"If all those little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh why, can't I?"

[rm']

What happens to you after your body dies? Is your soul immortal? Can the mind survive the body?

[Cameron221]

I imagine you goto heaven/your final destination.

[dirkdeftly]

I say: Who are we to say what happens to the soul? Come to think of it, who are we to tell other people that there is a soul?

Personally I believe that the soul is a portion of the mind - possibly an extention into a seperate spatial dimension. When the body dies, the soul is seperated from the body...I have no idea what happens to the soul. Maybe it opens a deli.

[RanDom_ErrOr]

damn these philosophical threads, but i would guess that you just die. you live, you die. we only make things up like religion, because we are scared about what happens to us when we die. if you go through life believing that your "soul" will go to heaven, then why wont it? plus who is to say what "heaven" and your "soul" is... go figure...

[rm']

Originally posted by RanDom_ErrOr
go figure...

Yeah, that's what I'm asking you to do.

[RanDom_ErrOr]

why is it my job to "go figure" why cant you?

anyway heres a question, if we (humans, mammals, animails) have souls, wouldnt a dog or cat also have one, as well as every other animal on the face of this planet? what seperates us from the animals spirituially (other than the fact that we have religions). where do animal's souls go???

[dollerspark]

I'm guessing that when we die we are put in our grave, and there we remain forever. Our body has died, and our mind has followed. That's it. There are no second chances. No do-overs. This life is all we have, live it wisely.

[rm']

But if your actions have no consequences beyond a short span of 80 years or so, why bother living wisely? Why not live recklessly? You are going to die anyway, and your death will have no meaning, so why not speed up the process?

[RanDom_ErrOr]

why do you think religion was created, to control them through fear. until i see god or jebus then i dont give a flying fuck about christianity... or any other religion that deals with a "god"

[rm']

Who said anything about God?

[RanDom_ErrOr]

god ties in with most religions....

[rm']

Again: who said anything about religion?

[RanDom_ErrOr]

me

[dollerspark]

Originally posted by rm'
But if your actions have no consequences beyond a short span of 80 years or so, why bother living wisely? Why not live recklessly? You are going to die anyway, and your death will have no meaning, so why not speed up the process?

Living wisely is the best way to have a good life for yourself. Think about it. If you live recklessly, no one is going to want to be around you. Depending on who you act that way to, you could lose a job and be disowned by your family (who wouldn't want to be you're family anyway if they were acting the same way). Basically, you're life has become a worthless hell. It's all about 'what goes around comes around'. If you live wisely, you're much more likely to have an enjoyable life than if you don't.

[rm']

But what if your idea of an enjoyable life is hitting the bottle hard, so doesn't rely on other people? Or shooting up schools, and robbing banks in your spare time? Or eating baby sandwiches?