Wednesday, 28 November 2012

I was born, I have lived, I will surely die...

but what happens afterwards? nothing? Well as an agnostic I consider a lot of possible options when it comes to the subject of the afterlife. It's basically my only fear and I often spend a lot of times thinking about possible answers. Here are a few that I've considered:

  1. There is no afterlife. As scary as that sounds, it is entirely possible that there is nothing after death. No conciousness. Nothing.
  2. Reincarnation. When you biologically die, your soul/spirit begins life again in a new body (be it spiritual/animal/plant).
  3. Ghosts. Seriously, I know the idea of ghosts is childish but my family and I have had supernatural experiences. Call me crazy but there is a lot that has been recently discovered that has lead to technology that people would have thought to be supernatural e.g. mobile phones, cameras. Perhaps I will stay in ghost form for a certain amount of time as my soul detached from my body and then maybe points 2/4/5 follow on from this...
  4. Judgement. This is my one and only life on earth. My actions in this life will be judged by something (a deity if that's what floats your boat) and I will spend eternity in Hell/Heaven.
  5. Resurrection. The Christian theory that my soul will depart from my body and then be returned to my body at the end of the world by a divine miracle.
  6. Time is a loop. This is something that I considered yesterday. Hypothetically, what if after the universe ends, it instantly begins again. As if the big bang follows a big crunch directly. Therefore, if that were true, that means destiny exists and no matter what actions we take in this life, they have already happened and will happen again forever.

I hope you've found what I have to say insightful and not too depressing.

See you all soon,
Reubzen x

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