This will happen when you die.
Posted on | August 26, 2006 | 5 Comments
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a handbook telling you what will happen to you when you die? A sort of manual telling you in detail how you will spend eternity?
I am not gonna preach about what the bible or the koran for that matter says about these issues. I am about to reveal to you what I have believed in since the age of 15 – 16, and how this believe has guided me through life so far.
I belong to “the church of I don’t know’ers”. Never heard of it? No? Are you sure? Of course there is no such church, because not knowing is the same as not believing you might think. The answer to that question is “not neccesarily”.
Let me give you a bit of background to how I came to the revolutionary conclusion that I don’t know what will happen to me when I die.
I grew up in a very religous family. My father became a christian at the age of 26. His believe in Jesus Christ as his personal savior was very much so – being litterarily saved from becoming an alcoholic as his father. My point is not to babble away about my fathers believes, but rather to give a background to the extreme worshipping of Jesus that I grew up with.
Now, with the background above – how did it happen that I decided to leave the religion I was thought from my childhood? I mean, my two brothers and my sister are christians, so what made me reject the truth that I was thought?
The answer is logic. As the classical philosophers based their philosophies on their logic, so do I. I started reading “adult” books early in life. By adult-books I mean books written for adults, and not for children. Initially I read these books because I thought it was cool to be different (not because I had a genuine interest in them). Later on I saw that I had developed differently than my siblings.
When I was in primary school I loved asking the teacher about the questions that was tumbling around in my head. My favourite one was (and still is): What is time, and why does it exist?
Forgive me for blabbering a bit there 
Back to the subject: What will happen to you when you die?
Have you ever though about the possibility that nothing will happen. Is it possible that when we die, we don’t exist any more? My goodness! Does my life really matter so little?
Ask yourself: Does an ant wonder what will happen to it when it dies? No? Why not? Do you think the ants go to an ant-heaven when their life is over, or do you think they simply stop existing? I believe they simply vanish.
Another question: If there was a God ruling over our lifes, do you think it would matter to him/she/it what we believe in? Put in another way: Does it matter to you if the ant believes that you exist?
A lot of questions there..
I believe that it does not matter at all if I believe or not. If there is a God, he does not need me to believe in him to exist. If my soul goes to some place when I die, it will do so regardless of what I believed in this life.
What do you think? Am I totally off, or did the above make you think about it?
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April 7th, 2007 @ 21:52
[...] another post I wrote about my personal believe – or the lack of believe in god so I will not talk so much about [...]
October 3rd, 2007 @ 20:07
What if you were different? Do you REALLY believe you are same as an ant? Then somebody can say it would be no problem if somebody just squashes you under his shoe. I believe that you have underestimated yourself. You are much more valuable than you think. Your life can not be for nothing. We might even sometimes underestimate an ant. I would say definitely there is a reason for it to be. Just look at yourself and see what you see.
October 3rd, 2007 @ 21:00
Hi Mahi, and thanks for your comment.
If I think I am the same as an ant? Yeah, why should I not be? The main difference between me and the ant when it comes to believes is the size of the brain, and therefore the capacity to wonder.
I do not underestimate myself in what I say in the post. I simply acknowledge the fact that we are all equal, humans and the other species alike. I believe the species are worth the same. We are simply equipped with different sets of pro’s and con’s.
Would it be right to squash me under your shoe? Well, I would sertainly not like it, but is it any different from doing the same thing to the ant?
October 15th, 2007 @ 19:31
Dear Bjorn,
To me, the difference in the sizes of brains is not significant when I campare that to size of the entire universe or to sub atomic particles.The sizes (and also times) are not what is important. there is practically no difference between me and an ant and the solar system in that sense. we are all relatively infinite small.
Yes. If all of us beleive in a creator one day, or all not in another day, that would not harm the creator in any way. But in our side that would be different.
If it wasn’t that the mercyful had cared about us we were absolute zero; and we had no way to recognize him. There are something that you find in your life that are not limited to size or time scales. Ypu can’t say you have not experienced any such moment in your life.
Thanks,
Mahi
October 15th, 2007 @ 19:42
Good thoughts you have going there Mahi.
As I said in the article, I come form a very religious family, and yes – I have experienced what people often refer to as “miracles”. The thing is that I have always had a different interpretation of those miracles then what is usual – at least within Christianity.
Going into that require an entire post by it’s own though. I’ll see if I get the time to write about it some day.