Hi,

I'd like to talk about aethiesm and spirituality and life after death.

Right now, today, I feel a bit lost. I tried to connect to athiests in my area, but they didn't have the same values as me. I still believe in respecting my elders, helping the less fortunate, etc. I just don't believe that I owe this service to a higher being. It would be a lot easier if I did believe. I wish I could. Maybe you can help me?

This universe that we live in; our lives; our dreams and aspirations are not  the end of the plan that  God has for us? Could this only be the beginning and there are so many other things that are left for us to live ( in this way or another way) after we die on this earth and this universe.?

My firsr try at a 'thread' --

I've been reading a little about heaven, the concepts from ancient Egypt on...

The number of concepts and description are amazing.

I don't believe in any of 'em but parts of all...it's a nice concept, probably with dim beginnings when man first realized/feared  death.

Some things I like : The Taoist unconcern thinking that being and non being are merely  opposites...

Okay, so I am doing an ISU for philosophy and I was wondering if anyone could help! Its the evolution of an idea, so I pick a question and basically try to answer it or get new insight at the very least. I chose the question "Do we live more than one life?", so if you have any thoughts to add or would like to discuss then please post! Thanks for your help!

I've been wondering about this lately. I believe in life after death, but I don't think we'll all be plucking harps in the clouds once inside the pearly gates with a long-bearded God. So where do we go after we die and what will it be like? What do you think heaven is like?

I was brought up to believe that if you where good, you would go to heaven. And as long as you didn't commit a serious crime like rape, murder, or anything like that you could still go. if you did, you would go to hell.