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Post by Sad Baby Green on May 15, 2005 19:41:34 GMT -5
Could you have ever been a plant, or some kinda bacteria or virus? Or a mushroom perhaps? Yes you could have been any of those for me recarnation can happen after anything dies anything that has actually lived before though....so it can be glass or a cup but it can be anything that made the class or a cup... like a river or something has spirits they arent living but are spirits. Like if anyone as seen "spirited away". well kinda like the with the except or plans because to me they are living
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Post by Lobstrosity on May 15, 2005 19:52:25 GMT -5
Are you saying you believe you can be reincarnated as an inanimate object? Lobstrosity is skeptical...
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Post by chica on May 15, 2005 21:35:08 GMT -5
but if you were an inadimate (sp?) object then what would be the point of life? you'd just get recycled or thrown away but I guess it would be cool in a way
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Post by chica on May 15, 2005 21:35:30 GMT -5
i'm not trying to diss your beliefs NitemareOfNite
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Post by Lobstrosity on May 15, 2005 22:04:11 GMT -5
I just don't think a glass has a soul.
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Post by Sad Baby Green on May 16, 2005 19:31:48 GMT -5
I never said it did I meant that what makes glass does so when it becomes glass it dies. It is complicated but I dont think inatimate objects do but rivers and oceans and such have spirits
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Post by Lobstrosity on May 16, 2005 23:21:45 GMT -5
The hydrogen and oxygen atoms that comprise the water molecules that make up the ocean have souls? I'm afraid I don't quite understand...
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Post by Sad Baby Green on May 17, 2005 6:16:06 GMT -5
The hydrogen and oxygen atoms that comprise the water molecules that make up the ocean have souls? I'm afraid I don't quite understand... You dont have to that is another point it is your choice read this I know what I am saying and this is what I believe so that is all there is to it but do you have a good question
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Post by chica on May 18, 2005 17:59:35 GMT -5
like in pocohontas when she's talking well singing about the river and it's spirit? like that?
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Post by KiddoFreak on May 19, 2005 20:40:35 GMT -5
Okay, in my limited knowledge, many buddhists -I've heard- imagine that you are reincarnated as a lower being, like a plant or animal if you have lived a wrongful life, but come back as something at peace, like a rock, if you lived a good life. Now, me, as a christian so believe in heaven. Though I don't think of heaven as a place where you go that is above us in the clouds. I always thought that heaven and hell were mindsets. Have you ever tried to sleep when you know you've done something wrong? It can be really hard, and even if you can sleep, you have nightmares sometimes. I think that this would be hell: an eternity of restlessness. Heaven would be an eternity of mental peace. This also fits with my beleif that God is just another mindset. If God is with us, we are optimistic and full of energy. If Satan is with us, we are pessimistic and tired. This isn't exactly my theory, but it is the best I can do in under 10,000 characters. These beleifs make me believe that forgiveness is really more of a mental thing for us, allowing us to move on. I think that if there is reincarnation, it would be to give us a second chance to fullful ourselves; another chance to acheive "heaven". This would be done as many times as we wished until we finally felt satisfied with out lives. This brings us into the debate over souls and spirits and the like. I have speculated over the relevnacy and existance of the human soul and spirit for sometime. It is a common misconception that emotions are run by our "souls", when actually this is just the brain. It is a common misconception that love is something greater than we are, that "soulmates" actually exist. In practice, "love" is simply our brain telling us to have sex as much as possible. Everything we do, think, feel, etc. is run by our brain, which leads me to believe that our souls are simply parts of our brain, our identity if you will. Now, my opinions and ideas change all the time, so I won't stand by this too strongly, but I figure that the spirit is something deep in the brain that gives us a feeling of identity. Don't mix this up with your name, your spirit isnt your name, or your physical identity, but more your purpose in life. It is up to the brain to decide what you think your purpose is, or lack thereof, though I think that there is an actual purpose that we all serve, and our brains know this because of something that happens in our brains. I was thinking of a story about how all of this happened, and alternate dimensions and all of this, and even I get kind of confused about it. So, in conclusion, I think that life after death is something that is optional. We can choose the lazy route and be forever restless in the mindset of "hell", or attempt to live again with the same purpose "spirit" and be forever in the mindset of "heaven". I don't claim to be right, I only claim to have thoughts. So sayeth the KiddoFreak.
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Post by Decieved by the Truth on May 24, 2005 21:46:33 GMT -5
My theory involves your mind remaining forever. No space, no time, no senses or anything that your body perceived before death, just nothingness and your thoughts... your thoughts and nothingness... [glow=black,2,300] wow that sounds depressing....[/glow]
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Post by Lobstrosity on May 24, 2005 21:47:43 GMT -5
I'm not usually a very cheerful person.
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Post by Vash on May 24, 2005 21:49:08 GMT -5
I'm not usually a very cheerful person. Doesn't being with Chica make you happy? And if that was your idea of what happens after you die, doesn't it make you incredably depressed thinking you'll never see her again after you die?...
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Post by Lobstrosity on May 24, 2005 21:51:27 GMT -5
At least I'll always have my memory. Except for the fact that memories fade over time and my theory includes no more time, so I guess your memories will last forever (yay).
And I guess before I was never cheerful, and now on occasion I'm moderately cheerful.
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Post by Vash on May 24, 2005 21:53:21 GMT -5
At least I'll always have my memory. Except for the fact that memories fade over time and my theory includes no more time, so I guess your memories will last forever (yay). And I guess before I was never cheerful, and now on occasion I'm moderately cheerful. But a memory isn't enough, you'd be depressed because you'd never be able to see her again.
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