did you ever actually believe in heaven/hell

[snorkel]

if you still do then don't reply, your opinion isn't really worthwhile.

I remember thinking, even when I was small, that adults were just using an elaborate metaphor/fantasy similar to the easter bunny or santa to explain some concept which I could not yet understand. then of course as the intelligence of fresh youth alighted like dew on cattails upon me I gained a more realistic perspective.

[Andria]

I did when  I was young like maybe 5-10

[just1more]

Maybe when I was little. But I don't really anymore. I mean, it would be cool if there were, but I don't think they exist.

[Socks]

my family was never religious, besides church for weddings, death's etc... so i never really believed in it nor had a reason to even care about the issue (what normal child is consumed with possible death and possible judgment?), the church stuff was just something i did on occasion because my parents went, beyond that there was little thought or care

[Hiro]

I have this idea about death that I don't necessarily believe in: when you die, all your energy transfers into everything around you, and you become reincarnated through your spiritual energy eventually transferring to another conscious organism. It's kind of a cool idea, but still far-fetched lol

[Socks]

I have this idea about death that I don't necessarily believe in: when you die, all your energy transfers into everything around you, and you become reincarnated through your spiritual energy eventually transferring to another conscious organism. It's kind of a cool idea, but still far-fetched lol

lol what is state of mater and conservation of energy... anymore than that is fluff

[Hiro]

lol what is state of mater and conservation of energy... anymore than that is fluff

how would that go against those laws? 

But yes obviously, it's just a silly idea I thought sounded neat.

[Socks]

how would that go against those laws? 

it does not, your "neat" idea is nothing more than a perversion of those laws with fluff 

[snorkel]

how would that go against those laws?  

But yes obviously, it's just a silly idea I thought sounded neat.

he was saying that yes, obviously the energy keeping your body alive goes somewhere when you die, but it's not any different than the energy that leaves your car engine when you turn it off.

I really like the idea of perfect nothingness

[Socks]

I really like the idea of perfect nothingness

so simple and elegant

[Hiro]

it does not, your "neat" idea is nothing more than a perversion of those laws with fluff 

I am aware of this

It's just a neat idea though.
Like your soul is just a part of energy that stays in your body your whole life and when you die that spirit energy is transported elsewhere
Just a silly idea is all

[YPrrrr]

I really like the idea of perfect nothingness

Why, it's not like you'll experience it

[Socks]

Like your soul is just a part of energy that stays in your body your whole life and when you die that spirit energy is transported elsewhere

i don't see why you're trying to mystify this concept or give it special meaning (only with humans apparently hmmm) beyond a neutral and conscious-less physical law of nature

[Hiro]

i don't see why you're trying to mystify this concept or give it special meaning (only with humans apparently hmmm) beyond a neutral and conscious-less physical law of nature

I'm not god damnit 
It's just a stupid meaningless thought I once had, that I found interesting.

[Socks]

but the way things work is already beautiful and very very interesting, as should all aspects of existence be