Posted by Cecilia on August 19, 2004, at 3:27:28
In reply to Re: Shouldn't there be a limit...SLS Irene, posted by alesta on August 18, 2004, at 8:51:08
> Aren't you guys open to the idea that we might be going somewhere after we die? There's no evidence to the contrary, but there is evidence to support it. (*please* don't ask me to look up specific evidence right now-too unmotivated.) but the evidence i'm talking about concerns near-death experiences, or NDEs. why don't you maybe do a Google search on NDEs or near-death experiences and see what you come up with. after much research on this, i am convinced that these are real, and that there is no end. rather, it is more like a beginning because what awaits us is so amazing. life here on earth is supposed to be hard, but this is only temporary. the reason we're here is to learn to love. that's it. this is like one big, long lesson. when we die is when life really begins. you don't want to give up and kill yourself, however, not because you'll go to hell, but because you'll just have to come back and deal with the same problems, until you learn the lessons. so that's why it's not a solution.
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> i just thought i'd share that. By the way, i'm not religious (i am "spiritual" though).
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> amy
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>Whenever I read about near death experiences I just get totally terrified. I can`t help but think that any supreme being who allows all the suffering that exists in this world must have even worse stuff planned for the next. So I hang in there, though I certainly can`t say I`m learning to love. Just learning to suffer. Which I guess means that even if I don`t kill myself I`ll still be punished by having to live all over again. I desperately hope there`s nothing more after this world. Frankly, I hate my parents for choosing to bring me into it. Cecilia
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