Does anyone believe that death is only the beginning?

[nickname1224]

I'm a pretty quiet and shy person, which is why I have a lot of time to think and philosophize, so this topic often goes through my head.

 

[Animegoin]

Most theists, if not all, believe belief that death is the beginning to the end resulting in either heaven or hell. So yes, it is the beginning.

 

[Chikombo]

A terrible thought is thinking you were dead before you were born, so essentially it's nothing.
But who knows.

 

[HowDidIGetPrem]

I used to think death meant you'd drift in blackness for eternity, but now I believe it's just the end altogether. And, while I 100% doubt the possibility of an afterlife, I think it's possible that reincarnation is a thing. Just not in the sense of a spirit leaving a body. Have you ever thought about how we(I think everyone does?) believe ourselves to be our consciousness? A person can lose chunks of their brain and, assuming they survive, still believe their self to be the same person. This is entirely based on my ignorance, but If we're not the whole it could be that we're the bits. What happens when the brain bits of a deceased man ends up as part of a fly's brain? Could the same consciousness that man once felt be in that fly? Like a person with amnesia of literally everything before they entered their coma, or a flash drive being formatted.

 

[nickname1224]

So I personally believe something like a consciousness does not arise but a lot more is something that has always been there which is why you can not imagine suddenly not being anymore.