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I forget who said it, but I loled.

- "I don't FEAR death. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

I like the idea of Terry Pratchett in his discworld books. Where Death comes to every man and woman that has died and leads them into their afterlife. And the point is, most people get the afterlife they think they'll get, if I recall most books correctly. If someone believes in heaven, well, then he goes to heaven. If some thinks he is a sinner that needs to repent, well, free hell for him! I think there even was a case where a non-believer atheist died and Death asked him what he expected now. I'm not sure, but I think he asked if, well, then, if there's a possibility and so on, maybe he could get to heaven, please?

Although, for the bad guys, there was some...unpretty stuff. Remember a bad guy dying and having to walk through an endless desert.
Man, need to reread some Pratchett books.

I read this one where a bad guy goes to heaven, where everyone wears whitle cloaks and is very polite and after 1000years or so he goes insane 'cos he hates it. (Too calm and boring) Turns out it's actually hell.

Witzkatz wrote:Remember a bad guy dying and having to walk through an endless desert.

For some that would be quite a peaceful way to spend eternity. If you think about it, doing the things you love in this life for eternity could get quite irritating. I suppose heaven is a blanket term for "preferred afterlife" on the whole, but I still think that any true "heaven" or "hell" takes place not in death, but in life.

I think the best afterlife I could imagine would be none at all . At the very least a minimalist interpretation of the universe, followed by endless music and lots of naked chicks .

So quiet and peaceful...then hot and pumping wiv neked chicks everywhere at different intervals?

Emperors Faithful wrote:So quiet and peaceful...then hot and pumping wiv neked chicks everywhere at different intervals?

Unless you're a Dark Angel, then all your bed battle-brothers will be there.

Naked.

Cheese Elemental wrote:

Emperors Faithful wrote:So quiet and peaceful...then hot and pumping wiv neked chicks everywhere at different intervals?

Unless you're a Dark Angel, then all your bed battle-brothers will be there.

Naked.

... dear lord... why have I been sent this message of an alternate universe? WHY?!? My eternity is now corrupted...
Too bad I didn't ask for a inter-universal nuclear arsenal