I am so curious. We had my son christened because there may be a god but, equally, my partner is a science teacher, so I am also completely open to the possibility that nothing happens.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Earthly life is merely the infancy of our soul. What comes after physical death is, I imagine, like returning home.
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Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
I like the idea of being atoms that other people can breathe in, and fabulous worm food.
When my mother died in my arms, I feel I witnessed her spirit leaving her body, so let’s just wait and see.
Albert Hammond Jr.
Musician
No. I mean, it depends on how you look at it. In the sense that we all have a piece of cosmic dust in us from the beginning – The Big Bang – then yes. But no, I don’t believe in heaven or hell.
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Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.
As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.
I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.
The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.
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