Life after death?

[Jenny A]

How come nobody every asks if there is life before you are born? Obviously you don't remember anything before you exist, why do you expect to be aware afterwards?

Oddles of people have asked that question. The Catholic answer was, or is limbo. I think the Mormons have a pre-birth concept. And then there's reincarnation which supposes you were here on earth being someone else.

But I agree with Twain: " “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”


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The Old Testament doctrine doesn't teach heaven and hell. It teaches obedience and an ass whipping if you don't toe the line.

Maybe that's why we need to stop saying "The Bible says so-and-so." It contains a spectrum of people and their experiences.
Before Jesus, death was the end as much as it might be for some of you. The doctrine of any kind of permanency of the human being was part of Jesus' reform of Judaism.

Interesting idea. Is it orthodox Catholic or all your own?

It suggests a truly horrible god who was willing to let Moses and many others die while he put off the blood sacrifice thing.