Adrian Scarborough
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What happens when we die?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Hopefully we have life in the minds and hearts of the people we interacted with.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 February 2026 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 56 →I think that we dissolve into the soil and new things sprout from that.
When my kids ask, “What happens when we die?” I say, “Do you remember the place you were in before you were born? I think we go back there.”
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
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View profile →A strong sense of being loved and a hopefulness for their life ahead.
Slow but trying.
If you commit to it, you won’t ever stop learning.
An education for my child.
Being a parent.
If people would just follow my rules about how they get around the city.
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