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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:29 AM Original message |
Does an "afterlife" have to be related to religion or a belief in God? |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. NO, but it has to be related to something factual. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Is it a religious idea? Or is it an idea from which religion derives? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. If an "afterlife" depends upon the persistence of a "soul" or the like, then it's a religious belief |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. I am an atheist and have no belief in a god, and think all religions are nothing more |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. if ghosts were real |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
4. I guess it doesn't have to be. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Reasonable attitude. |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. I do believe we continue and the existence of the soul |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. the wonderful thing about beliefs |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Or, perhaps, a different understanding of the laws of our universe. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. "life seems to run counter to the 2nd Law" |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. eventually every star will die |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
24. There's plenty of afterlife that's not based on some religious |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Interesting point. I haven't a clue, fwiw. |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. I am atheistic and I have known ghosts and believe they can |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You have known ghosts? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Since much of the denial of theism is based on material evidence and since there is none relating to |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
15. Nope. God without afterlife. Afterlife witrhout god. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well, there's about as much evidence for both. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. No. There are, for example, quite a few people who believe in ghosts and aren't religious... |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. What's the point of following a religion |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-21-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Several reasons |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. No. A belief in some sort of afterlife can be completely independent of any belief in a "god" |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Hey OP, why did you post a question then run away and not respond? |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Don't ya hate |
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