A Crisis of Identity? All my life, I've been the sort of person to avoid my faith to a certain extent (I would pray and try and be as good a muslim as I could, but there was always so much more I could do, and I knew it). Recently, I've met someone who's awakened that desire in me to finally make the commitment, and it feels great to have begun to do so, but there's another side of me that feels like I'm (I don't even know how to say it...) cheating on it... [more inside]
posted on May 20, 2008 - 38 answers

Am I crazy, or is there a book about a man trying to voyage to the afterlife? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 18 answers

Has anyone with reasonable credentials actually sat down and calculated the probability of an afterlife? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2007 - 46 answers

Do reports of hauntings exist in atheist or non-Christian countries to such an extent as they do in America? I'm fascinated by the myriad of documentaries that appear every week regarding hauntings/ghosts/etc. Do atheistic countries with no particular spiritual influence (i.e. Sweden vs. China) have such high reports of hauntings or reports of ghosts? What about Islamic cultures?
posted on Mar 31, 2007 - 31 answers

What are some religions or philosophies that teach that at death (or any other time) one's discrete soul is absorbed into a greater entity such as God and so the individual is no more?
posted on Jan 12, 2007 - 16 answers

Metaphysical Filter: Can you help me to find information related to this metaphysical experience? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2006 - 18 answers

Is there now, or has there ever been, a culture that did not include the concept of an afterlife? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2006 - 14 answers

Have you ever been visited by a (spirit, ghost, apparition, etc.) of a friend or loved one after they have passed on? [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2005 - 49 answers

Why are people who believe in heaven sad about death?
posted on Apr 9, 2005 - 28 answers

Is death the end?
posted on Oct 8, 2004 - 74 answers