Life after death or reincarnation?

@Rumple (301)
South Africa
January 18, 2007 4:20pm CST
What do you think happens when we die. Ive heard some people have actually died and then come back to life shorty after, obviously due to paramedics being there. Are there any of you out there willing to share your story and if you saw anything or experienced anything. If not then what do you think happens... Do we come back as another person just being born, do we come back as something else, do we go on to an afterlife... what? Obviously this is dependant on your religion but if you put that aside, if you can do that, then what would you say happens to us...
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@geetudi (29)
• India
19 Jan 07
I have heard that after 43000 lives one can get birth in humans.
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• Canada
19 Jan 07
sounds sort of familar
• Canada
19 Jan 07
sounds sort of familiar. . . I've als heard that we'll have lived 8million lives by the time we're all said and done. . . And that really, all we are is dust in the wind, . . . evolving towards our next destinations. I'll cut here, lest this be too many words 4 yas : )
@Poison86 (121)
• Bulgaria
19 Jan 07
I believe in rebirth.
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@maru_047in (1007)
• India
19 Jan 07
I believe in it cause i have a feeling that my brother in law has come has his son only cause my brother in law is no more and he is exactly a xerox copy of him including his eyes and all facial and body parts to look when he was young and v dont have feeling of my brother in law that he is not here
@marslynn (21)
• United States
19 Jan 07
I believe in heaven and hell.I think when you die you are asleep until the day of judgement and then you will be judged by your works in front of God and everyone. I had heart surgery about a year ago.When they were getting me ready for surgeery my heart stopped. I remember seeing a child and I could not tell if it was a boy or girl but the child took my hand and said that wasn't so bad was it? There was no white light or anything just that child and it was so peaceful,I was not scared at all.And then the next thing I know there are nurses pounding on my chest and yelling for the crash cart. I do believe the bible,there is a heaven.
• United States
18 Jan 07
So difficult to really know. I do believe that there is an afterlife though. That is what I was taught all my life and so I'm inclined to believe it. I simply do not believe that we come back and start life again as another human or as an animal. Ofcourse I'm sure that if I had been taught reincarnation as a child that I'd probably believe in that philosophy just as much. Since there is no way to really know I would guess that most people do stick with whatever philosophy they were taught as a child. What do you believe???
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@Rumple (301)
• South Africa
19 Jan 07
Im not really sure what i believe as i dont follow a religion as such. I just find the topic interesting and i like throwing ideas around and seeing what other people come up with. Thanks for the comment
• United States
19 Jan 07
i guess we will never really know until it happens to us, but i believe in the after life of heaven or hell. ive had a dog once that was extremely smart and seemed to understand exactly what we were talking about, even if we spelled it out in front of him and i used to tell my mom that he was a person that came back as a dog. but i truly dont believe it, it was just odd.
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@nicky35 (747)
19 Jan 07
i would love to think we go somewhere else or become someone else but i think we just become nothing.it really upsets me and i go dizzy with panick if i think about it too much.i dont want to loose who i am and never see my family and my kids again.life is a truly amazing gift that should be treasured and enjoyed,its precious and beautiful and so very breif.i hope there is something else though i really do
• United States
19 Jan 07
This is a fascinating subject that I think about alot. I was raised as a Christian, but I do wonder what happens after we die. I believe there could be an afterlife, but I don't rule out the possibility of reincarnation. It is a mystery that no one can really answer.
• Romania
19 Jan 07
When you die,you close youre eyes ant that's it.There is no afterlife no nothing,you just decompose after a while and return to the ground.There is no miracle or something like that.People want to believe that there is life beyond deth,but i don't believe there is.
• Romania
19 Jan 07
I really think that there is heaven and hell but hope the rullz are not that strict :))
19 Jan 07
No one can be certain with this topic but i like to believe that when you die you are reincarnated into your most favourite animal. I lost my mom 3 years ago and she loved dolphins, i have a dolphin tattoo on my back in memory for her but i like to believe she was reincarnated and is now a dolphin swimming free in the ocean.
• New Zealand
19 Jan 07
im not sure. i have been brought up to belive in science and evolution but honestly i hope there is a god of some sort or reincarnation