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After death can you see what's happening on earth?

145 replies

PinataHeeHaw · 20/04/2025 16:52

This is something I regularly wonder. Obviously none of us know for sure.

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LividRah · 20/04/2025 16:52

No.

GraySILK · 20/04/2025 16:53

No because you’re dead. Nowt works. It’s the same as before we were born, we simple cease to exist so there are no memories.

We’ve come along way with our understanding of the universe and the basic principles that underpin life/death.

birdling · 20/04/2025 16:53

I'm not sure that anyone on here can help you 😁

EasterBunnyFeelingFunny · 20/04/2025 16:53

Maybe.

c3pu · 20/04/2025 16:53

Pretty sure your eyes stop working when you die, so no.

PowderRoom · 20/04/2025 16:53

No. Because of the whole ‘dead’ issue.

PinataHeeHaw · 20/04/2025 16:55

What I mean, is are you aware what's happening on earth? I ask because of psychics saying that the dead person was aware of such a thing and was there with the family etc.

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VickyEadieofThigh · 20/04/2025 16:56

No. Hope that helps.

"Psychics" are charlatans.

UtterlyOtterly · 20/04/2025 16:56

No, you are either rotted away or turned into ash.

Gettingbysomehow · 20/04/2025 16:57

I hope so, for a short while anyway and then I would think we would move on to the next stage.

EveryKneeShallBow · 20/04/2025 16:57

No. Much as I’d love to believe that my husband could see his grandchildren. No.

SpottedDonkey · 20/04/2025 16:57

No. Because you’re dead. Your body & brain have ceased to function. You have no thoughts, no emotions, no memories, no senses. You are nothing more than a piece of meat.

Welliguessso · 20/04/2025 16:57

Yes, if you wanted to but the vast majority feel no need as they are content. Consciousness and awareness don’t work in quite the same way after death.

tinyspiny · 20/04/2025 16:58

No ,once you are dead that is it .

BeeCucumber · 20/04/2025 16:58

No - you become dust in the wind.

Sauvin · 20/04/2025 16:59

Well, no one knows for sure but all the logic and science points to there being nothing after death. Like before you were born.

Psychics aren’t real.

menopausalfart · 20/04/2025 16:59

If you can, there's absolutely no hard evidence for it. At the moment, it's all down to what you believe.

LillyPJ · 20/04/2025 17:01

No. How in earth do you think you can 'see' anything when you're dead? You won't exist and your body will have decayed.

LillyPJ · 20/04/2025 17:03

Psychics are lying charlatans, or very deluded.

GraySILK · 20/04/2025 17:03

PinataHeeHaw · 20/04/2025 16:55

What I mean, is are you aware what's happening on earth? I ask because of psychics saying that the dead person was aware of such a thing and was there with the family etc.

Anyone that believes someone can contact the dead really needs to learn critical analysis.

A- There is no afterlife -
(for those that reply with 'but you can't prove there is no afterlife, that's just your opinion bla bla bla" crack, I can't prove there aren't giant toads living above the clouds that make it rain when they piss either, but my critical analytical skills tell me thats highly unlikely, given the scientific knowledge we now have)

B-On the the tiny off chance I was wrong and there is an afterlife, why would loved ones chose to speak to strangers, knowing their family are in turmoil wondering if they suffered etc... Why not go straight to the family member and let them know!

C- Again, if it were all true, how can the spirit world also see the future? It's one thing to be able to 'contact' the spirit world and the spirit give info on past events - but being able to also see the future? Wow that's some accolade
that...

D-People love attention.

E-People love money and there are charlatans in every aspect of service and those that will rip you off and prey on your vulnerability. This is no different.

F- For those that still proclaim that it's genuine, they are deluded.

SpottedDonkey · 20/04/2025 17:07

PinataHeeHaw · 20/04/2025 16:55

What I mean, is are you aware what's happening on earth? I ask because of psychics saying that the dead person was aware of such a thing and was there with the family etc.

There are two types of ‘psychics’. The deluded mentally unstable ones, and the ones who are lying, grifting charlatans. Anyone with any sense ignores both.

KrisAkabusi · 20/04/2025 17:10

No. And there's no such thing as psychics.

Overtheatlantic · 20/04/2025 17:10

Quantum physics is roughly 100 years old. Penicillin was discovered in 1928. Humans are new to the disciplines of the world and we don’t know anything. Those who tout their critical thinking skills should especially be careful not to indulge their hubris. Have some humility instead.

TyrannasaurusJex · 20/04/2025 17:12

As the wonderful Tim Minchin says "psychics aren't plying a skill, they're either lying or mentally ill" - it is abhorrent that people charge grieving mothers to pretend to communicate with their dead children and it should be treated as a crime the same as any other kind of fraud in my opinion.

PoopingAllTheWay · 20/04/2025 17:13

I think Yes, 100% but not willing to get into a debate here with people that dont believe

Its a very personal thing if you believe or not

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