What do you think is more likely, extraterrestrial life or life after death

[786_ali]

highwaystar101 said:

786_ali said:

highwaystar101 said:

OK, it has been done many times in many religions much to the same effect. But a lot of people know that Hell was made up to scare people into behavng and such. I imagine that the whole notion of heaven or hell in any religion was made up so that people believed that if they lived immorally they would still suffer the consequences after death.

I'm not denying the fact that an afterlife exists, I'm just saying that it is unlikely IMO because history has shown people have a habit creating different versions of the afterlife to get what they want. Hell* being one example.

If I somebody gave solid evidence of an afterlife or showed some solid examples, then perhaps I would see it as more liekly than extra terrestrials, but for now ET wins in my book.

(*not heaven, that originally in the bible)

Made up? What are you talking about? The Q'uran states that there is heaven and hell, and I'm sure that the Bible does the same. If you are going to tread this path and dimiss all religion as 'made up' then I expect you to come in for some flak

OK, I'm not going to get in a heavy debate about this as I have just come back from a ban lol.

But I think you misinterpreted how I used made up. I was saying that in many cases it has been made up, not all cases. I know that in the qu'ran and the old testament Heaven and Hell are clearly stated as existing. But I know that in the new testament, whilst hell was originally written in, many hundreds of years ago some people changed it to put more emphasis on hell because it benefitted them... That is making something up in my opinion.

On a side note in general to the thread. Theoretically only ONE version of an afterlife can exist at maximum. But thousands of varitaions exist, so at some point the vast majority have incorrect. I grant that one afterlife could exist, but logically not all of them can.

You are right about that. In Islam we believe that Islam, Jewism and Christianity were originally the same religions with their respective books also very similar, but Jewism and Christianity have been changed a little to suit some people's needs.

And regarding the thousands of variations, as a Muslim I believe in the Islamic one. I am assuming that Christianity and Jewism describe Hell and Heaven in a similar fashion. We believe that these three religions are the only true ones, the religions of the Book, but we do not acknowledge the others.

 

Sorry for going into the intricacies and I do not want to cause anyone offence, I am merely stating my views.