Current Events > Does any religion actually have a desirable sounding afterlife?

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Most of them seem to fall into

1) burn in torturous hellfire for all eternity
2) go stand in a cloud somewhere and sing hyms for all eternity
3) become one with the essence of space and time or whatever

I guess Islam maybe? If you take the 72 virgins and a thousand servants thing seriously

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Norse mythology is fucking sweet with several options of an afterlife depending on your lifestyle. They even allow loyal animals in their afterlife.

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SquirtleSkwad posted...

Norse mythology is fucking sweet with several options of an afterlife depending on your lifestyle. They even allow loyal animals in their afterlife.

Really? I don't know jack about this one, I just figured it was "end up in a log cabin with a bunch of violent bearded men for all eternity"

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Shamanism or Buddhism believes in reincarnation. When you die your soul/spirit go lives in the spirit world and depending how you lived your previous life, you will be reborn into any living creature. Human being are apparently the ultimate creature. Not 100% of all this, though.

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I was gonna say Islam but respectfully, that concept of an afterlife actually existing where you are swimming in vaj seems way out there.

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Veggeta X posted...

Shamanism or Buddhism believes in reincarnation. When you die your soul/spirit go lives in the spirit world and depending how you lived your previous life, you will be reborn into any living creature. Human being are apparently the ultimate creature. Not 100% of all this, though.

Ok this one really sounds like the worst

Every motherfucker thinks they're going to be an eagle or a lion I bet but I know I'm just gonna be slug

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Any afterlife that preaches permanence is full of crap. So Im going to infinite torture or pleasure because of a limited sample size on earth?

I do believe in an afterlife but it will be fleeting just like this life is. Maybe its forever maybe its not but anyone claiming to know or claiming permanence (outside of complete blackness of death which is a possibility) is clueless

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pinky0926 posted...

Ok this one really sounds like the worst

I dunno, burning in eternal hell sounds a lot worst. Having the chance to be reborn as a human seems okay.

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pinky0926 posted...

Really? I don't know jack about this one, I just figured it was "end up in a log cabin with a bunch of violent bearded men for all eternity"

Yeah, man. You don't have to go to Valhalla. You can go to Folkvangr and be with Freyja and be one with nature or you can go to Helgafjell which is the holy mountain and live eternity in a similar way that you lived your mortal life. The Norse were pretty damn progressive for their time in terms of culture and religion.

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pastafarianism

beer volcanoes and strippers

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My favorite depictions of the afterlife in media are:
What Dreams May Come
The Good Place (Series Finale version only)

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pinky0926 posted...

Every motherfucker thinks they're going to be an eagle or a lion I bet but I know I'm just gonna be slug

You just need to stop spending your good boy points on chicken tendies and save them up for lion.

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How did you prepare this whole topic without realizing you don't have any real information on the subject? When you started making that list you didn't think "oh shit, I actually know nothing about religions and what they believe"?

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Valhalla is eternal battle, eating drinking and sleeping. Definitely a warriors life. Doesnt sound too bad honestly.

Heaven is more then just sitting on a cloud and singing hymns. Basically you get all of your good desires and loie eternally with your loved ones. Imagine going to awesome concerts everyday, a sports game, riding around in the fastest car possible, fishing, hunting, and the one I want which is unlimited games and movies from any era and time. Basically whatever your heart desires that isnt sin filled like killing someone over and over will probably be what you get.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

How did you prepare this whole topic without realizing you don't have any real information on the subject? When you started making that list you didn't think "oh shit, I actually know nothing about religions and what they believe"?

Also I feel like the Christian concept of heaven is more than just "singing hymns for all eternity." Pretty sure it's described as "life without pain and suffering."
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SquirtleSkwad posted...

Yeah, man. You don't have to go to Valhalla. You can go to Folkvangr and be with Freyja and be one with nature or you can go to Helgafjell which is the holy mountain and live eternity in a similar way that you lived your mortal life. The Norse were pretty damn progressive for their time in terms of culture and religion.

Heh, this is sick

Lost_All_Senses posted...

How did you prepare this whole topic without realizing you don't have any real information on the subject? When you started making that list you didn't think "oh shit, I actually know nothing about religions and what they believe"?

This might be difficult to believe but I wasn't really hoping to inspire a high level academic discussion on theology when I posted a Current Events topic on gamefaqs.gamespot.blogspot.ytmnd.net


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yutterh posted...

Valhalla is eternal battle, eating drinking and sleeping. Definitely a warriors life. Doesnt sound too bad honestly.

Heaven is more then just sitting on a cloud and singing hymns. Basically you get all of your good desires and loie eternally with your loved ones. Imagine going to awesome concerts everyday, a sports game, riding around in the fastest car possible, fishing, hunting, and the one I want which is unlimited games and movies from any era and time. Basically whatever your heart desires that isnt sin filled like killing someone over and over will probably be what you get.

Thing is though (maybe depending on the particular denomination), none of it is gonna be the really good shit is it?

I have to give up all my vices to get in the good good place, but once i'm there it's not like i'll be dropping acid and banging strippers will I. It's gonna be good clean wholesome fun and I don't know if I have that in me

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pinky0926 posted...

This might be difficult to believe but I wasn't really hoping to inspire a high level academic discussion on theology when I posted a Current Events topic on gamefaqs.gamespot.blogspot.ytmnd.net

It is. Please only post genuine and thought provoking topics from here on out, like the rest of us.

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pinky0926 posted...

Heh, this is sick

I got super into Norse culture this past year during lockdown lol. It's a beautiful culture. Helps that I've got roots there.

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

It is. Please only post genuine and thought provoking topics from here on out, like the rest of us.

tagging u as "dr phd smartypants MD" from now on


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Veggeta X posted...

Shamanism or Buddhism believes in reincarnation. When you die your soul/spirit go lives in the spirit world and depending how you lived your previous life, you will be reborn into any living creature. Human being are apparently the ultimate creature. Not 100% of all this, though.

Which is not desirable seeing how Nirvana is an escape from reincarnation as reincarnation is viewed as a punishment and adding of sorrows.

BakonBitz posted...

Also I feel like the Christian concept of heaven is more than just "singing hymns for all eternity." Pretty sure it's described as "life without pain and suffering."

What happens there isn't much discussed as what does not happen there.
I.e. no sex in heaven.

But you might glimpse from the angels and what they do how it is.
They kinda do stuff like appear to humans and fight armies, etc.

Maybe God makes a new world and the saved people are the angels for that world.

pinky0926 posted...

Thing is though (maybe depending on the particular denomination), none of it is gonna be the really good shit is it?

I have to give up all my vices to get in the good good place, but once i'm there it's not like i'll be dropping acid and banging strippers will I. It's gonna be good clean wholesome fun and I don't know if I have that in me

Well I mean, yeah strippers probably be out. But who knows about drugs like marijuana and acid. No heroine or meth for sure. But who knows. Also I'm sure any tv, movies or games probably wont be exactly wholesome. Same with soem music. So maybe certain things off limits and you probably wont even think about them anyways.

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WingsOfGood posted...

Which is not desirable seeing how Nirvana is an escape from reincarnation as reincarnation is viewed as a punishment and adding of sorrows.

I guess it's a matter of perspective then.

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Veggeta X posted...

I guess it's a matter of perspective then.

Not really seeing how that is a tenet of Bhuddism. Like the whole point of Bhuddism is to escape reincarnation.

Look it up:
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/extrasensory-perceptions/nirvana1.htm