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[Basch]

Why do people want a heaven with a bunch of virgins? Virgins suck at sex. Give me a harem of experienced cougars and I may listen.

/self-esteem

:'(

 

[Arooguy]

Mormon afterlife seems pretty cool. From what I've read you get to rule your own planet.

 

[robox]

i like the valhalla afterlife.
die in battle, like a man. continue fighting afterwards like a man.
i don't care too much for the hedonistic life.

 

[TheExodu5]

The most desirable one is the Christian afterlife. A life of eternal happiness can't be bad. I'm assuming eternal happiness implies a lack of boredom as well.

 

[Camp Lo]

Buddhism

 

[3N16MA]

Well you don't have to die for that. You're on GAF already.

10/10

 

[pantsmith]

In Vodun, your "spirit" sinks into the ground with your body, then eventually into the water. Eventually, as people forget who you were, your great deeds (the time you payed your grandmothers rent, the time you won that game of soccer with a spectacular kick) attach themselves to the archetypes represented by the Loa, which are the Gods, but also the driving forces of our personality and culture.

As people drink from the water of the earth, they drink your spirit, nameless and shapeless, that carries on your memory. The next time someone does something "great", they carry with them your spirit and the deeds you attributed to the Loa, which ultimately make them even better.

Its an interesting take on culture that works whether you buy into it literally or not.

 

[params7]

Valhalla. Can't be bad with Gods who demand tributes of battle and violence.

 

[Coconut]

I like the idea that we were once part of this bigger thing and we at some point separated from it and will eventually all be reunited and become whole.

 

[speculawyer]

Being Italian i was raised catholic, and being fair the paradise described both in the bible and other books (Divina Commedia) sounds extremely boring.

Ever notice that the descriptions of Hell are so much more interesting? I guess there is only so much you can do with heaven . . . oh it is wonderful, fluffy clouds, all the food you could want, no pain, etc.

But the descriptions of hell . . . they go into all sorts of creative details. You can run wild with that.

 

[grumble]

Why do people want a heaven with a bunch of virgins? Virgins suck at sex. Give me a harem of experienced cougars and I may listen.

Well you'd turn the virgins into cougars.

On the other hand I'd feel trapped as hell after spending eternity with these girls. Think about it!

 

[Bombadil]

I like the idea that we were once part of this bigger thing and we at some point separated from it and will eventually all be reunited and become whole.

I guess you liked the ending of LOST, then.

 

[MattKeil]

Well you don't have to die for that. You're on GAF already.

One of the greatest posts in GAF history right here.

 

[Escape Goat]

What do you mean if it was right? Dante's was a work of fantasy probably derived from the Greek Hades and ancient sources like Plato.

Can you prove any religion is "right"? Its all fantasy as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Grinchy]

I like the one which promises that when you die, you are no longer conscious and your physical body degrades until only a skeleton is left. I think that religion is called reality.

 

[Viola of the Abyss]

Dante's Limbo is pretty cool, it's the first level of hell but there's no pain or suffering aside from the fact of being unable to see and adore God and consequently causing frustration and constant sadness... hah!
I'd take that over the ability to speak with people like Cicero, Plato, Homer and other non baptized important personalities of the past for all eternity every day.

After that there is Valhalla. Ragnarok will some sooner or later afterall so we will all have our chance to show our worth to the Gods!

 

[Bombadil]

Even when the thread encourages people to make up afterlifes that would be cool, some people simply cannot get over their... je ne sais quoi.

 

[umop_3pisdn]

Buddhism

The cycle of rebirth is supposed to be dismaying, but I think that's why it's good. That the cycle has no clear beginning, or end save for liberation/eliminating the three poisons, it chastens us not to drift through life because we don't know when our next opportunity will be where we'll have the perspective to try. But it isn't a very comforting notion if that's what an individual is looking for from their image of an 'afterlife', I've had some experiences in the past that made me feel like there was a kernel of truth to it though.

 

[lethial]

The simpsons episode where Homer floats down the River Styx.

 

[Switch Back 9]

Valhalla, as is my understanding, sound fucking awesome.

Hang out with your homies getting drunk and eating food while sexy Scandinavian women roam around? That's absolutely what I want. Too bad I'm a pussy and definitely won't die in battle.