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[–]booge41[S] 1 point2 points ago*

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Really makes you think. so many un answered questions , so much we don't know, you're ignorant if you can't accept the reality of things.

[–]awesomechemist 1 point2 points ago

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But, even if it were true, can you remember your past self? Do you know who you were, what you did, where you went? No. That is the same as dying. You stop existing in your current state, and even if "you" were to be reborn, you wouldn't really be you, would you?

[–]booge41[S] 1 point2 points ago

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Why ask questions if you already know the answer? How do YOU know we don't remember our past life if after this one? You might or might not be you in your current form, maybe you gain a new form but keep your mind? Who can say they truly know what happens to us after we die? Religion has its beliefs but where is the proof..the evidence?

[–]Urrrrughhhh 1 point2 points ago

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You're ignorant if you don't know the difference between "accept" and "except."

[–]booge41[S] 1 point2 points ago

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I do and see the mistake now. I know my grammar and I "accept" your criticism. Thank you

[–]Urrrrughhhh 1 point2 points ago

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As Mr. Miyagi would say, "Welcome."

[–]active_aypathy 1 point2 points ago

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I don't think babies generally come out with their eyes open?

[–]booge41[S] -1 points0 points ago

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Ya but what if we aren't babies in the "next" life? This can go on and on im just saying we don't really know and nobody can tell us. Just makes me think is all. Marijuana will do that to me Haha.

[–]Downwithlockwood 0 points1 point ago

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That would be a pleasant surprise, but we cannot know this. Until we die we will not know who was right, or if anyone at all was right. That is the sad thing we cannot tell because nobody that dies long enough to decide whether or not there was anything there, is dead.

I would love for there to be an afterlife, but I cannot honestly tell myself there is one, for that would be untruthful to myself, and I do not want to be like those who lie to make themselves feel better about death.