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Originally Posted by DrSkipper
I don't have any faith, which makes death all the scarier, so I think death is just a black, dreamless state which is horrifying to me because I love living and I don't want to die. I honestly wish I believed in heaven or even reincarnation. I wouldn't be so afraid of death if I knew what happened when we die.  |
My faith is actually very important to me, but I'm a scientist first and foremost. Something positive that you can hold onto is that energy is infinite. It never dissipates, it can only change forms. So basically, one way or another, in one form or another, you're going to live on. The bottom line is, no established faith has any clue what happens when you die. There's just what you believe, and what you don't. There's a very real possibility that no religion has it right really because there's just no way to know for sure. I definitely think it's important (MY personal opinion only) to believe in something though. From a scientific perspective and my faith aside, I would say that reincarnation is a likely scenario. The energy that is you HAS to go somewhere according to the laws of physics. So it's not much of a stretch to believe in something like that at all. Hope this helps.
~Jay