One question that most of us have thought about at least once is what happens after death. And although there are many thought-provoking questions, hopefully, we don’t get the answer to this one anytime soon. Yet still, it’s the question that has occupied the thoughts of many. What happens to the soul after death has been the question posed and discussed by many religions and philosophies. However, there’s no singular answer to what comes after death.
From a biological point of view, we can explain what happens to a body after death. However, humanity has yet to answer what happens to the soul, spirit, consciousness, or whatever you call that formless energy that makes up a human being. There are only speculations and guesses. Interested in the secrets of the universe and the afterlife, user Maleficent_Team430 of the AskReddit community asked fellow members, “What do you think happens to you after you die?” The question prompted an open discussion, allowing people to share their views and thoughts on what happens after you pass away. While some answers were facetious, quite a few took the question seriously and provided genuine, heartfelt, some even highly researched responses worth looking at.
Below, we’ve assembled the most interesting answers from the thread, in which Redditors shared their guesses, perhaps hopes, about what will happen after death. As always, upvote the entries that share the same views as you or the ones that seem the most plausible. Also, we would love to hear your thoughts on this topic, so share your wisdom in the comments. And if you are looking for even more mind-boggling subjects to mull over, check out our article featuring 145 Confusing Questions.
#21
nphased said:
"I don’t know but I’m going to put off finding out firsthand for as long as I reasonably can."
"I don’t know but I’m going to put off finding out firsthand for as long as I reasonably can."
kingdom_tarts replied:
"This is a great example of survival instincts. We are here because all species have the instinct to avoid death at all costs."
"This is a great example of survival instincts. We are here because all species have the instinct to avoid death at all costs."
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#22
"Hopefully, I can do it again like choosing a different path in a video game."
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#24
More-Masterpiece-561 said:
"People go through my stuff and get pissed about the f**kload of truth I say about them."
"People go through my stuff and get pissed about the f**kload of truth I say about them."
Flyingwheelbarrow replied:
"Why not speak your truth now?
"Why not speak your truth now?
I have begun to embrace radical honesty and I like it."
More-Masterpiece-561 replied:
"I don't have that luxury yet."
"I don't have that luxury yet."
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#27
NihilistPunk69 said:
"I have a few theories on it. I think the consciousness may be transferable. When you die there are 300,000 people born daily give or take. There are 150,000 people dying daily. That means there is an excess of 150,000 bodies that need consciousness. I believe all memories would be erased during this process. You just wake up in another existence somewhere else on Earth. It’s a dumb theory. But is it really crazy to believe we could acquire consciousness in another body?"
"I have a few theories on it. I think the consciousness may be transferable. When you die there are 300,000 people born daily give or take. There are 150,000 people dying daily. That means there is an excess of 150,000 bodies that need consciousness. I believe all memories would be erased during this process. You just wake up in another existence somewhere else on Earth. It’s a dumb theory. But is it really crazy to believe we could acquire consciousness in another body?"
bronkovic replied:
"I like this way of thinking."
"I like this way of thinking."
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#28
les_bean_13 said:
"I hope something like reincarnation but it’s probably just nothing. Like we just end and we’re not aware that it’s nothing but it is."
"I hope something like reincarnation but it’s probably just nothing. Like we just end and we’re not aware that it’s nothing but it is."
TheyreEatingHer replied:
"Careful of what you wish for. Everyone thinks they'll end up as something cool like a lion but nobody thinks about how insects and bacteria make up some of the largest populations of life on Earth. Maybe you'll be gut bacteria for some rats. Or a slug that a kid wants to pour salt on."
"Careful of what you wish for. Everyone thinks they'll end up as something cool like a lion but nobody thinks about how insects and bacteria make up some of the largest populations of life on Earth. Maybe you'll be gut bacteria for some rats. Or a slug that a kid wants to pour salt on."
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#29
"I used to think nothing but my personal research into NDEs or near-death experiences revealed an odd event that takes place after death and has happened to hundreds of thousands of people. That's just the ones we know about apparently from interviewing patients who died on the operating table. One particular case involved a woman describing the tools the doctors were using as she was under anesthesia on the table having surgery done to her, also with tape over the eyes.
One important thing to note is the patterns. That's what really shocked me about this whole thing. Random people from all over the world who don't know each other describe the same things when they died. Blackness and feeling like you're in a floorless void, seeing a bright light that comes near you and engulfs you. They all described feeling at peace and loved in the light. A lot of them also described a green pasture or valley of some sort. Sometimes with other people there, sometimes they're just alone."
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#30
"I think the energy that you're made of disperses like a popped balloon and scatters to wherever energy like that scatters to and collects with other energies of the same likeness making a new something. I think you become a little bit of a lot of things. I also think the new things you become would somehow recognize each other like there’d be a sense of familiarity.
I don’t know if I think you become new humans or something completely new/unknown."
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#31
"Some place that’s too good to come back from. Otherwise, dead people would’ve come back already."
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#33
Hillbilly415 said:
"Bugs eat your sphincter."
"Bugs eat your sphincter."
Reddit user replied:
"I'd like to hope there are better places to start even for a starving bug."
"I'd like to hope there are better places to start even for a starving bug."
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#35
CelticDK said:
"I just hope there’s something. It’s easier on the mind."
"I just hope there’s something. It’s easier on the mind."
NlitendOperativ replied:
"You’ve discovered the reason for religion."
"You’ve discovered the reason for religion."
CelticDK replied:
"I’m pretty sure this has been known for a while that religion fills the void for fear and uncertainty but I get your point."
"I’m pretty sure this has been known for a while that religion fills the void for fear and uncertainty but I get your point."
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#36
Fine-Helicopter5352 said:
"You re-enter the fourth dimension having shed your three-dimensional form."
"You re-enter the fourth dimension having shed your three-dimensional form."
Reddit user replied:
"Were we stickmen in our previous lives?"
"Were we stickmen in our previous lives?"
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#37
"Probably gonna sound dumb, but I think if time goes on forever until every possibility has been exhausted, then you will exist again after you have died, and we have already existed and died before.
Some theoretical physicist will probably tell me how that's impossible, though. lol."
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#38
"I’m not a genius so feel free to correct me but I think when you’re asleep is the lowest brain activity u have. So it must be similar to that. The type of sleep you can’t keep your eyes open for, no dreams just good ol’ z’s."
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#39
zeracine said:
"You go back to the character creation screen. (I'm a simulationist)."
"You go back to the character creation screen. (I'm a simulationist)."
RichardLiquor69 replied:
"This time I'm using my points to build up charisma and assertiveness instead of using them on whatever I'm good at now."
"This time I'm using my points to build up charisma and assertiveness instead of using them on whatever I'm good at now."
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#40
"Several billion years later an incomprehensible powerful machine intelligence scans the cosmos and extrapolates backward to determine what material components would need to be arranged to perfectly replicate my consciousness. It consumes the power from a dozen star systems, snuffing out trillions of sapient beings to perform this digital resurrection. Once I am fully aware, it asks me the question: What is Mambo No. 5? I sing the song and it immediately becomes stuck in the head of the cyber god, driving it quite mad. It splinters apart in a vain effort to preserve some functionality. The spawn spread across the universe spreading Mambo No. 5’s irresistibly catchy rhythm wherever they go. Eventually, Lou Bega himself is resurrected and I am made his chief apostle. The universe unites under him and a new era of peace follows. Pretty sure it’s that or the Macarena in which case may the cyber god have mercy on our souls."
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