If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

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  • A2_Sauce
    FFR Player
    • Sep 2006
    • 631
    #1

    If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

    i had to write an essay on this. i'm curious what other people thought. chat away.

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    • tsugomaru
      FFR Player
      • Aug 2004
      • 3962
      #2
      Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

      I want to see myself at the top one day. Life for me is a game. We are just walking through it gaining what we can. And even if there is no afterlife, I personally think that people do not truly die until they are forgotten.

      ~Tsugomaru
      Originally posted by Hiluluk
      WHEN do you think people die...?
      When their heart is pierced by a bullet from a pistol...? No.
      When they succumb to an incurable disease...? No.
      When they drink soup made with a poisonous mushroom...? NO!!!
      IT'S WHEN A PERSON IS FORGOTTEN...!!!

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        • Grandiagod
          FFR Player
          • Jul 2004
          • 6122
          #3
          Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

          Probably my biggest motivation for living. This is the only chance I got. Better make it good.
          He who angers you conquers you. ~Elizabeth Kenny

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            • BluE_MeaniE
              FFR Player
              • Jan 2003
              • 796
              #4
              Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

              This question seems to imply that there's no real point to life if there isn't an afterlife. That's backwards to me. I'd imagine there's not much purpose to life if it's only a staging area for the afterlife.

              I'm motivated by wanting to do good in the world and for myself. I want to learn and spread information. I hope to get 80 years here doing that.
              Originally posted by Henri Poincaré
              The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.

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                • FoJaR
                  The Worst
                  • Nov 2005
                  • 2816
                  #5
                  Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                  Originally posted by BluE_MeaniE
                  This question seems to imply that there's no real point to life if there isn't an afterlife. That's backwards to me. I'd imagine there's not much purpose to life if it's only a staging area for the afterlife.
                  regardless of your point of view, saying that there isnt much purpose to this life if there is an afterlife is just silly....

                  i mean heaven/hell.... duhhh

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                    • TheRapingDragon
                      A car crash mind
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 9788
                      #6
                      Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                      I don't know what to believe in, if there IS an afterlife then you won't have your memories or anything to go by so you might as well be starting all over again.

                      Doesn't give me much motivation.

                      So why do I continue to persist with this phobia even though I technically don't believe in "my" afterlife, probably just because I can, I might as well live while I can, that and my fiancee, apart from that I don't have too much motivation.

                      So, in short: because I can.

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                        • Kekiz
                          FFR Player
                          • Nov 2006
                          • 159
                          #7
                          Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                          If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                          That is motivation in itself. Have fun while you can. If there was an afterlife it give you less reason to do everything you can now.

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                            • Sf。Yami
                              FFR Player
                              • Jan 2007
                              • 9
                              #8
                              Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                              I beleive in an Afterlife, but still, my motivation is having as much fun in life as I can.
                              May the Darkness be upon us to protect us from the Light.

                              MPH FC: 5111 - 9359 - 6218

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                                • Jamaican Jew
                                  FFR Player
                                  • Jun 2006
                                  • 254
                                  #9
                                  Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                  Knowledge, food, sleep, sex-- anything to keep up my general happiness.
                                  The stress that comes from worrying about an afterlife is overrated, we should be enjoying what time we have.

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                                    • RandomPscho
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Jun 2006
                                      • 504
                                      #10
                                      Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                      Being happy

                                      Motivation is knowing that it will all be over one day.

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                                        • cC@Zz
                                          FFR Player
                                          • Apr 2006
                                          • 1427
                                          #11
                                          Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                          I can't believe in an afterlife without proof. Thats my mindset. There so many theories out there I just don't know what to believe.
                                          There is a 50% chance your pillow will eat you while you are sleeping.

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                                            • MixMasterLar
                                              Beach Bum Extraordinaire
                                              FFR Simfile Author
                                              • Aug 2006
                                              • 5355
                                              #12
                                              Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                              My motivation for living is to gain a afterlife worth living. I believe you only have one chance, and if you mess that up then it's afterlife with Satan forever. Otherwise, Im with Random Pycso: it'll all be over soon. My point is to make sure that when it's over to BE ON THE GOOD END OF THE DEAL.
                                              ​

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                                                • Maid
                                                  FFR Player
                                                  • Nov 2006
                                                  • 643
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                                  We are but strangers in this world, once you die. You cease to exist and self awareness of being self aware will come anew it wont be you but self awareness of your new self. Chances are very low that new consciousness will be born on earth. Expect to sort of wander around the whole universe every time you die.

                                                  This is my theory, it may not be true but it sure as heck more plausible than heaven or hell.
                                                  Last edited by Maid; 01-14-2007, 01:52 PM.
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                                                    • A2_Sauce
                                                      FFR Player
                                                      • Sep 2006
                                                      • 631
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                                      Originally posted by Jamaican Jew
                                                      Knowledge, food, sleep, sex-- anything to keep up my general happiness.
                                                      The stress that comes from worrying about an afterlife is overrated, we should be enjoying what time we have.
                                                      instant gratification

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                                                        • Cavernio
                                                          sunshine and rainbows
                                                          • Feb 2006
                                                          • 1987
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: If you don't believe in an afterlife, what is your motivation?

                                                          Ah, the elusive 'meaning of life' question.

                                                          Life's meaningless, and that's definitely been a catalyst for elucidating gripping despair in me. That plus the fact that in order to get the most out of life, I have to put myself through comparable misery, can certainly tear away any motivation I have. I don't have much motivation now to be honest, so I'm not sure 'motivation' is the right term for it, but in a very general sense, I want enjoyment. I enjoy many things on many different levels, from eating, to the the dozy feeling I get when I sleep, to being angry at people.
                                                          I realize though that I need to share this with someone else in some way, shape, or form. Not necessarily 1 person, but others. I need to share the wonders of life with others. That's why I frequent this message board. I want to discuss and learn about others, about my very existence. That's my motivation; learning about existence and knowing that it rocks, and taking pleasure out of every single painful, joyous moment.
                                                          Last edited by Cavernio; 01-14-2007, 08:12 PM.

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