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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
How does anyone believe there is an after life? What are you basing this on exactly? Sorry but that sounds very delusional to me.
I don't believe either way, because I honestly don't know. I haven't been convinced beyond a reasonable doubt either way.
I'm just amazed when people can firmly say yes there is an after life, or no there isn't. How can anyone be 100% sure??
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This is a post I made a couple of years ago in the Jesus Camp thread:
http://www.thewarpath.net/parking-lo...tml#post308204
It pretty much summarizes the basis of my belief. There was a song by Joan somebody that had a great line: "Would you want to see God if it meant you had to believe in Jesus and alll the Saints?". For me, I took (take) a leap of faith based on my acceptance of/ and experience with God. In accepting the existence of the great "I am", I also accept "with a firm and certain hope" in the existence of some form of an afterlife (the quoted language is from the episcopal prayerbook - I think I have the quote right). Please note, my belief in God is not predicated on the existence of this non-physical existence, but rather on my other experiencse as described in the cited post.