Near death experience of Howard Storm

[Excited Penguin]

I do have a serious question for all of you.

Would you WANT this story to be real?

Would it make you happy if it were? Or would you still hate the idea of God and afterlife even after reading this story which paints God and the afterlife in such a positive light?

Would you rather it all be a farce, and that we all just die when we die and there is no loving God?

I am not one of those atheists who will tell you how blasé they are about the whole death thing. I find the idea of not existing any more (or my loved ones) very disturbing and would be unspeakably relieved to find that there is an afterlife or some such scenario, as long as it has a chance to be an overall positive experience.

An afterlife is impossible, given what we know about the world. The brain doesn't survive death, and without the brain you have no awareness. It's possible however that we might devise ways to extend our lifetimes indefinitely. That would be a great thing. We would still have to worry about murder though, or accidental death - or something like that.

Would you want to live for thousands of years? I would. I don't know why anyone wouldn't. Life isn't an unpleasant experience, overall (well, of course, that doesn't hold true for everyone), and it's natural to want to survive.