Question
Do you think an afterlife exists? If so, what theories surround its existence?
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Answer
There are beliefs that surround the existence of an afterlife, not theories. Theories are based upon observable evidence and can be tested to the point where they lose validity. Beliefs are based upon human needs, in this case the need to feel that we cannot cease to exist. As we cannot avoid seeing and experiencing death all around us, we choose to believe that it can be overcome by means of moving to another plane of existence, and therefore we cheat death. All faiths and systems of religion are founded by human beings can anyone name a religious belief that has not sprung from human experiencehowever it is claimed to be informed by some God or other? Can anyone produce credible evidence of Creation that does not have to be interpreted in accordance with some religious text or other? Rational human beings can conclude that there has been no hard evidence produced that can be verified by independent witnesseswhich means nonbelievers of any kind of conscious existence after death. Yes we are all stardust, energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be transformed, etc.etc, so in that sense we can be said to continue to exist after death but only in the same way as we existed before life. Outside of our need to feel that, if death can be overcome life has a purpose, there is no evidence of anything once we have shuffled off our Mortal coil.
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