Pagans, what happens when you die?

[dranzal]

Since conciousness tied to the physical body, I expect that after I die my conciousness will cease to exist. I will be as I was before I was conceived…not existent as “me”. My stuff will be recycled.

I never found the idea of an after life to be compelling as a reason for this life. This life…is about this life. We are here to live and experience this life, in this form, at this time. That is pretty spectacular.

I do not expect to see my loved ones again.

cheddar

I’m so sorry. My first thought was, how profoundly sad. Especially that last line. Wow.

 

[deb1]

No, I am not dying. However, my beautiful son died last year. gabrielanzalone.tributeforyou.com

I am firm in my belief. Another passage from the Bible that is every bit as powerful as you quote is: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor heart conceived of what God has ready for those who love Him. For the record, there is no reason to assume that animals won’t be in the resurrected earth after the final judgement. Indeed, earth is but heaven’s womb. Everything “good” here is a mere shadow of its heavenly counterpart.

Now, please don’t say you’re sorry for me…instead…say you can’t wait to meet him when we join him and to meet our Father who awaits us all.

The thought that there are loved ones waiting in heaven for me comforts me so greatly. I know that my beloved grandmother, father and mother are there praying for me.

Your son was very beautiful.

 

[deb1]

Not at all, but I am on the Non-Catholic Religions section, so it is not outside the realm of possibility that I might encounter either a) a non-Christian, b) a non-Catholic or c) a Catholic who might be willing to admit that other religions actually exist, whether or not they believe them to be true or The True religion.

For instance, I frequently encounter people who, while they disagree with the beliefs, will admit that Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Ba’hai, Judaism, etc are “real” religions while saying that those under the umbrella of Neopaganism are not “real,” but just a bunch of rebellious teenagers playing dressup to shock their elders. People are also ambiguous in their use of the term Pagan/pagan, often refusing to capitalize the proper noun when referring to one of the religions usually referred to as Pagan or Neopagan. Since the poster said “poor pagan and atheistic people…I hope that at least some of them will eventually convert to some real faith,” rather than “the true faith,” I thought I would ask for clarification.

Granted, I was teasing you a bit, which doesn’t always come across in writing. Sometimes what is meant as light hearted is seen as sarcasm, so I apologize if I came across that way.

I can understand that it would be irksome to not have your religion considered a “true faith.” But your faith, as practiced today is very new compared to the others that you have listed. Christianity went several centuries before the culture at large took it serious. I would imagine that this is true of most religions.

 

[KarenNC]

I can understand that it would be irksome to not have your religion considered a “true faith.” But your faith, as practiced today is very new compared to the others that you have listed. Christianity went several centuries before the culture at large took it serious. I would imagine that this is true of most religions.

Understood and fully agreed. I should have added a smiley after my first paragraph.

I did a fuller explanation in hopes that the person to whom I was replying might realize that it was a serious question, not sarcastic or a poke at her.

 

[pagan_soul]

**What happens to you when you die? **
I don’t know. I have things I’d like to think happens, but truthfully until I experience it I won’t know.
**
Do you believe in a soul? **
Yes.

Do you believe that humans have something unique that other creatures/living things do not? If so, what happens to it?
Yes. I don’t know.

I really prefer not to obsess about what happens after I die. I focus on living while I’m alive. I trust that everything will work out as it should.