If it was proven that there is no afterlife

[magicalkitty]

No heaven, no reincarnation, no seeing our loved ones again...
Would it make you live life or see things any differently?

I think a lot of everyday life things may suddenly seem very meaningless. A lot of us like to believe there is something else to come, even if not religious.

I already feel this is this case so it won't change how I live my life.

This is already my belief

I agree, not entirely sure why. I am not religious, no belief in a deity, but I do believe that, for example, my mum looks over me, and looks out for me. That gives me comfort. If I knew for sure there really was nothing, I think I would feel cheated.

I'd be devastated

That really is the most likely case though.

I'm not religious -I don't believe in heaven/hell, BUT I choose to believe I'll see my loved ones in a life after this. There are a LOT of aspects I'm unclear on AND I know it makes no sense, but the thought I'll never ever see them again is too much to deal with, so I go with the flow on it.

it doesn't affect my day to day behaviour though so no I wouldn't behave any differently.

A lot of things ARE pointless/not worth worry about though.

But that is the case. So I try to appreciate the here and now but am
Also grateful that once the toxic people in my life are no longer around that they truly are gone.

I already believe that there is nothing after death .

I am now wondering how it could ever be proven either way. I am on the scientific side, which means constantly questioning and re-evaluating things.
I don't think energy ends but no idea what happens. I don't want to believe it's nothing. Nothingness isn't easy for us to comprehend.
It might cause people to be more impulsive or not follow sets of rules I suppose.
Interesting question

Would it make you live life or see things any differently?

No, because I have never believed in an afterlife!

I'm already in Camp No Afterlife. Doesn't bother me.

I mean it is proven. The absence of proving anything exists makes this so. You can’t prove something doesn’t exist only that it does.

there is nothing when you die

We kindly do know that. Energy yes, actual identifiable souls no.

I already believe there is nothing after we die.

I have a balance of spending/living and saving/planning and would do that regardless of what is / isn’t to come.

There is a poem by Edwin Muir (it's called something like a child dying) which says, "that I can go out, go out without a doubt, my father says is the miracle".

I'm in agreement with what I think is the sentiment. To me, the miracle is that we even exists (individuals, and the human race in general) is miraculous enough for me.

to ask for more? Well, that's just greedy 😁.

I don’t believe anything exists but no one can prove it doesn’t so I live in hope that there’s something nice there for those who have died.
Reincarnation does scare me. Sometimes I worry if I’m too much of a bitch I’ll come back as a skunk or something. So maybe it would change me if I knew that couldn’t happen.

As pops have said I’d be devastated-due to circumstances surrounding my parents’ deaths, it’s only the thought that they’re reunited that keeps me going

Sometimes I wish I could believe in something like this. It must be an incredible comfort to think you will see loved ones again and when it turns out there really is nothing you'll have no idea about it anyway, win win really 😄

I don't think it would change anything now because people already have an established moral compass.

However if the fear of hell wasn't there in the first place it may be very different.
I don't believe but the God-fearing values of thou shalt not kill etc... have been passed down the generations from when people did believe

Believing there is something to come IS being religious though, isn’t it???

Anyway I don’t think there is, and don’t see how it would add meaning if there was?

Heaven would also be horribly crowded and like an overlong holiday, you’d be longing for oblivion you really would.

I am quite like us being tiny specks of life gone in the blink of an eye. It adds perspective.

Believing didn’t stop people killing when they wanted to though. They just twisted religion to justify it (an eye for an eye, holy wars etc)

We live in the least violent period in history.

I would not believe it because as far as I am concerned, there very much is an afterlife.

A few years ago I lost a lot of blood and it was touch and go. I had what I understand is a pretty typical near death type experience. Everything was light and bright. It was very peaceful. There were no people, only silence. It wasn't painful, and I wasn't afraid.

I clearly remember understanding I had a choice to come back to where the people where or stay there/go on. I chose to come back as I didn't want to leave my family. The alternative wasn't frightening, more a totally different way forward and of being. It felt like if you chose to go on, you'd almost float away. All this did happen while I was unconscious due to lack of blood to the brain though, so possibly absolute cods!

I already believe this is it so it wouldn’t make any difference for me.

My life would feel meaningless.
One of the things that keeps me going is that there’s more to it than this, because this is fairly shit.