Why cant ANYONE admit their ignorance? Isn't it true you all GUESS what will happen when you die?

There are plenty of people who are willing to admit that they don't know for certain. Based on the available evidence, I'd say I don't know. I suspect that probably nothing happens when we die, that we don't go on in any way. It seems to me that there is more evidence for that view. However, as you point out, this is all ultimately conjecture and the 'evidence' to which I refer is purely circumstantial. There is no way of testing the hypotheses that there is life after death, except to die.

However, people prefer certainties, especially when it comes to death. It can be very difficult for people to live with the massive insecurity of not knowing what's going to happen to them when they die.

I would suggest that's a big part of the reason why people don't like to admit that they don't really know.

Since you said and I quote " there is not a single solitary person who will answer at this question who has died" How is your knowledge on history? What does 2006 year means? Is it related to somebody who died and then comeback, and has the authority to answer your question? The answer has been written for you years ago on the B-I-B-L-E. Basic Instructions Before Leave Earth. It says, that it is established to the men to die once and the the judgment. It is simple. There were no masses 1.75 millennia ago to be subjugated, and women was subjugated until Jesus set them free. To answer your question, it is very hard to humans to accept their mistakes, and it is not true that we all guess about what will happen when we die.

Not true at all as we are told what death is like, what it is all about and what happens when you die. The only ignorance is from those that think there is no proof. Did Jesus die? Did He come back to life? He tells what death is like, where you go and what happnes. So you call that speculation? The men that wrote the words down that we call the bible were inspired by God and if you do any real study you find that no way could it be so accurate if it were not inspired by someone that knew a lot more than any man does or any hundred men. There are hundreds of places that tell what death is all about and what happens when you die. Can you show me just one person that will come back and tell you that you are right in what you are assuming? When you assume, you are making an a-s-s out of yourself as it shows your ignorance of the subject.

You are right. If I rely on my own personal experience, I am without any answer at all. However, if I call myself a Christian (which I do), I rely on what Christ believed. Since he believed in what the ancient prophets recorded in the Hebrew Scriptures (or Old Testament) wrote, then I too, believe it. Ecclesiastes 9:5 says: "5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten." Christ said the dead are sleeping (John 11:11-14).

I understand many people's skepticism of the Bible being a reliable source of information because it is true that many men have tried to twist the teachings found in it for their own purposes, be they sexist, racist, hateful, or dogmatic. But if anyone reads any book and then takes it to mean something to fulfill their means, that too wil happen. the Bible is not immune to those who will try to misuse it, but it has been well preserved in word compared to the long amount time humankind has had it around. If the Bible were really changed, you would see more preachers and priests encouraging people to read it more often. but they don't because they know that if people read what it says, it will reveal their own lies and falsehood. That is my basis for faith in the Bible, what it says, and the state of the dead.

The truth is that you are correct. The only way to know is to die, so those who know are unable to take part in this conversation. As regards the origin of what we've been told, well I do not believe that the authors of any of the world's religions sought to subjugate anyone through the religion. Those who followed were most often the ones who twisted things to their own purposes, but again, maybe I'm wrong.

Humanly speaking yes, your right. However, the Word of God has been revealed to humankind with irrefutable evidence. Consider the case of Sir Lionel Luckoo. Luckoo was a trial lawyer who put the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on trial. Keep in mind that Lionel Luckoo is in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the most successful trail lawyer in the entire world! His results reveal that the evidence behind these claims of Jesus Christ and the Bible are so overwhelming that there's no events in history with more evidence then this. It's true, \Jesus lived, walked this earth and preformed miracles that defy the laws of physics. Therefore, we must make a decision, was Jesus telling us the truth with everything He taught? We can accept or reject it if we want, but the evidence points to the irrefutable.

Since I accept it as being authentic, I believe that what Jesus said about the afterlife is true because He proved to be who He claimed He was.

You have to weigh the evidence on both sides. On the one hand are atheist who have never come up with a good explanation for anything. On the other we have "the word" handed down as you say. But it did not subjugate the masses. It freed them. Those who saw Jesus resurrected were changed. The bible records that Immediately after his death, they were confused and scared. they did not know what to do. Then, after they saw Christ, they began to preach about him. Even though they were in danger they kept on. Why would they do this if they had not actually seen him. It does not seem likely that they would have abandoned the Jewish beliefs which they had known their whole lives to perpetrate a hoax. Nor would they have given up their livelihoods for something that they were unsure of. What could have happened to make them completely give up their previous way of living to follow this Jesus who was killed according to both Roman and Jewish historians. Obviously they saw him resurrected. The honor of seeing him risen was given to women. "whoever is least among you is greatest"

I I understand fully about the control thing you are speaking of, especially with respect to women.

I don’t have any problem admitting that I am completely ignorant. I have finally realized that the idea that you know something is a limitation that you place on yourself. I have found that I am far better off to think that I don’t know anything. At least that way I an open to new ideas and possibilities.

That said, I did have an experience that left me with some impressions that may pertain to what you are talking about. Again I’m not sure what they all mean but I can tell you how they made me feel.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.

During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Everyone knows for certain what will happen after death. The very religious know, without a doubt that they're going to live in this beautiful place called heaven. They are sure of it, one hundred percent sure.

Hindus are just as positive that they will be reincarnated into another being of some sort.

Atheists don't even think of any other possibility than returning to the earth from which they came.

So, you see no one will say they don't know. Everyone is sure his own idea of the after death is the correct one.

Your right, most of us know nothing for sure. But "subjugate the masses, especially women" Where exactly are you going with that? There have been accounts you know, of people who have died and gone to heavan or hell and come back. There is a book about one such experience. It's called 90 minutes in Heavan or something like that

I rely on others experience for SO many things in my life. I rely on the history as written by Ancient Greek historians for my knowledge of ancient greece. I rely on News Reporters who are at the scene of a flood and hurricane to know that a storm named Katrina Hit a city named New Orleans. (A place I have never been to but believe existed) I rely on a pilot to fly me to Florida. I rely on the "Speculation of some Scientists" that the Drugs my friend is taking will kill the Lukemia in his body. I rely on the "speculation of mathematicians" that the satellites i cant see will make my cell phone work. I rely on anyone who is trusted based on my experience of trust with them. The Bible has my compleat trust because NOBODY (except those who want to admit thier ignorance) has been able to show me how my God who caused me to be alive who has provided for me and my family for a LONG time now through all kinds of circumstances. A God who caused a miraculous marriage to occur and who has written me a love letter of Tremendous Beauty and Truth. A God who has told me to Fear Not because he has prepared a place for me. A God who has shown time and again he loves me and YOU. Means I DO KNOW for CERTAIN that his WORD will not fail. So to answer your question NO I am not Guessing I am CERTAIN and I am not ignorant I am a Mensa Candidate. I ran Nuclear Submarines and Then I was the Logistics Coordinator for a Multi-Million dollar Export Company. I have run my own real estate business and Now I do Internet Ministry Full Time. That takes a LOT of smarts.