Do you believe in life after death?

[smudge]

If so - why? Have you, or anyone you know, experienced anything that might make you think it does?

[FP]

Hi Smudge.  No I don't.  I really wish I did as it would be comforting especially as I would love to see departed loved ones again.  I am quite a spiritual person but not at all religious.  To me we are part of the cycle of life and in that way we live on to help the world to carry on.

[magicdice]

i've experienced life after death. it's pretty average.

no, i don't. i'm too cynical for that sort of thing.

[Kay]

Hi smudge, I believe in a life after death following the true readings that I've had. I also believe in reincarnation...when a soul is ready to be reborn. Im readin "Yesterdays Children" by Jenny ******* who was Mary Sutton in a previous life.From a child Jenny would do drawings of a church,butchers shop and Mary's children. This was also shown as a documentary in which Jenny actually took Mary's now elderly family to the ruins of their cottage in Malahide,Ireland. Very interesting.

[silly moo]

I do - can't explain why.
It's a natural part of my Christian faith.
Don't expect it to be anything like here though, don't even expect to have a body.

[fairy!]

I do!  My mum had a near death experience... the whole floating on the ceiling thing... I totally believe her!  x

[landie]

I have multiple personalities, so I have several lives running along together. At the moment I'm the good natured fair haired one, but I can't give my name.

[katejess44]

Smudge, I have to say that I do believe in life after death.  The reason being that my late grandfather made his presence known to me and another person (who was not part of the family).  I'm not going to go into details, but it certainly convinced me! 

[El D]

Much as me and my egocentric primate brain would like to I simply cannot. I want to, but it is not the same as actually believing so. I am forced by logic to deny it.

[RogK]

My best pal died suddenly a year ago. I KNOW he would have come back for a chat if he could have done. He didn't. But he lives on in me and in others who loved him - that's the only life after death there is, and it's good enough for me.

[shaneystar]

I would like to think there is life after death.I remember seeing my Dad shortly after he died but in retrospect I think it was my imagination that conjured him up because I was so upset at losing him.I think you live on through your children but it would be nice to meet your loved ones again. I haven't really got an answer for this .I don't think anyone has.We can live in hope.Perhaps I'll meet up with my beloved dogs again!!

[country_boy]

I once read somewhere that if you meet someone that has died in a dream and you ask a question, you will always get the truth. 

I dream about a friend of mine who died, every few months and have asked him what it is like being dead, he told me you are still around and still feel everything, but not in a physical form.  More of a presence. Not sure if it's my take on things coming out in dream form but I think there's something in it. The dreams about him feel completely different to the norm.

[oxeyedaisy]

i do as i have seen people and animals that i have owned after their death..i dont think life after death is what some people imagine..i believe we are spirit and attract similar spirits..and their are several different spiritual planes..and you go where you are attracted to..i think we constantly evolve to learn lessons..i also think we have to suffer illness and trauma here for a reason..i dont believe in god as such my idea is a super spirit form..i read a book once and it explained it all and it said someone who is quite happy living in a tower block of flats will take that memory with them when they pass on and live in their own tower block in the spirit world..its very complicated ..and because the book was written by a person ..you have to question how much is true..i have worked as a medium and i do sometimes wonder if deceased people get picked up around the client through a thought process..are the clients holding on to the memory..and somehow it gets picked up..through.. thought..its a very difficult question..a lot of people visit spiritualist churches because they have lost someone..they go to seek answers and messages..so they will have negativity around them..are their auras being picked up on?? i firmly believe we all have psychic ability to a certain degree..the person that lives a quieter existance who loves animals and flowers will be more receptive..to spirit than someone out socialising nearly every night..as the aura will be more peacefull..hope this makes sense as i know what i am trying to say but not sure if its come accross..

[Lillabet]

I don't know. I'd like to believe that there is life after death but I'm really not that sure. I'm not convinced by the traditional Christian concept of a heaven and a hell. If there is life after death I am more inclined towards belief in reincarnation. But I think that the highest likelihood is that there isn't life after death.

It's one of the reasons, smudge, that I don't support the death penalty. When someone has done something horrific I want to be sure that they are made to exist with it for a very long time. If there's no life after death then the death penalty is the easy option.

[smudge]

Yes - it's an interesting subject. I'd like to think that there is life after death & that one day we'll be reunited with our loved ones, but I think it's more wishful thinking than realitiy - but then again who knows............!

[smudge]

P.S. Thank you for all your replies.

[newtron]

I obviously don't know, but if we do possess some type of energy that some people might call the soul, and because we find similar cycles in all facets of nature, I would guess that the soul may be sort of recycled but probably does not keep its human identity after death.   

[Alixw]

I do Smudge. A few reasons why. When my Nan died, my cousin went to have a reading done. The things she told my cousin what my Nan was saying to her are things she COULD NOT have known. I also know a lot of people who have had this happen to them when they have been to these types of things.

The other reason is that just recently, with a few of my friends, we did the ouijia board. I have always been really cynical about doing this and to be honest, petrified!! But a good friend of mine does it a lot with her mum and gets a lot of comfort from it. So she talked us all into doing it - i was really shocked the 1st time we did it. We apparantly were talking to one of my friend's granddads. And the 2nd time it was a friend's nan. Again, the questions we were asking were not questions that we knew the answers to, so we werent making it up. Also, the friends who's relatives came through to us, were in another corner of the room not taking part, so not as if they could have been doing it themselves. It was a bit spooky at first, but when i think about it it's quite comforting to know that no one is ever really gone.

What do you believe Smudge?

[Alixw]

Sorry Smudge - I've just seen that you've already aswered that question!!