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Postby Rurmastadt » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:51 pm

I hope there's a half decent afterlife.

I honestly don't get why people get so agitated by the mere concept of a life after death. I'd rather die happily expecting to see my family and friends again, than morbidly expecting for everything I am to cease to exist forever. In the end its not like I'll be any worse off for hoping.
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Postby Omorov-Nier » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:00 pm

I don't get all this this fuss about this. You're put on a coffin or cremated.
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Postby The Emerald Legion » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:05 pm

Kormanthor wrote:
Lord Chandler wrote:We enter a void of darkness forever. So live while you can :evil:


Only those who enter hell will be in darkness forever.


Fire Emits light.

As Hell is described as a lake of fire, Hell would, by nature, be a pretty bright place.
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Postby The Silence of Night » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:45 pm

The Emerald Legion wrote:
Kormanthor wrote:
Only those who enter hell will be in darkness forever.


Fire Emits light.

As Hell is described as a lake of fire, Hell would, by nature, be a pretty bright place.

Dark lava, clearly.
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Postby Neutraligon » Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:11 pm

The Silence of Night wrote:
The Emerald Legion wrote:
Fire Emits light.

As Hell is described as a lake of fire, Hell would, by nature, be a pretty bright place.

Dark lava, clearly.

anti-fire clearly.
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Postby Ifreann » Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:22 pm

Rurmastadt wrote:I hope there's a half decent afterlife.

I honestly don't get why people get so agitated by the mere concept of a life after death. I'd rather die happily expecting to see my family and friends again, than morbidly expecting for everything I am to cease to exist forever. In the end its not like I'll be any worse off for hoping.

"It might be nice" isn't an especially compelling reason to believe in something for some people.
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Postby Furious Grandmothers » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:34 pm

When I die, there will no longer be a me. Thankfully enough :P
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Postby Shaggai » Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:48 pm

The Emerald Legion wrote:
Kormanthor wrote:
Only those who enter hell will be in darkness forever.


Fire Emits light.

As Hell is described as a lake of fire, Hell would, by nature, be a pretty bright place.

Most references to "hell" per se in the NT are actually translated from Gehenna. Gehenna was the place of the gnashing of teeth, where the fire never went out.

In other words, the Jerusalem city dump. The trash continuously burned, and wild animals fought over scraps of food. As they fought, their teeth would gnash.

That's right, hell is living in a garbage dump. Forever.

There are references to a "lake of fire" elsewhere, particularly Revelation, but... well... Revelation... All I'm going to say is that I think it should be declared the equivalent of the Inferno, so non-canon but still influential. There's no way to deny its influence, unfortunately. If you must have an apocalyptic book, use Good Omens.
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Postby Lenninists » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:05 pm

whatever happens to any other animal that dies will happen to us... We are all just animals after all.
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Postby Tyriece » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:14 pm

I think the answer to that as more and more research and speculation develops is going to be, I dont know..
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Postby Shnercropolis » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:15 pm

???
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Postby Pecuniam (Ancient) » Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:57 pm

I hope that there is some sort of afterlife, not that I would be bothered if it turned out to be Valhalla instead of my Christian heaven, an extra life is sweet by me and it doesn't matter which!
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Postby Ancient Magmia » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:06 pm

Ideally, I would want to go to a peaceful afterlife.

But really, I don't know and it's not something I concern myself with.
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Postby Meridiani Planum » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:37 am

The Emerald Legion wrote:If you die, you might as well have never existed in the first place.


You have existed and have lived your life. Nothing can make that not the case, not even death. For the rest of eternity, you will have lived a human life.

So, it means everything that you have existed in the first place.
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Postby Ayreonia » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:37 am

Shaggai wrote:
The Emerald Legion wrote:
Fire Emits light.

As Hell is described as a lake of fire, Hell would, by nature, be a pretty bright place.

Most references to "hell" per se in the NT are actually translated from Gehenna. Gehenna was the place of the gnashing of teeth, where the fire never went out.

In other words, the Jerusalem city dump. The trash continuously burned, and wild animals fought over scraps of food. As they fought, their teeth would gnash.

That's right, hell is living in a garbage dump. Forever.

There are references to a "lake of fire" elsewhere, particularly Revelation, but... well... Revelation... All I'm going to say is that I think it should be declared the equivalent of the Inferno, so non-canon but still influential. There's no way to deny its influence, unfortunately. If you must have an apocalyptic book, use Good Omens.

Revelations is the single most awesome-badass passage in the Bible.
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Postby Shaggai » Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:56 am

Ayreonia wrote:
Shaggai wrote:Most references to "hell" per se in the NT are actually translated from Gehenna. Gehenna was the place of the gnashing of teeth, where the fire never went out.

In other words, the Jerusalem city dump. The trash continuously burned, and wild animals fought over scraps of food. As they fought, their teeth would gnash.

That's right, hell is living in a garbage dump. Forever.

There are references to a "lake of fire" elsewhere, particularly Revelation, but... well... Revelation... All I'm going to say is that I think it should be declared the equivalent of the Inferno, so non-canon but still influential. There's no way to deny its influence, unfortunately. If you must have an apocalyptic book, use Good Omens.

Revelations is the single most awesome-badass passage in the Bible.

No. Have you read the beginning of Ezekiel(which is an awesome name by itself)?

Besides, wouldn't Good Omens be even cooler than Revelation?
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Postby Maineiacs » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:04 am

Desocia wrote:I have sat down and thought about this for hours on end with no conclusion. I am an atheist but it is hard for my brain to register that all humans completely cease to exist when they die. It is easy to believe that when you die, you go to some magical world but I think that is a illogical way of thinking and understanding things. It is very unknown whether or not such a place exists and I think that is what scares me. I don't think anyone has a good understanding of what happens when a person dies, but I am going to throw it out there for NSG to discuss.

What happens after you die? Is there some sort of after life or do you completely cease to exist forever? Do you reincarnate into another living thing? Are scared to die?



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Postby The Flag Burning Hippie Comunists » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:51 am

You feel sad about not picking up that one-up, then you restart the level, and sometimes you can pay some coins to resurrect yourself.
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Postby Benuty » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:52 am

The Flag Burning Hippie Comunists wrote:You feel sad about not picking up that one-up, then you restart the level, and sometimes you can pay some coins to resurrect yourself.


The majority of hippies were hardly flag burning faux communists. I digress however that Skyrims version of the afterlife Sovengarde actually seems quite reasonable.
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Postby Crumlark » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:07 pm

Wasn't this left for a couple months?
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Postby Benuty » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:36 pm

Crumlark wrote:Wasn't this left for a couple months?


They allowed it since it didn't pass the mark for grave digging.
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Postby Anachronous Rex » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:38 pm

Benuty wrote:
Crumlark wrote:Wasn't this left for a couple months?


They allowed it since it didn't pass the mark for grave digging.

Also because an undead thread about an afterlife was too delicious an irony.
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Postby Benuty » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:40 pm

Anachronous Rex wrote:
Benuty wrote:
They allowed it since it didn't pass the mark for grave digging.

Also because an undead thread about an afterlife was too delicious an irony.


I just realized the dinosaur on your flag is wearing a top hat not a frill lol.
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Postby Pandeeria » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:17 pm

The Flag Burning Hippie Comunists wrote:You feel sad about not picking up that one-up, then you restart the level, and sometimes you can pay some coins to resurrect yourself.


That's the true reason for money.
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Postby Ayreonia » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:32 am

Shaggai wrote:
Ayreonia wrote:Revelations is the single most awesome-badass passage in the Bible.

No. Have you read the beginning of Ezekiel(which is an awesome name by itself)?

Besides, wouldn't Good Omens be even cooler than Revelation?

Remind me.
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