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Old 04-09-2011, 09:27 AM   #19 (permalink)
Howard the Duck
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I do not. I also don't quite follow rebirth either. Nor do I believe in a god. But all three of those are coming from an agnostic approach. I cannot say for certain that all three don't exist, I just have doubt that they do. We can't ever know for certain.

Needless to say, however, I don't need to believe in them because they are irrelevant in achieving happiness. I think we are perfectly capable of improving ourselves and aiding others without the motive of receiving a paradise-like afterlife. If anything, that is kind of a selfish reason to go about things. Don't you think?
In Taoist-Buddhism, everybody goes to Hell. There're different levels of Hell, depending on your deeds. Most people usually end up in Level 1, waiting for rebirth. The cruel hardcore end up in Level 18, where the Lord of the Underworld subject them to cruel torture.

Only those who attain Godhood end up in Heaven.
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