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What do you think awaits a person after death... eternal oblivion? Or a new life, in a new body?

No. No. No. Life after death exists only in the armies of the undead!

It's more of a philosophical question))). I imagine it as the beginning of fulfilling new (afterlife) duties – I don't think that in heaven or hell, the same god and devil do everything for everyone)))))). Hence, there's this interesting thought – that we will all work, and each will work as much as they deserve – so the work will be easier accordingly.)))
For example, even the same Angel of Death would work – because it's not God who leads people to paradise or casts them down to hell, but someone else)):D

P.S. Let's remember at least the movie "Fantomas Goes to Retirement," where he worked for so long and, even after retirement, couldn't come to terms with the fact that he no longer had to work – and after retirement, he started working again))))):D

I believe that this approach is more sensible. For example: during their earthly life, a person accumulates positive or negative points (based on their good or bad deeds!).
If they accumulate, say, 100 points, they go to heaven.
If they accumulate, say, -100 points, they go to hell.
If they don't accumulate enough, they are reincarnated (into the next earthly life), and the points are carried over. Until they accumulate enough.
Then, they begin their further "career."

Machete, and I know where you got that from)) There's a book like that)) The author is Webner, ''Empire of Angels''. :D
I read it too...it's interesting...but I have a different opinion. I think that life never stops, and it doesn't go to heaven...
I believe in constant reincarnation, and a person can become a horse after death...a horse can become a tree, a tree can become a stone, and a stone can become a person...That's why we are all so different, because often character is inherited from a past life. I probably was a wild buffalo in my past life...it would take a long time to explain why I think so, I analyzed my own character...:smile30:

:eek: Oh, it's definitely from the book:eek: :rolleyes: :D

I think that it is not a person who dies, but his body. The soul lives forever. I believe in reincarnation, and therefore I think that our souls have lived for many millennia.

OptiMAL, hello fellow enthusiast! So, who were you in your past life?

Death is the end of life, and nothing more. I don't believe in reincarnation, nor in the existence of a soul.

I read about an interesting experiment related to an attempt to look "beyond." The idea was that people were put into a special state, similar to hypnosis, and they were given the suggestion of their own death, and after "death," they were asked to describe the place where they found themselves. And people with similar religious beliefs described this place in a very similar way. Christians talked about heaven, Buddhists about reincarnation, and some talked about an endless journey... The interesting thing is that atheists didn't go anywhere – they simply "fell into nothingness."

I read about an interesting experiment related to the attempt to look "to the other side." The point of it was that people were put into a special state, similar to hypnosis, they were made to believe in their own death, and after "death" they were asked to describe the place where they found themselves.
And people with similar religious beliefs described this place very similarly. Christians spoke of paradise, Buddhists of rebirth, and some spoke of an endless journey... What is interesting is that atheists didn't end up anywhere — they simply "fell into nothingness"...

Maybe it's because believing people believed in paradise/rebirth...
And when their own death was suggested to them, according to their convictions, they ended up where they were supposed to go after death
(paradise/rebirth...).
But atheists believe that there is nothing after death, so they saw nothing

that's why I think our souls have been around for more than a few millennia...

There's also the assumption that it varies from person to person. Some have existed for five thousand years, while others are living for the first time – they're brand new.

Ataman, would you want your life to end in death? To fade into nothingness, as if you never existed? Or is it better to believe in something else – a beautiful place, endless rebirths, self-improvement?...
After all, people come into this world for something, and to consider death the end of the road is too simplistic...

Life ends in death; there's nothing you can do about it.

You can leave something behind. After all, we remember great people. They didn't fade into nothingness, as if they never existed. :smile49:

You can believe, but I just can't :smile21:

Draco_Lich
Yeah, right... some souls are worn out, and some are brand new))) But I'm sure I was a wild buffalo)) and nothing else)))

There is also a suggestion that it varies from person to person. Some have existed for five thousand years, while some are living for the first time now—fresh as can be.

In principle, that' same how it should be. I can assume that all scholars had more than one life. Their soul "learned" in different bodies, but a certain moment came and then they fully revealed their teachings.
It can also be assumed that if there is a God, then there is his opposite—the Devil. Previously, and now, there is a war of light against darkness. We are the soldiers; He who is above is the general. God is the leader of the light, the Devil of the dark. This war will continue, and probably will never end... If a being of light dies, the soul transfers to another body and continues to fight... Although these are only guesses...