do you think it's possible that i'll get to be with my soulmate after i die? i'm not a very religious person but i do vaguely believe in the concept of an afterlife, specifically hell. i don't really believe in spirits but i do find the idea of becoming a ghost comforting. my soulmate is not someone i'm close to. he won't know i exist in this life and he won't know i exist if i visit him in the afterlife, but it's not something i mind. i desire to see him and be with him above all else. i've looked into different death philosophies but i think i'm too stupid and rigid to change my thinking about it. either i will cease to exist, go to hell, or become a ghost. it's become increasingly painful for me to live without him. do you think i should look forward to a positive outcome after death?
>>43273722being a ghost soudns coolidki hope this post gets more traction im very curious and suicidal i want to know what happens
>>43274294i would be a lot happier if i were a ghost
i was a militant atheist for a long time. ive become very interested in philosophy of mind in the past few years, and i do feel slightly less certain of my non-religious beliefs after learning more about some different viewpoints.i think it’s funny that even after that when i feel good or neutral, i don’t really believe in an afterlife of any kind. but i experience a fear of hell when i feel shame, guilt, and regret. i think a tendency to believe in punishment in the afterlife but not forgiveness says more about us than it does about reality. if i truly believe there is some sort of afterlife, it doesn’t make much sense for there to ONLY believe in some exact specific kind, like a hell, unless my belief is a manifestation of thinking i deserve it.
