of your life, and then you WILL go to heaven when you die.\nP.S. Each place if forever, so once your there, there is no turning back... So I pray that you make the right choice... which is to believe in Jesus and live for him for the rest of your life.
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I believe the Universe did start with a bang and slowly expands until one day it begans to retract in upon itself until it eventually ends. The beauty is that at that point, it will start all over. It is the ebb and flow of life, the yin and yang or the life and death cycle. Ultimately there is no real end, just life. \nAs far as what lies at the end ... I would say you decide that. It could be reuniting with loved ones, reuniting with God/Universe, or even reincarting again. There are no limits - not time, not physicality, not anything.
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There is not a past life.  It has past.  But there was one once.
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NO, \n\nBecause God knew us before we ever existed in the womb.
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depends on what you consider a long time.  there are reports of Near Death Experiences of those who had been dead for hours and then were revived automatically, and they did revive by their soul returning to the body.  Now months or years down the road, not likely, but I wouldn't say impossible.
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It's relative. There would be no life AS WE KNOW IT. But that's not to say an alternate form of life would not have developed. Who knows, the universe is astoundingly big.
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the question is NOT what is the purpose of life, but rather, \n\nDid life happen on purpose?  A better question to ponder.
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Scientist Claims Proof Of Afterlife\n\nCLEVELAND -- What happens after we die -- do we continue on or is this life the end?  Many of us hope there is an afterlife, and now some Arizona scientists say they have proof through their afterlife experiments.\n\nThere are many people who say they have died and come back to life. They claim to have experienced an afterlife, even if for only a short time.\n\nScientists at The University of Arizona have done extensive research, and say that they have the proof that when we die we continue to live beyond our physical bodies.\n\n"Almost anyone who sees the data says there's something real here," said one of the researchers.\n\nFor more information, click on the link below!
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Our existence as humans is a temporary state, so to think of someone who has passed away is simple, however life goes on with out there existence, however the energy which makes up there body remains, as nothing destroys energy, they can only alter its form.\n\nNow try to imagine the non existence of our universe, or the non existence of matter which makes up this planet, and the sun, and everything which is our universe.\n\nThat I would say is not so simple to imagine, because we know it to exist, and with direct respect to its existence where do you suppose it came from, can something as tangible as energy, matter, and the universe, non energy, anti matter just exist with out a beginning, or creation.\n\nWell I believe that this is the greatest proof of God Almighty, as I see the proof, and I dare any single person, our group of people to prove differently.\n\nI not only know that God Almighty exists but I shall find him and become God like in the process, and with that knowledge anything, and everything becomes not only possible, but probable.\n\nThe Bible tells us that we were created in Gods image, and Jesus Christ after raising Lazarus from the dead, after he had past away three days prior said Greater things than I have done you shall do also.\n\nI believe that it is Gods wish for us to unravel the mysteries of the universe, and join him.\nAt this point in time we are not even capable of bringing a person back from the dead who has passed away six minutes prior.\n\nI believe in God, and I believe we can become God like and I shall pursue that end, and with Gods help, we shall all become immortal, and populate the universe with total knowledge comes total understanding, and total bliss.
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it is death after life