# Upon Our Death **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508 "2015-12-05T14:11:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Murf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Murf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murf)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/1 "2015-12-05T14:11:43Z")
Just wondering about everyones various opinions. Upon our deaths will we A. Be all knowing, getting the answers to the workings of the universe etc. B. Just be gone. C. Have our soul (or life energy) join the rest of the universe. D. Maybe continue on in the afterlife somewhat as we are. E. Or some other scenario ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/2 "2015-12-05T14:19:50Z")
Does it matter? There’s only one way to find out. (IMHO, once you’re gone, you’re gone…) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/3 "2015-12-05T14:20:28Z")
**Moderator Action** Moving thread from General Questions to In My Humble Opinion. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/4 "2015-12-05T14:46:41Z")
B. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/5 "2015-12-05T14:47:47Z")
All evidence points to B. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/6 "2015-12-05T14:51:37Z")
B. Next silly question? ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/7 "2015-12-05T14:52:35Z")
I’m in Camp B. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/8 "2015-12-05T14:57:29Z")
B. Leaving 72 virgin girls waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/9 "2015-12-05T16:19:28Z")
I think it’s a combination of A, C and D. It made me giggle that everyone else picked B, the least likely, least creative and most boring answer. You’re going to look so stupid when you show up in the after life… “Oh. Duh. I thought it was all going to be over… so I didn’t bring anything”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/10 "2015-12-05T16:19:46Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > B. > > Leaving 72 virgin girls waiting. And in your particular case leaving them pining deeply for what you won’t be doing to their fjords. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/11 "2015-12-05T16:22:17Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > I think it’s a combination of A, C and D. > > It made me giggle that everyone else picked B, the least likely, least creative and most boring answer. You’re going to look so stupid when you show up in the after life… “Oh. Duh. I thought it was all going to be over… so I didn’t bring anything”. Naah. It’ll be pretty simple. There’s be Saint Peter at the gate with a form to fill out for your new ID card. Most of the way to the bottom will be a question: Religion: [] Jehovah’s Witness [] Other No fibbing now. Because, well, God. So us B -leivers will have plenty of company in Hell from members of the so-called mainstream religions. We just won’t be as surprised to be on the losing team. Nor will we be feeling betrayed for eternity. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/12 "2015-12-05T16:32:15Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Naah. It’ll be pretty simple. There’s be Saint Peter at the gate with a form to fill out for your new ID card. Most of the way to the bottom will be a question: > > Religion: > [] Jehovah’s Witness > [] Other > No fibbing now. Because, well, God. > > So us B -leivers will have plenty of company in Hell from members of the so-called mainstream religions. We just won’t be as surprised to be on the losing team. Nor will we be feeling betrayed for eternity. 😃 Sounds like a very weird world view. Who came up with that, and what evidence is there for it? Sounds like a load of nonsense to me. Saint Peter? Hell? Jehovah’s Witness? Sorry, but to me that sounds like something someone made up. If you can’t provide any convincing evidence I will stick with my original choice. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/13 "2015-12-05T16:57:28Z")
C. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/14 "2015-12-05T17:21:19Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > I think it’s a combination of A, C and D. > > It made me giggle that everyone else picked B, the least likely, least creative and most boring answer. Unfortunately, the answer to “What is truth?” is not “What would be the coolest?” ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/15 "2015-12-05T17:46:21Z")
I’m voting for “B”. And wouldn’t mind a bit if I turned out to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/16 "2015-12-05T17:52:24Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Unfortunately, the answer to “What is truth?” is not “What would be the coolest?” Fortunately, what is truth is not necessarily what is least creative and most boring either. Because “truth” is what is, and “cool” is simply a judgement about what is. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/17 "2015-12-05T17:56:00Z")
No option for “I dunno”? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/18 "2015-12-05T18:04:33Z")
> [@Stoneburg](#): > > Fortunately, what is truth is not necessarily what is least creative and most boring either. Yes, but no one here has claimed anything like that. You, on the other hand, have at least implicitly claimed the converse. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/19 "2015-12-05T18:16:52Z")
B. The annoying thing about being an atheist is that there’s never any definitive ha-ha-I’m-right-you’re-wrong moment like you get in some religions. I guess it’s balanced out by being able to sleep in on Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508/20 "2015-12-05T19:22:40Z")
B, but with slight C leanings. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upon-our-death/739508.md?page=2)