Do you think we meet God after we die?

[coachTanthony]

Yup

Nope

[msc545]

Yes, if you can get an appointment. God is very busy.

[strateguy632]

since god means endless so able each one parallel same time. about busy same endless to "follow" every being in the world.

[msc545]

@strateguy632 Your local pharmacy is having a sale on a sense of humor. Please purchase one.

[strateguy632]

people who mean a joke signal :)

[msc545]

Most people have to wait a while to see him

[msc545]

Thanks for MHO

[AnusNdaPainus]

So death is like “ Step into my office “

[lightbulb27]

I think I meet Jesus which is God and the energy which is God.

Possibly smacks us on the a$$ as we ent ther gates, and then we drop right back down to the world and be born again... in some cases... maybe as a new species. I see no evidence matter goes away, it just gets recycled... until a black hole squishes it to bits.

[AaronKrieger]

I don't believe we do, but if we did, then that would be cool. He's an ego-maniac if he exists or someone very bored (maybe both), although it would still be cool to see the creator of all things. If we were allowed to ask him questions, then I would have plenty for him and that would be an enlightening conversation.

[strateguy632]

to aa, content questions", god already sent the answers to the important questions and issues. if you wanna ask, then read his books. also the term ego maniac has meaning... not just a way to say you are angry at god. why do u think he is very bored? a parable, if i care about my lover i am INTERESTED in their day and experiences.

[AaronKrieger]

By questions, I meant shit like "how bored were you when you created everything" and just more personal type shit. The bible itself mainly has stories that are used as metaphors for guidance, but itself does not give any actual answers, since it contradicts strongly with science (hence why we call it faith).

Also, I'm not angry at God if he were real, but just stating objectively he is one and he likely is very bored. Think of it like a video game, if you have all the cheat codes and know everything, then it gets quite boring unless his "species" would be incapable of processing things in that way.

[strateguy632]

if you would read the Bible you would know those answers too. god did not create because boredom. it DID give answers. if it contradict science then 59%of england would not believe bible. they DO. a cheat is boring game but that is not the description.

[NathanDavis]

aren't you supposed to go to a waiting room or something...

and then one day he will show up to both, dead and alive?

[coachTanthony]

Maybe the hall way of bright light goes to the waiting room lol

[strateguy632]

to nath, you listened in class! correct.

[Siri137]

Even though I'm not an atheist, I have to say no, we don't. Belief in an afterlife, to me, seems like nothing more than wishful thinking, based upon an inability to accept that what we're going through right now is all there will ever be.

And for those who like to identify as Christians, the concept isn't biblical.

[Bricealan]

I'm sure I have an appointment... now... damn, where did I put that appointment?

Seriously though, coach... If I believed that I would be in church regularly, but sadly, or not, I have no religious faith.

[MidnightOwl57]

We have a lot of religious people on the site. I mean, what evidence do we have about his existence? And none of the people that died, have sent us a sign

[strateguy632]

to mid, at least one famous one died... and returned with a message... that students recorded in gospel john. if u wanna know see chapters 19 from verse 23 to end of john.

[slatyb]

@strateguy632 We have a story about that. There are lots of stories about fantastic events. We don't believe most them. I don't believe that one.

[slatyb]

@strateguy632 to you. To me it's just another myth, no more true than the twelve labors of Hercules.

[slatyb]

In other words, the Bible itself is not evidence for any of it's miraculous stories, and it doesn't present any.

[purplepoppy]

Given several people die every second does he see us individual or hold a rally once a week? Ghosts Ask God.

[strateguy632]

neither, he will "see" everyone on one day, billions kuz god means endless... well... like individual.

[Anemone978]

Yes but we don't get to meet him until judgement day for all!

[slatyb]

We don't meet anything. We're like a computer program running on a computer that has crashed and burned.

[strateguy632]

to sla, how can you claim that with any certainty?

[slatyb]

@strateguy632 All physical evidence is that our personality is a phenomenon of our physical brain. Brain damage can change someone's personality. There's no evidence that we have existence separate from our physical bodies.

[strateguy632]

since when is "lack of evidence" proof? you are guilty because "There's no evidence that" you are innocent?

[msc545]

@slatyb Where in the brain do you think personality is located?

[slatyb]

@msc545 It's not located in a specific part of the brain. What does "personality" mean? Behavior. That is partly innate, partly genetic, and partly learned.

[slatyb]

@strateguy632 Science can't explain something to the last detail so it must be magic? Or "I don't like the idea that I am mortal, so I'll pretend that there's something more even though there's nothing to support that belief." People can make infinite magical claims, but without any physical evidence to support them, I'm going to live my life as if they are not true.

[msc545]

If it's not located in a specific part of the brain there where is it? Personality and behavior are not the same thing. What is it that is " partly innate, partly genetic, and partly learned"?

[slatyb]

@msc545 We don't have a complete understanding of how memory is stored, but we're getting closer daily. "What is it?" We perceive personality from patterns of behavior. It's not some fourth-dimensional magic.

[slatyb]

I'm not a neuroscientist.

[msc545]

I am. With all due respect, you are kind of a bit off on some of this.

[slatyb]

@msc545 I'm highly skeptical of that claim.

[slatyb]

Anyway, it should be easy for you to give me a link to a reviewed paper suggesting that there is some portion of our personality that is non-material.

[msc545]

We cannot even describe what you refer to as personality in neuroscience.

[msc545]

Which claim is it that you're skeptical of?

[slatyb]

@msc545 the cousin that we have any existence separate from our physical bodies, that human behavior is something more than just biochemistry

[msc545]

I am skeptical of it too but correlating human emotions and cognition with any biological structures Is exceedingly difficult at best and mostly an utter failure. Have a look at a book called the ghost in the machine by Arthur Kessler to further understand the dilemma here.

[slatyb]

@msc545 I understand that it's difficult. That doesn't mean it's due to some currently unknown physical process. We can't really point to the part of Alpha-zero that decides on a particular move either.

[msc545]

Okay to go to real extremes and out on a limb here. Consider the fact that human motivations and behavior and many other things seem far too complex to be stored in a human brain, and yet the apparently are or they are stored in an area that we have no ability to observe as yet. This ties directly into quantum mechanics, which in turn ties innately into what we would both probably consider as theology. The current endpoint of cosmology implies theology. I too find that intellectually and logically offensive, yet there it is at least for now.

[msc545]

When we describe something as being magic or magical, but we really mean is that we don't understand it and even worse we don't have the ability to understand it, at least as yet. In many cases, it means that we simply do not have advanced enough technology to even observe it. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[slatyb]

@msc545 by "magic" I don't mean "complex physical processes not completely understood". There is are a lot of those, because biochemistry is subtle and complex. I mean "by some physical phebomenon external to the universe as we understand it" which would be required for human consciousness to continue after death. There's no evidence for that.

[msc545]

There is no clear evidence, but there are many unexplained things in cosmology that suggest there is a long more to this than we can presently see or measure.

[msc545]

Wow! I almost asked you what consciousness is and remembered that I probably shouldn't ask that after all.

[Ms_Facesitter]

I don't know because it hasn't happened yet. It's hard to say yes or no to this if we only have one life.

[strateguy632]

to ms, yes unless... spiritual information was transmitted to prophets.

[jshm2]

Only if you're going to heaven. Why would God want to meet those going to Hell?

[strateguy632]

the decision of judgment is before sending them to whatever punishment.

[kevypatyy7]

After Death, we come before The Almighty God for judgement according to my religious beliefs

[Pete671]

Maybe, but only if you're Catholic, Protestants have to make do with sub-contractors or trainee Angels lol,,,

[strateguy632]

to pete, tnx for the laugh. you hinted that catholics always have intermediary called priests n bishops. brilliant.

[Anonymous]

I don't believe in the existence of a God, so no.

[malwins4]

im not a christian but exorcisms are real, so how can there be no God?

[malwins4]

even in my hometown sometimes they perform exorcisms in a public ass church

[slatyb]

Experience are not real.

[slatyb]

Exorcisms are not real in the sense of casting out demons. They happen but they are in no way healing.

[Anonymous]

I believe in his existence, but I don't think he will meet and shake hands with all of us after we die

[najekim]

We'll find out when we die what's really behind the eternal sleep.

[FreyaRed]

You don't have any consciousness in afterlife until your new reborn.

[richardcory]

Probably not, but if I do, He has some explaining to do.

[strateguy632]

if he is a king, kings don't need to explain...

[richardcory]

@strateguy632 No He doesn't. But if he wants my worship, there are things I need to know first.

[strateguy632]

if you read boble he never commanded that. just other stuff.

[richardcory]

@strateguy632 Romans 12:1 is often interpreted as a demand for worship. But of course interpretations vary.

[Dargil]

Not conversationally. But those facing and clearing judgement are reunited with the Godhead.

[Sarah2023]

I believe this is a higher power.. but really not sure.

[Anonymous]

No, you are either burned to ashes or you become maggot food.

[Googlemyahoo]

You meet worms

[strateguy632]

also true. and observation supported this.

[OfDeath]

I don't think that.

[Pterodon]

I know you’ll at least meet his son Jesus

[BCRanger10]

Yes, we do.

[strateguy632]

we will meet.

[DizzyDesii]

Yess