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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:40 PM
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If I don't believe in heaven or hell
do I go to heaven or to hell or return to the earth?
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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:45 PM
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1. Who knows?
I believe in reincarnation from insights I had from meditation but ultimately, no one knows so best not to worry about it.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:47 PM
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3. I wouldn't worry either
I too believe in reincarnation and have had a few memories. I do believe in the spiritual realm from my own experiences but I'd let the powers that be worry about it. Just live your life and have no regrets. :) That's my motto now in life. Don't worry and no regrets.
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Selteri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:14 PM
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9. Don't sweat it
Just live your life the best you can.

I believe in Reincarnation strongly too... even if it's just that everything in this universe seems to recycle itself over and over, ad nauseum.

At one time, I was part of a really big star! We all were!
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Dr Ron Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:46 PM
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2. Speaking of heaven and hell. . .
did you hear the one where both Bill Clinton and the Pope die the same day. Due to a snafu, Bill Clinton goes to Heaven and the Pope is sent to Hell.

After a few hours they correct the mix up and the two meet when Bill Clinton, on the down escalator, passes the Pope on the way up.

Bill Clinton tells the Pope he had a great time in Heaven and should love it there.

The Pope says, "I can't wait to get to Heaven. The first thing I've always wanted to do when I got to Heaven has been to meet the Virgin Mary."

Bill Clinton responds, looking a bit guilty, "Too late. What's the second thing you've wanted to do?"
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:43 PM
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26. LOL!
I hadn't heard that one. Good one.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:48 PM
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4. Maybe none of those> n/t
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:53 PM
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5. Good question
I think we are born again. Just hope you don't come as a republican.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 07:54 PM
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6. I rather enjoy the thought of being fertilizer
seems productive and good for the earth

Don't mind being bug food either.

Cremate me and put me in somebody's mulch heap...then use me to feed the earth that way.

Or just let me be placed in the ground to decompose and feed the soil...and the bugs.





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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:00 PM
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7. Green Party member are we?
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:08 PM
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8. Nope
stereotype much? :) (I'm picking at ya playfully)
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Retired AF Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:19 PM
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10. What is wrong with being laid out on top of the ground?
buzzards have to eat to. :)
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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:22 PM
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12. I prefer to be
Mummified and then buried with all my posessions into a great tomb that can last for all time.

Or something lesser is still fine.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:26 PM
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14. and thousands of years from now someone "discovers" your
tomb and they charge admission...better get it in writing that all monies go to your descendants. :)
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Tux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:32 PM
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16. Screw decendants
Have that money do something useful. I'll have it be donated to ACLU.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:24 PM
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13. You're correct, of course
but I gotta admit to that thought not sitting to well with me :)

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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:19 PM
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11. You're Reincarnated... So One Goal In Life Should Be To Build Yourself
a vehicle that will carry you from one life to the next efficiently.
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riverwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:31 PM
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15. I believe in karma and reincarnation
So I know the centipede I find wriggling in my garden was a RW republican in a former life.
It's a comfort to me. ;)
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:15 PM
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19. You mean I'm killing an old Republican every time I kill a bug?
Yipee! I'm getting out the Raid and having a party! :9
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aeolian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:32 PM
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17. Try going sideways.
There's more than one direction.

:thumbsup:
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 08:34 PM
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18. heaven and hell are metaphors for life right here
nothing more, nothing less.
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DrGonzoLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:19 PM
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20. Delaware
n/t
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:22 PM
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21. You molder.
Any other belief is the brain playing tricks. It's hard-wired for survival, so it tends to err on the side of "I'm gonna live forever" (with or without the fame).

If I'm wrong, I'll send you a note after I'm dead. ;)

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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:26 PM
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22. Thats cool but I'll not hold my breath.
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:31 PM
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25. That would be a fast way to find out for sure.
;)
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:27 PM
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23. Belgium, according to Hitchhikers Guide
On the other hand, Belgium is a pretty nice place with good food and great old buildings.
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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-05 09:29 PM
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24. Meet you there
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