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To ask if you believe in an afterlife?

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DisneyDisney · 23/03/2023 19:30

I don’t know if I do? I want to, I lost my dad (he was young relatively speaking) and never ever seeing him again is a painful thought, we only had 30 years (we never have enough time though so we) but I don’t know if i actually believe in one, specifically in the theistic sense.

do you believe in one ? What do you believe?

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Wanttobeyou · 25/03/2023 20:33

lazycats · 25/03/2023 17:01

There’s a lot of fascinating literature on how professional mediums use suggestion techniques and elimination processes to elicit hitherto ‘unknowable’ information. It’s a great skill.

Derren Brown writes about the techniques and it's fascinating, really sheds lights on how all the fraudsters manage it.

Outofthepark · 30/05/2023 21:19

There are so many shysters that exploit people's belief or need to believe in an afterlife. That's awful. Clearly they're making stuff up.

But - there's no way to prove or disprove the genuine presence of an afterlife - so I can't form an opinion on it one way or another. If someone believes and it comforts them, I'm certainly not going to get in their way.

Anthillveggie · 31/05/2023 14:21

Not really.

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