Quote from: CC-Resurgam on March 09, 2017, 06:17:27 PM

Many of you say death is the end and that there is nothing after death. for you i ask what is the meaning of life then? you are born to grow older, your grow older to die. so do we simply exist with no reason? and if so then why do we hold so much value on the here and now. i personally believe in an afterlife, i do not believe that something can live, have memories, feel emotion, and then disappear into nothing. i believe nothing is created or destroyed just transferred from different states.

however i do not think any religion i know of have it correct. how could we it is the ultimate unknown.

a few have mentioned reincarnation. this is one that i have personally favored. i mean think about it, this would easily describe all instincts in the world. how a bird separated at birth still knows where to fly for winter. or how salmon are able to find the exact place they were born despite not being there for many years. how people know basic survival tactics from birth. it just makes sense. how can we be born with knowledge if not from a previous life.

Quote from: PikachuYou on March 08, 2017, 11:57:19 PM

what we know as "death" is merely a portal for us to move on to the next phase

saying death is a portal is redundant. of course it is, the question is whether or not it is a portal to void where we are conscious, the end and we are not conscious, a paradise, a nightmare, or hitting the restart button on the game of life.

anyone who says they know is either lying or crazy, so we might as well think about it

If you believe that life will be eternal after death, then what is the meaning of eternal life, or what is the point then to live after death? If now there is no then and then there will not be. I believe that life exists for life. All that lives on the planet is a large organism, each part of which interacts with each other, including a person.