What happens to you when you die?

[Violet]

Here's the deal. I've heard a lot of atheists say that "Nothing happens to me when I die. I just end." This almost seems like a claim to knowledge. To me, to state that when one dies they blink into nothingness is almost a ... belief. Why not stay more open minded and say "I have utterly no idea..."?

Well... those atheists would be incorrect. You die when you die, and that is not all that happens to you when you die. You may be bleeding when you die... you may be blasted apart when you die... you might even be burning when you die.

It is a belief... and how is that a bad thing (as you seem to view it as such?)? I would suggest you think about this quote, "Be always aware... or was that oblivious?"-Flemeth.

Mine: I don't have a single clue what happens to whatever 'me' is when I die.

I should think you have many clues. Look there! A clue! ^_^ Perhaps you simply don't perceive or recognize them... v_v

I don't know if I will blink into nothingness any more than if I will wake up staring at Hades' boatman.

You really don't know? Funny... I do I might be wrong, but I sure as hell know my fate

I hope there is some sort of an afterlife, maybe something akin to Valhalla where everyone that has ever lived is there but at the same time I want to be practically all-powerful (so I can look back in time and see 'what really happened', among other things).

Why would you hope that? Who is this "everyone"? Why not expand it and invite all things that have ever existed, and ever will exist... or perhaps more accurately: all of existence? And why would you want to see "what really happened"... wouldn't that be flawed thinking, as one would still have a subjective viewpoint?

I approach death with curiosity.

I don't... because I will either be dead, or I will adapt.

What is everyone's position on death? What say you?

Word for fucking word:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1N...re=related

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Well, the evidence suggests that nothing happens. Why? Because consciousness depends on the brain, and once one dies the brain ceases to function.

Rather... is it not the lack of evidence that suggests that one does not carry their life over after "death"?

Of course, no one really knows, in the same way no one can really know anything for certain.

I disagree wholly with this statement... as I can most decisively know a thing. This doesn't mean I'm right... but it does mean I know I am.

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Death is what ensures that meaning is contained in our life.

In what way do you mean, Rabbit? Is it not observation and interpretation of our life that gives it meaning?