What if you died and woke up as God and were all that was?

reply to post by arpgme


What is the thing you fear?

reply to post by Komonazmuk


Why should I tell you any of my fears (if I even had any)? What does this have to do with the Original Post?

reply to post by arpgme


If you don't feel comfortable then by all means don't. I had just figured we had ventured down this avenue together but if you are feeling uncomfortable don't. I'll ease off.

reply to post by Komonazmuk


I'm not sure if I have any "specific" fears, but you never know. New things appear, challenges happen. What is it that you were expecting me to say that you thought we "ventured down" together?

Are you talking about death? I am not said of being dead, but the pain of getting there - somewhat. If I didn't think there was an afterlife, I wouldn't hold on to it as a "hope".

Besides, having NO afterlife is better than burning for all eternity, right?

reply to post by arpgme


arre you saying you dont believe in heaven or hell or lifeafter death in some form or other? What do you think happens when we die?

reply to post by AthlonSavage


I do not believe in an afterlife out of fear that there may be nothing when death happens. I believe in it because I feel that it's true.

My point was, a person who believes that hell exists and they may go there, is not believing in an "after-life" out of fear since a "hell-ish" afterlife is worse than none.

reply to post by arpgme


I think i understand you. You are saying you dont want to believe in an after life out of fear. You want to believe it it exists because having something is better than having nothing, even if the something turns out to be Hell.

reply to post by AthlonSavage


My point was...some people claim that we believe in an afterlife out of fear of death (that there may be nothing). They claim that other than that there is no reason to believe, however, there are people who believe that they are going to hell for all eternity and they don't care about "changing their ways" to get to "heaven" and yet they still believe. So that is obviously not completely true, that it is just "out of fear" for everyone.

reply to post by arpgme


Yes i understand you better now, the old saying its better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven may be the driver for some of these after life believes whose motive for believing in after isnt fear based.

reply to post by nothingwrong


If you "know everything" why didn't you know that scientists say the universe expanded at a rate much faster than light speed. Incredible, I know.

If we are all just bits and pieces of a 'god dream' then that would make god schizophrenic and suffering from a multiple personality disorder. And that would mean that none of us were actually real. Come to think of it .. that might explain a lot about what is happening on this planet.