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Originally posted by Malechi
my belief is that when we die, we go to whatever place our soul believes exists. If you dont believe in a place after death then your soul no longer exists since it did not know the destination for which it should go, if you believe in heaven or hell you will go to whichever one you believe you honestly deserve. if you believe in reincarnation then you wil come back to this earth in another form. I personally believe that the universe is what you believe it to be, since their is no way to describe some of those inner feelings about life and death that many of us have it is upto our personal beliefs to decide our outcome. as far as gods go, i believe they were either stories told to build a strong moral background for their culture, ideas used by leaders to control the actions of their people, or other beings who came to this earth ( i am not talking about ET's and giant starships) and since they appeared much different and had different abilities or technology they were worshipped as gods by primitive peoples and the beliefs have been warped over the years until it became blind faith. I hate the "well, the bible tells me so excuse" if you cant back up your beliefs with any kind of reasoning i see no reason for the rest of us to jump into the spiked pit you call faith. |
then why would you believe what you beleive. i dont like this theory. i here alot of people say it but it's just the same as believing in god. at least i feel that way. and DM had a good point too. it doesnt make much sense to say an outcome isnt universal. if i believe im gonna come back as a rock would existence make an exception if im the only one that believes this and make a universe just for me to be a rock in? that sounds unlikely. anyways i hear this alot and i strongly doubt this is how it is. my thoughts on the matter at least
[Edited by blueboy on 12-29-2000 at 11:57 AM]