tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post8364138422699165111..comments2023-12-22T10:17:24.280-05:00Comments on Bookpuddle: Afterlife ResearchCiprianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-27309376518955086362009-09-11T19:29:27.937-04:002009-09-11T19:29:27.937-04:00Cip - at the highest level, I guess you are right....Cip - at the highest level, I guess you are right...but I guess what I was thinking was an exploration of each of those options (well I guess options B and C anyway). As in, what forms could the afterlife take in options B and C...everything from the fundamentalist Christian view of "heaven/hell" to reincarnation to other options such as being one with the Divine, etc. I think this would be an interesting discourse.Cold Molasseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712709530663147902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-18422413127588903892009-09-10T09:24:04.113-04:002009-09-10T09:24:04.113-04:00I have to say A. But I also believe that while &qu...I have to say A. But I also believe that while "I" will no longer exist, the way matter and energy decomposes and is taken up into other things, I think the atoms of what were me will be incorporated into other existences. And while "I" will no longer exist, the I that is currently alive finds comfort in thinking that I could one day be part of a tree or a bird or a big fat worm digging through the dirt.Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-69584928273790204762009-09-09T21:15:06.464-04:002009-09-09T21:15:06.464-04:00I'm going to go with A.I suppose I can't r...I'm going to go with A.I suppose I can't really discount the existence of ghosts or spirits of people who have died, but my best guess is that we all just disappear.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-9541684360167742892009-09-08T23:10:25.862-04:002009-09-08T23:10:25.862-04:00Hey Cold Mol:
Thank you for your input.
Thing is [...Hey Cold Mol:<br />Thank you for your input.<br />Thing is [I'm being serious here] I do not see any place for a fourth option.<br />Not in the limited terms I have outlined here. Like, I am not talking about <i>elaboration</i>.... there is plenty of room for that, yes. For instance, I could write [well...] a <i>BOOK</i> [the proverbial and elusive BOOK] about what I mean by suggesting that the "C" option is the most logically sound one, but really, from a bare-bones perspective, there really <i>IS</i> no fourth option.<br />Is there?<br /><br /><b>Either there is utterly nothing [no continued existence] after death, or there is existence of a sort with recollection...... or, there is existence of a sort without recollection.</b><br /><br />I was not kidding when I suggested that if anyone can come up with a valid fourth option, I would like to hear of it.<br />P.S.<br /><b>I ORDERED THE NEW SPONG TONIGHT, ONLINE.</b><br />You are 100% right my friend.... MUCH cheaper online!Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-22400283530230918352009-09-08T20:01:09.388-04:002009-09-08T20:01:09.388-04:00C for me...although I'd like a few more option...C for me...although I'd like a few more options Cip. Maybe godpuddle should do a special blog series on this one...you know, like a 5 part series outlining your thoughts.<br /><br />By the way, Spong's new book on the afterlife is now out...I had a copy in my hot little hands last week...didn't buy it as the in-store price was so high compared to the online price (that, and I concluded I didn't have time to read it right now).Cold Molasseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712709530663147902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-68159542890679817932009-09-08T18:48:24.600-04:002009-09-08T18:48:24.600-04:00Thank you for your responses.
At work today it occ...Thank you for your responses.<br />At work today it occurred to me that if I am asking others to respond with their answers, perhaps I should have begun by offering my own.<br />The option that most closely matches my own current belief on this topic is the third one, <b>C</b>.Ciprianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254338542624853230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-76746014840959839002009-09-08T17:07:23.860-04:002009-09-08T17:07:23.860-04:00I have to go with A. I'd like to believe that ...I have to go with A. I'd like to believe that there is more, but in reality I think once you die that's it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-35597668293775459402009-09-08T09:46:00.675-04:002009-09-08T09:46:00.675-04:00I have to go with B simply because of my father...I have to go with B simply because of my father's death. I like to think that he knows me. I like to think he knows my children and that he watches over them. When something good happens I like to think he had a hand in it and did it out of love. He always provided for us and took care of us all that I can't find it in me to let that go.<br />I suppose this is more "hope" than "belief" though.<br />C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12546017.post-19392574223593886232009-09-08T07:20:30.456-04:002009-09-08T07:20:30.456-04:00B.
And that awareness includes acknowledging and u...B.<br />And that awareness includes acknowledging and understanding everything you ever did during your earthly existence – the good and <i>the bad.</i> (That’s my vision of hell.)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14110235078325434919noreply@blogger.com