What happens when you die..(Atheists encouraged to reply)

[mark 45]

21 hours ago, Rev. Calli said:

Greetings to you my brother,

 

cough cough...ahem?  Is this really what you think of me?  

 

In solidarity,

Rev. Calli

 

i would also hope that for as long as we have"known"each other,you do not feel that way.i have a great deal of respect for you or i would not have requested your help at various times.

 

i get nervous when people ask me,what happens after you die,and then try to stuff a boat load of verses from their book down my throat.my answer is simple;like the buddha said:"no one has come back to tell me".

 

if someone finds whatever they are looking for in life,from wherever that's all good.

[mieshec]

 

"The World I Know"
 

Has our conscience shown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.
I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why.

Are we listening?
Hymns of offering.
Have we eyes to see?
Love is gathering.
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
Into one.

So I walk up on high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

 

Collective Soul

 

[mieshec]

 

"The World I Know"
 

Has our conscience shown?
Has the sweet breeze blown?
Has all kindness gone?
Hope still lingers on.
I drink myself of newfound pity
Sitting alone in New York City
And I don't know why.

Are we listening?
Hymns of offering.
Have we eyes to see?
Love is gathering.
All the words that I've been reading
Have now started the act of bleeding
Into one.

So I walk up on high
And I step to the edge
To see my world below.
And I laugh at myself
While the tears roll down.
'Cause it's the world I know.
It's the world I know.

 

Collective Soul

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by mieshec

[Rev. Calli]

20 hours ago, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

 

 

Silly man.  You're a friend who is also a preacher.  Not the same thing at all.

 

I don't need my friends to agree with me.

 

Greetings to you my brother,

 

Woo...I was worried for a moment there.  

 

In solidarity,

Rev. Calli

[Rev. Calli]

2 hours ago, mark 45 said:

i would also hope that for as long as we have"known"each other,you do not feel that way.i have a great deal of respect for you or i would not have requested your help at various times.

 

i get nervous when people ask me,what happens after you die,and then try to stuff a boat load of verses from their book down my throat.my answer is simple;like the buddha said:"no one has come back to tell me".

 

if someone finds whatever they are looking for in life,from wherever that's all good.

Greetings to you my brother,

 

Thou art indeed wise my dear friend.  While I, of course, have no doubt that there is an afterlife, I have no clear idea of what it will actually be like, other than good.  

 

In solidarity,

Rev. Calli

[Jonathan H. B. Lobl]

1 hour ago, Rev. Calli said:

Greetings to you my brother,

 

Woo...I was worried for a moment there.  

 

In solidarity,

Rev. Calli

 

 

No need.  The light in your heart shines brightly.  There is nothing scary about you.        

 

Seriously, I don't need my friends to agree with me.   Our disagreements don't bother me at all.  Of course you're going to proclaim your truth.  This is the place for it.    

[Jonathan H. B. Lobl]

2 hours ago, Rev. Calli said:

Greetings to you my brother,

 

Thou art indeed wise my dear friend.  While I, of course, have no doubt that there is an afterlife, I have no clear idea of what it will actually be like, other than good.  

 

In solidarity,

Rev. Calli

 

My Agnostic reasoning tells me that when death comes, there are two possibilities.  Either something happens, or nothing happens.  If it's nothing, I won't even find out.

 

If it's something, there are two possibilities.  Either it's conscious or it's not conscious.  If it's not conscious, I won't even find out.  If it is conscious -- it will be a once in a life time experience.     

 

Either way, life is short.  I'll know soon enough.  Or not.       

 

 

[Rev. Calli]

39 minutes ago, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

 

My Agnostic reasoning tells me that when death comes, there are two possibilities.  Either something happens, or nothing happens.  If it's nothing, I won't even find out.

 

If it's something, there are two possibilities.  Either it's conscious or it's not conscious.  If it's not conscious, I won't even find out.  If it is conscious -- it will be a once in a life time experience.     

 

Either way, life is short.  I'll know soon enough.  Or not.       

 

 

Greetings to you my brother,

 

Be like Woody Allen, who once quipped "I don't believe in an afterlife, but I am taking a change of underware."

 

In solidarity,

Rev. Calli

[Jonathan H. B. Lobl]

Maybe you heard about the man who took his gold with him to the afterlife?  He's dragging two heavy suit cases and St. Peter wants to know what he's doing.

 

He explained.  "God gave me special permission to bring my gold with me."

 

St. Peter said, "It's alright with me, but we have enough pavement."

 

[mark 45]

8 hours ago, Jonathan H. B. Lobl said:

Maybe you heard about the man who took his gold with him to the afterlife?  He's dragging two heavy suit cases and St. Peter wants to know what he's doing.

 

He explained.  "God gave me special permission to bring my gold with me."

 

St. Peter said, "It's alright with me, but we have enough pavement."