From: Cat@yabbs
To: Steyr@yabbs
Subject: re: Afterlife ?
Date: Wed Jun  8 13:26:39 1994

In message Afterlife ?, Steyr said:
> Terry Pratchett (in his book "Pyramids" I think) suggests the theory about 
> the afterlife (somewhat similar to what Topi said), that the afterlife is 
> whatever you imagine it to be.  

Now there's an idea that i like. i have one heck of an imagination. :)


> This idea almost makes sense to me.  I think the only person/being capable 
> of judging whether you have been good or bad in your life is you.  

i agree, and that's why i have such a problem with organized religions. 
many of them are just too darn judgemental...god loves everyone but he 
loves some people more that others sort of thing. a person can go 
through all the motions of being "good" and have bad intentions in 
their minds and vice versa.

i wonder...if perhaps maybe there's a half way point betewwn hell and 
heaven. i for one would much rather stay where i am than end up sitting 
on a cloud or being barbecued in a pool of fire and brimstone. 
 
> Ummm ... just one more thing.  If we have an afterlife, what about other 
> animals.  Do cats have a heaven ?  Do leeches go to hell ?  WHat about 
> plants ?  They're alive too.
> 

hmm i had a discussion with my dad about this once. he says that animals 
can't go to heaven because they don't have souls. i disagree with this. i 
think every living thing has a soul and if "heaven" or whatever you want 
to call it is a place one gets into as a reward for being good...seems to 
me people will have a much harder time getting in that anything else. :)
leeches going to hell? nah, they just act on their instinct to survive, 
but human leechs are another story. :)

-tammie