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When it comes to the afterlife and the meaning of life, what do you identify as?

Poll: When it comes to the afterlife and the meaning of life, what do you identify as?
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Religious, we were put here by a higher entity to serve Him, therefore our lives have metaphysical meaning, and there is an afterlife.
0%
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Religious, our lives hold metaphysical meaning, we're not necessarily here to serve a god, but there probably is an afterlife.
0%
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Atheist, our lives here hold metaphysical meaning, I don't rule out the possibility of an afterlife.
5.88%
 1 5.88%
Atheist, our lives hold some sort of metaphysical meaning, but I'm pretty sure there is no afterlife.
5.88%
 1 5.88%
Atheist, our lives hold no metaphysical meaning, and I'm pretty sure there is no afterlife.
52.94%
 9 52.94%
Atheist, our lives hold no metaphysical meaning whatsoever, and there is definitely not an afterlife.
35.29%
 6 35.29%
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When it comes to the afterlife and the meaning of life, what do you identify as?
May 25, 2013 at 1:15 pm (This post was last modified: May 25, 2013 at 1:22 pm by CleanShavenJesus.)
I thought this would be interesting.

I thought "metaphysical" would be the best word to describe a feeling that our life has meaning to it.
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RE: When it comes to the afterlife and the meaning of life, what do you identify as?
May 25, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Your question does not compute.

I do not have any experience on after lifes, not even before lives, unless you're going buddhist on me. To the best of my knowlege it isn't that bad.
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May 25, 2013 at 2:00 pm
I think I'm starting to realize how much of pessimist I really am.

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RE: When it comes to the afterlife and the meaning of life, what do you identify as?
May 25, 2013 at 3:08 pm
At first I thought the poll would be for indicating the nature of the afterlife we anticipate. Since "mulch" wasn't available I find my position is not represented.
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May 25, 2013 at 5:51 pm

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May 25, 2013 at 10:26 pm
When it comes to the afterlife I will identify as "dead."

Oh, wait. No I won't Know why?

BECAUSE I"LL BE FUCKING DEAD.
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May 25, 2013 at 10:31 pm
What is an afterlife? What is metaphysical meaning?

Given the knowledge I have, I can only identify as: Atheist, currently alive.
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May 26, 2013 at 12:50 am
I kinda believe in one.
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May 26, 2013 at 8:31 am
None of those questions I would ascribe to as I think metaphysical is merely language constructs and decidedly do not have any real application in the real world, and as such you can't ascribe meaning for ones life with just the metaphysical, I need experience of life to make any sense of it as well. They're fun to play with though.
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May 26, 2013 at 12:47 pm
I think I'll amend my answer to mulch if my hunch is correct, BBQ if not.
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