What do you personally believe about the afterlife?

Question

A heaven and a hell? Reincarnation? Eternal nothingness?

Lately I ve been thinking about this specific topic, and I d like to believe that in the afterlife, you get born in the world as another person. Like an endless experience of life where you have no memory of your past life.

Honestly, considering that there might not be a heaven or hell really helps you in decision making

Answer 1

What do you personally believe about the afterlife?



Personally? I think that NDEs are the result of a dying brain, as does anyone else whose factually researched them, and that reincarnation is as made up as it sounds. There's no evidence for it either.



I don't think there is an afterlife, personally. I don't think that the universe is sentient, or that karma is actually a thing. On the other hand, energy cannot, supposedly, be created or destroyed, and we have determined that our very consciousness is actually energy. Logically, it would have to go somewhere, but new scientific findings on the quantum level show that energy can be created and destroyed. I really wish I could explain it better, but I can't, so ask a quantum physicist, like i did.



I often get asked "What will you do if you're wrong and [insert mainstream religious god here] is real?"



If any of the manmade religions are correct, then I expect some sort of justice that isn't based on ridiculously simple concepts. A divine creator being wouldn't just shove good people into eternal torture for not believing, nor would it use the idiots representing religion as a mouthpiece. THEY can't even agree what's right and wrong. So how can we be blamed if we assumed it was all crap?



A god that is truly just and omnipotent, like the god most people believe in today, already knows who is bad and who is good, and why they are the way they are. Infact, that same god is supposedly the one who created us right? How then can it judge people who gave in to their natures that the god itself gave them in the first place?



If there is a god and a heaven and a hell, I'm not worried about where I'll end up. I know exactly what kind of person I am, and I'm more than capable enough to defend why I believe what I believe. If this god everyone follows truly had a problem with my lifestyle, it would tell me so itself. I don't need a bunch of idiots thumping a book to tell me how to live my life, and what'll happen if i don't conform to their way of living. If I was one of them however, I would be worried about what my god would think of me trying to forcibly convert people, of what it would think of forcing people to go against their very nature.



The only people who need to worry about an afterlife, should one exist, know who they are already. And I know I'm not one of them, thus I see no reason to emotionally castrate myself to please some made up idea of a deity nobody can prove actually exists in the first place.

Answer 2

It's certainly enticing to believe there is something beyond ... something more after we die, but there is simply no evidence of this at all. We know some things ... including that at fundamental levels, our bodies and brains are made of the same fundamental elements as anything else. An oxygen atom is the same whether it's used in your brain or it's wandering around the atmosphere or being excreted by a fern during photosynthesis. To believe in an afterlife requires that whatever constitutes "you", your essence, has some ability to stay intact even after all of those molecules, atoms and particles fall apart and are returned to the universe, by way of Earth first. We live in an entropic universe, and everything we observe (all objects) are on a path of more chaos ... from higher degrees of organization like a functioning human body and brain. Everything falls apart, including stars, planets and lifeforms. They simply don't last in a highly organized state. How is it that one aspect of a life form would get around that fact? I doubt there is an afterlife ... though I would agree that the knowledge and information gained collectively by consciousness would be a huge waste if there isn't something more.

Answer 3

Since energy and matter cannot be created or destroyed, only made to change form, existence is eternal and uncaused, without beginning or end. Why would life be an exception? Almost all religious and spiritual faiths where founded on the teaching that we are all the Immortal Soul, and that this life is meant to be used to prepare for the next, whether it is another earthly incarnation, or an eternal afterlife.



Materialist have constructed a compartmentalized reality of categorical abstractions that are projected externally as "reality," which typically ends up being a depressing hollowed out, empty shell of an existence with no meaning or purpose. The external world they project becomes scrutinized and blamed for not "adding up" while the mind and one's bias perception goes unchallenged.



That sort of reality sound way more bizarre and far fetched, especially in light of cosmic law, that pertains to everything in existence. The idea of 'nothing' is an impossibility because it cannot have existence, expect as an abstract category of dualistic thought in the mind's imagination. 'Negation' is not inherent to the universe at all, and is only an perceptual interpretation of the mind, which observes energy and matter changing form in a linear and sequential fashion. Hence, the 'illusion' of "birth and death," "beginning and end."

Answer 4

More honestly, there aren't a lot of atheists running around making horrible decisions because they don't believe in the afterlife or a higher power so it shouldn't affect your decision-making. You should be a good person and not do anything that would violate anyone else's free will. But since we don't know definitively, perhaps there is no reason for us to know while we're here. I happened to be raised by people that believed in eternal nothingness afterwards, but I don't believe that myself. I personally believe that you continue on after this and that you might get held up in a vision of what you expect will occur for a while. And while the you that you are continues, it's not exactly the same you that you were here. You as you know yourself now are just one facet/personality of a greater being which is all part of the universal source or God or whatever you conceive what created us to be. Because we think of time as chronological and cannot fathom that we are part of something bigger, it's hard for us to imagine that we are possibly already living other lives or facets now - because time does not really exist. Everything we learn and touch and love here becomes part of the greater experience. We learn how to create responsibly while we are here so that we can move on and continue on whatever paths of creation we have planned for ourselves. I cannot tell you that my beliefs are true. Just that they are true to me.

Answer 5

All primitive religions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe had the same concept about the afterlife. The theory that the Jewish version that we have inherited is in some way unique and real while the others are phony cannot be proved.



Nor can the existence of Heaven or its equivalents in other belief systems be proved. Nor can Hell and its equivalents.



There is no logical reason in fact to expect that anything will happen other than the body ceasing to function, the brain switching off, and all awareness ceasing.

Answer 6

The only after life when someone dies is what the Bible teaches and that's the resurrection of the dead! (Acts 24:15) And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

(John 5:28, 29) Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.

Christendom's false clergy says that we have a soul that leaves our bodies when we die, the Bibles says the soul dies (Ezekiel 18:4) Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so also the soul of the son—to me they belong. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

All pagan beliefs think there's life after death, this has been adulterated into the Christian faith, the followers of Christ believed in the resurrection of the last days and not in heaven and hell doctrine (John 11:24) Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”

Eccl 9:5-6 says) 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten. 6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they no longer have any share in what is done under the sun.

The Bible says your thoughts perish, what's so hard to understand?

Answer 7

I don't have an opinion about the Afterlife. It is stated in the Bible as a place where all those who have died will be resurrected and live forever on this newly restored Earth. The Afterlife doesn't exist yet. The Bible tells us that the dead know only their grave. No one will go to heaven or hell.

Answer 8

I belkeve that the soul is eternal and can exist separately from the body. Some souls are at different levels than others. Hell is a place where extreme evil goes - the soul gravitates to its own level. I'm open minded about reincarnation there are some convincing examples and I think if there's an opportunity for the soul to grow or learn then we come back until it's no longer necessary.



I had a powerful awakening experience about 15 years ago that convinced me of the existence of the soul.

Answer 9

What one personally believes is not what matters. It is what the bible tells us. You can sit on a site just like this one and get 101 different opinions based on nothing but someones gut feeling. Or you can examine the bible and get the clear answer to this and any other important question you seek.



Ecclesiastes 9:5 says that the dead are not conscious of ANYTHING. And verse 10 of the same chapter says that whatever you want to do, do it while you are alive and able to because there is no activity after you die.

When Adam was condemned by God, his sentence was clear. Dust ....to Dust. Not Dust ...to hell.

In John 5:28-29, Jesus promises a future resurrection for mankind. Would such a resurrection be possible or even necessary if everyone was already either in heaven or hell? So the bible is clear. We cease to exist. There are no dead spirits living in creepy old house secretly watch you take showers. Please note that throughout this answer, I have not given you my opinion or "personal belief". I have based my answer on the bible.

Answer 10

As humans whether we believe in heaven or hell really doesn't effect our decisions, we are selfish in that most of us won't do self destructive things, if we think we will be frowned upon by society or become addicted or other wise immediately punished we won't do it. That is how athiests aren't filling up jails. Next question what happens when we die? It's nice to hope that maybe we will be rewarded for our goodness isn't it? One thing we can know for a surety is that we will die, maybe that's why we don't know it would take away the purpose of living if we didn't have hope and religion gives us hope that there is more. So I say, do your best, love everyone, forgive. Because this is what we have now and we don't know what's coming so enjoy and take it in.

Answer 11

The thing is that many religions have their own versions of this however they are not mutually compatibe. In particular the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam in chronological order) have differing ideas which are at odds with each other ie they each believe that they are God's people and that they are the only ones who with achieve paradise.

Even then, there are different sub groups within each religion with their own set of beliefs eg: Jehovas Witnesses think that they are the only ones (even within Christianity) who will ascend to heaven.

If there really were to be an omnipotent God would he be so selective? Babies born in Saudi Arabia for example are likely to be Muslims for life, and since the system there virtually brainwashes them into believing the Koran verbatim, and the repercussions associated with leaving Islam ensure that very few do, so what are the chances of a Saudi baby growing u to be a Jehovas Witness?

It's a recurring theme throughout most branches of religion (Abrahamic in particular) and for the reason that they are so exclusive and intolerant of others, it leads me to believe that they are all wrong.

But all is not lost. The universe is an amazing place and we are only beginning to understand it. There are many theories on existentialism and although most if not all will be incorrect, they hold more water for me than the mainstream Abrahamic religions. That's progress.

Scientifically, so much is possible and still to be understood. I find that quite exciting.

Religions were devised to unite and control peoples and to educate them about basic life skills.

For the most part they did this very effectively and have contributed much to our culture that we currently enjoy.

Nowadays, in civilized society we don't need the Bible to tell us right from wrong. We have family values, laws and above all, basic human nature that means we know that it is wrong to steal and kill etc. The best advice is to treat others as you would expect them to treat you.

But we are far from perfect. There is still widespread greed and corruption and this is the cause of most wars. Religion just gives us another way of seeing ourselves as different or even as adversaries. The sooner we deal with that, the better. I'm all for intergration of all peoples and that requires the abolition of religion.

Answer 12

There is life after the death of the body and other lives, otherwise life would have no meaning nor value.



There is no heaven and hell the way we think, there is only a spiritual world with plenty of regions.



It's because we are so blind that we don't realize that God would never make a life as meaningless where there is only one opportunity to get it right, condemning us to heaven or hell. Would God do this to us for such a short life and so different for each of us? Who believe this?



We are spiritual beings living earthly experience to progress, for a while, and when the time ends we return in spirit to the spirit world from which we came and continue living there better or worse according to our merit.







Read the book I put down and see these beautiful videos that you will understand a lot of things. You may not believe what I'm saying, but you can investigate.



Raul Teixeira - Life after Death (English Subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Gr-XwHEcw



Understanding Reincarnation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-fPEmf5KWI&list=PL2Tnv6Ea2nBXCE0HvCA6XCH3K9HMFzvaj&index=12



A beautiful film about reincarnation Yesterday's children with Jane Seymour.wmv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrMmpDLLKCg

Answer 13

Nothing. I don't know what happens. I think reincarnation is the most likely to happen because that would also explain what happens before birth. Well, your life starting over would also be likely, but I don't want that. I like reincarnation because it could get better. But, unfortunately it could get worse. The things keeping me from believing in it is that it isn't fully proven, and what controls it? And also that the population is increasing, so I think in order for that to work, the soul would have to time travel, or the total population of every organism in the universe is being born and dying at the same rate.

Answer 14

Ecclesiastes 9:5 says "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten." So from this scripture you can see that the dead are concious of nothing; they don't experience any tormenting or suffering. It's as if they're asleep for Jesus even likened a man, Lazarus, to sleeping when he had died (John 11:11). While the dead are asleep, conscious of nothing at all, there is going to be a resurrection (John 5:28,29). Revelation 21:4 says, "He will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." So we have the hope of God soon resurrecting our loved ones who have died. And soon we look forward to Psalm 37:29 where it says "The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it."

Answer 15

I don't believe you can get reincarnated as anyone but yourself, unless you are everyone else right now, because we are all energy together, but can each only perceive ourselves. I believe you would get reincarnated as yourself in another universe like this one, in another cycle, which requires the big bounce theory, an endless cycle of big bang, big crunch, big bang. This theory breaks no laws, while the theory that there was a beginning breaks many basic science laws which have never been proven wrong, but which quantum physics experiments have somehow made possible, like breaking the first law of thermodynamics, the law of causality, that all forms of propulsion have limits, that all forms of energy have gravity, etc. I've been researching it as a hobby for many years now, and am quite sure it is the only possibility, regardless of what other people may say.

Answer 16

I believe in what the Bible teaches. In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon was inspired to write: “For the living know that they will die,but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten. Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they no longer have any share in what is done under the sun.” He added: “Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your might, for there is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the Grave, where you are going.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10) Therefore, in regards to the afterlife, the Bible does not teach that any part of a human survives death. Yet, it does offer an unmistakably clear hope for those who die. (John 5:28,29)

Answer 17

Personally, I will be judged under Grace because I willingly served my GOD, The LORD of Hosts Purpose when I was made an offender for a word (so that I can be refined in the furnace of afflictions to understand the good Judgments of GOD), I already know where I'm going and I will have eternal bliss.

Answer 18

You can all believe what you want but I know there is something else after this Earth journey. My aunt crossed over May of 2013 in November she called me on my mobile from her mobile that was cut off and talked to me, Mama was there listening too. So yes there isn't any death just another new journey. I do not believe in the Bible so cant answer about your heaven and hell. Hell seems like something your Devil would think up though.

Answer 19

Here's what I believe, but I haven't chosen to believe; it's not the result of an act of will. It's just there in my mind. I can't will myself to believe something else. The only thing that changes my beliefs is the arrival of new facts. I have no control over my beliefs. Anyway:



We're like whirlpools. When the water in a stream starts to move just right, a whirlpool forms. It didn't exist before, but now it does. It can move downstream, and the molecules that comprise it come and go, but it's the same whirlpool the whole time. When the movement of the water is disrupted sufficiently, the whirlpool disintegrates, ceases to exist. It existed before, but now it does not. Where was the whirlpool before it formed? There was no whirlpool before it formed. Where is it now? There is no whirlpool now.



When the molecules in your mother's body began to move just right, you came into existence. You didn't exist before, but now you do. You move around, your molecules come and go, but you're the same person the whole time. When the movement of your molecules is disrupted sufficiently (for example, they stop moving altogether), you cease to exist. Just like the whirlpool, you weren't there before, then you were there, and now you're not there any more. Where were you before? There was no you before. Where are you after you die? There is no you after you die.



That's what my belief has to say on the matter. I have no control over it.

Answer 20

I don't believe in an afterlife.



But im hanging out with the interdimensional beings that know of our existance right now. They can help us all out with this little mortality problem it seems. They are very advanced, scientifically even.



They seem to have plans for all of us.

Answer 21

It really doesn't matter what you believe about the possibility of an afterlife, as long as it does not negatively impact upon your behaviour in this world. Why does it not matter? Because if there isn't one you will never know about it. It is an area of great uncertainty, whatever Jesus felt about it. .

Answer 22

Personally, I do not believe in the afterlife. Accordingly to the Bible, the only remedy for death is the resurrection. Heaven is where God resides. The Bible definition of hell is mankind common grave

Answer 23

I believe that when we die and are buried our body returns to dust from which it was taken. Our spirit-soul goes to sleep to be awaken at the resurrection. The Bible says in Eccles. 9:5&6 that the dead know not any thing; neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. v 6 neither have they any more a portion FOREVER IN ANYTHING THAT IS DONE UNDER THE SUN. The Bible says the soul that sins IT SHALL DIE. The physical body that houses the soul decays at death and there is no more reward for the body. The soul cannot die, it can only be destroyed. At the resurrection our souls will be raised from sleep either to eternal life or to eternal damnation.

Answer 24

There must be afterlife otherwise no way to balance the good and bad deeds done in this life. If we did goos deeds we will receive similar good deeds in the endless cycle of rebirth ( Pure Theravada Buddhism )



When you making decisions it is important to believe afterlife. This is belong to Sila in Buddhism. So that you will avoid bad things. This will return may good deeds in the cycle of rebirth

Answer 25

Homo sapiens is a product of evolution and natural selection. We have developed to function in the present earth environment. The 'afterlife' is an alternate death idea based on faith.

Answer 26

Our minds are the physical processes of our brains, we know that because of MRIs, CT scans, EEGs, and the effects of brain damage from disease and injury. When a person's brain becomes incapable of functioning, their mind ceases to exist, we know that with practical certainty.



Wanting an afterlife to exist isn't grounds for believing one does. I would go a step further than what you have said, I think presuming a heaven or hell exists or even pretending they are plausible, lead to poor decision making.

Answer 27

I believe the real life is the one we embrace when we graduate from this one. This is the one Jesus was talking about when he said to the man dying beside Him "Today you will be with Me in Paradise." Right now we are in training for that life, paradise.



I believe this because of the experiences I have heard and read about Near Death Experiences. I always believe actual real life experiences over philosophy or theology and I don't believe God would allow evil or negativity to deceive us during this important juncture in life.



I don't believe we understand hell very well based on these same experiences. I believe that negative people do not graduate to paradise but go instead to a place where only negativity and negative people exist. This is not a happy or productive place. Nothing negative can enter paradise.



I don't believe hell is eternal as some teach but don't take my word for it. I would hate for a bunch of people to end up in Hell because I told them it wasn't eternal hell.



David prayed to God several times not to leave his soul in Hell, Gheena. It seems that when we gain victory over negativity which is extremely hard to do in a negative place we can possibly get out. What loving God would want to punish people for ever? Its not Gods Hell. Its our hell and we put ourselves in it. We cant get out of it without Gods help.



Like so many maladies we inflict on ourselves through the way we live, the choices we make, negativity is the worst. We cant be worse then negative.

Answer 28

THERE IS NO AFTERLIFE

A human being is always living with a group of spirits which have joined one by one since birth. Between creatures (including human beings) and God there are millions of invisible elements. There are divisions too. We are just robots made of different materials (flesh, bones, nerves etc.,) created by scientist God or eternal beings to entertain God. Each of us have memories like computers have RAM. The fed things (data= knowledge=several spirits or invisible elements) are in contact with the mind since childhood. A brain is a media to connect spirits to a human mind. In fact, all stuff related to a human being lives with a human being in the form spirits. Even thoughts are not our own. One after another the spirits think and we choose (accept) or reject based on the knowledge we have possessed. If current (electricity) stopped the memory loses all data. This is with the computer. The same thing occurs to all of us. Computers are functioning by electric power but human beings are functioning by natural power. We call this as soul. This soul is nothing but simply the functionality of body. If this is stopped our memories lose all data (all spirits or invisible elements). These spirits leave the body and go to different places. No one lives in the form of spirit or anything after death. We are simply our bodies, the toys made for spirits for their games.



REINCARNATION

Reincarnation is a rare phenomena which is not possible to all. To form a reincarnation all spirits which lived with a body must possess another person together. Then only he/she can feel same thing of the demised person. But this is not happening because the spirits never stay together to haunt or possess another. They go to different bodies. Rarely there might have been certain cases but I think it had changed after some time. Spirits during their life time live with many bodies (one after another). Their memories sometimes affects the person. This is natural. This is not enough to believe that there is rebirth. No one returns after death. A human's life ends with a single body.



There is no hell or heaven for human beings. They are only for spirits. Spirits are separate elements. There is always a common fate which is always applicable to all creatures including human beings. That is, we are like other creatures except that we have an additional sense (sixth sense). This sense had changed only the living conditions of the human beings but not the fate. The fate is almost same to all creatures including human beings.

Answer 29

Most people hope for an afterlife. The Bible speaks of those who will rule with Christ and of a people who will inherit everlasting life. Jesus said to them: 28 “Truly I say to you, in the re-creation, when the Son of man sits down on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit everlasting life. (Matthew 19:28, 29.) Jesus told his apostles that they would be among those who would rule as kings and judge “the twelve tribes of Israel,” that is, the world of mankind outside that heavenly ruling class. (1 Corinthians 6:2) He also spoke of a reward for “everyone” who follows him. Such individuals too “will inherit everlasting life.” All of this is to take place “in the re-creation. What did Jesus mean by “the re-creation”? The term is translated “the new world” in The Bible—An American Translation. It is rendered “when all is made new” in The Jerusalem Bible and “the renewal of all things” in The Holy Bible—New International Version. Since Jesus used the term without explanation, he evidently referred to what had been the Jewish hope for centuries. There was to be a re-creation of conditions on earth, so that things would be as they were in the garden of Eden before Adam and Eve sinned. The re-creation will fulfill God’s promise of “creating new heavens and a new earth.”—Isaiah 65:17. Jesus also said: “The hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear [the Son of man’s] voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.” (John 5:1-9, 19, 22, 24-29) Jesus was telling the persecuting Jews that he was the one appointed by God to fulfill the Jewish hope of everlasting life on earth and that he would do so by raising the dead.

JW.org

Answer 30

Reincarnation isn't possible. Or at least not possible for some people. The population of most species are growing. Think about this. If the universe exploded, reincarnation is real, but nothing is alive, where would everyone go?

Answer 31

i was raised a buddhist but now i am a christian ... its been 30 years.

all these time, i've been studying ... so i am v bible literate.

heaven n hell ___ ? this is a biblical fact

reincarnation ___ ? this is a biblical fact



eternal nothingness ___ ? false concept

you see, once a soul is created, it LIVES ... either in heaven or hell.

so there is no 'eternal nothingness'.

you can imagine, the reward and the penalty ... v high stakes for a human soul.

islamic terrorists ... eternal hell

killing innocent people who do you no harm is as good as killing God !



christianity is the ONLY path to heaven ... no other paths.

only in Jesus Christ is a soul allowed into heaven ... and live there eternally.

therefore, christians are called to live a standard set by God ie. Jesus Christ as per His bible.

this means when a christian achieves this standard and dies, s/he will not be reincarnated ie. recycled.

a christian soul enters paradise ... forever.



reincarnation is recycling the soul.

this applies to every soul who fails God's standard ie. fake christians and heathens (those who do not worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour).

on God's timeline, the world gets worse w every generation , as we are witnessing now.

Humans are getting from bad to worse, from evil to more evil and more ...



so if i were you, i suggest you go to a church, get a bible and start reading !

there is not much time left.

Jesus Christ is coming for His christians.

according to BIBLE CODE, its 2016. (read on youtube)

this leaves no time to focus on anything else but repentance and live a holy life.

Answer 32

I can not tell you what the afterlife will be in Heaven but in Hell in yes. The worse part of Hell is the absence of God, we are born into this cold world and have lived with His presence. It matters not that you don't believe in Him, He is there. Heaven will be what God wants for His creation and our finite mind can not conceive of it.

Answer 33

The bible tells us what happens after death. Genesis 3:19 says we return back to the dust of the ground. Ecclesiastes 9:5,10 says the dead know nothing at all. They are in a deep sleep without dreams. They do have the hope of being brought back to life on a paradise earth. You can find more information at www.jw.org

Answer 34

No afterlife. When the human race goes extinct, and all animals on Earth have died, then the Universe will discontinue as there will be no one there to observe it. Matter isn't what you think. It's all energy, and energy fades in and out of existence depending on if it's being observed or not.

Answer 35

I believe we live until we die and are then in the grave, awaiting the Resurrected. Either to Heavenly life, or to life on a restored Paradise Earth.



Why do I believe all that? Because that is the information given in the Bible and taken along with other Biblical information, it makes sense to me.

Answer 36

I believe there is no such think. As one who is much closer to the end of his life than its begining I would dearly love for there to be an afterlife. But sadly there is zero evidence for any such a thing.

Answer 37

The idea of reincarnation is tempting, I admit that. Who would not like the idea that you return, maybe five hundred years from now, and have a new look at the world? But it doesn't seem possible to me, so it's this one and only life I have, and when I'm dead, I'll be gone.

Answer 38

Not saying I have a religion or not but....



People are saying there is no evidence of there being an afterlife....



But



Is there evidence of there not being an afterlife?

Answer 39

I believe if we die before Jesus returns, And if we have been Saved that our Spirit will immediately go to be with Jesus but our physical bodies won't go until God raptures the Church. If we are Saved and are still here when Jesus returns we will be caught up to meet Him in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord. For those who don't know Jesus as Lord their final destiny will be hell. You have a choice. What will it be?

Answer 40

The best example we have of afterlife is the 40 days Jesus spent in the Christ body after the resurrection.



Jesus is the son of MAN. Christ is the Son of God. Jesus' earthly body did not rise from the tomb; angels rolled away the stone and disposed of it as with Moses. Jesus appeared in The Christ body to satisfy our demand for proof he was from God. Peter, who was with Christ, and Jesus, on the MT. of Transfiguration, understood this but was advised not to reveal it.

Answer 41

You die. You stop being a living thing. You turn into dirt or dust and everyone eventually forgets about you. There is no Heaven. There is no Hell. You just stop living. And then you decompose into a smelly, rotting mess that eventually becomes fertilizer for new living things. The circle of life.

Answer 42

Im agnostic / atheist, so even though I do not believe there is a heaven or hell (or even purgatory), I do believe in Reincarnation. I believe we are reincarnated over and over again and never truly die. Some people believe we are reincarnated until we learn a moral lessen, and then we die. But I really dont believe it though, but thats my personal belief.

Answer 43

Loaded question. 'Afterlife' assumes there is a life after death. Non-existence is more like it

Answer 44

The facts show that death is the end and that means there is no afterlife.

Answer 45

I'm inclined to think that there isn't one; that we're just dead, but TBH I haven't really got a solid opinion on what happens. I hvae a few cool theories same as you, but I don't believe in any of them

Answer 46

I don't believe in reincarnation because the Bible doesn't teach that. I believe inn heaven and hell which helps me in my decision making - it guides me in everything I do, say and think. Those who have experienced a glimpse of heaven and hell come back with remarkably similar accounts. I think we should listen to them because these are people who don't know one another.

Answer 47

Reincarnation is an appealing idea but I really don't believe it. If reincarnation were true there would be no way to prove it though because no one would be able to remember past lives and confirm it.

Answer 48

I believe what the bible tells me, i am pretty sure God knows more about it than I do. If you would like to know what the bible says, Jehovah's witnesses give free bible studies.



You might not want to wait too long since the bible also says this world is about to end.

Answer 49

I doesn't exist. Besides, heaven & hell made no sense to me after I got to thinking about how crazy it is to be rewarded or punished for all of eternity when you've only got a few decades of life to do anything.

Answer 50

I personally believe that when you die you are asleep. You are not heaven or hell. You are in a deep deep sleep unconscious of anything. You stay in a deep sleep until all wickedness is removed and then Jesus resurrects me from sleep back to life on earth.

Answer 51

Well we go in the ground. Pretty much how we were born, the last 13 billion years we didn't exist. Well after we die it's like that.

Answer 52

I we are among the 144,000 who are resurrected to heaven, then we will be in heaven with God (see Rev chapters 7 & 14).



Those with out a heavenly hope, when we die we sleep in death...that is Gehenna and we are totally unconscious, until God calls us in the resurrection, and then we are judged...God is faithful, he knows his children...and those who love him. These can live on a paradise earth, forever if they continue to obey their God...



John 11:11-13

Answer 53

I believe that we stop living. We become, essentially, "dead animals" ready for decomposition. We rot and turn back into dirt. There is no such thing as a spirit or a soul. Enjoy your life on this planet, because that is all there is. There is no so-called Disney-Land Afterlife.

Answer 54

I believe that there is a heaven & hell.And i also think people will be judged accordingly(i.e their deeds on earth will determine where they will eventually end up;heaven or hell).But i also think(you probably know this)most bad people will be condemned to hell for eternity & the good will live in heaven also for eternity.

Answer 55

It's quite simple, just go out and murder a lot of people, while screaming, "ALLAH AKBAR", and then blow yourself up with your bomb-vest, taking out several more innocent people along the way, and the next thing you know, YOU'LL BE IN HEAVEN, SURROUNDED BY 72 OF THE HOTTEST CHICKS YOU EVER SAW.

Answer 56

I believe there is a heaven and hell. I do not believe that an outweighing of good deeds will get you to heaven. If God is perfect he cannot tolerate even .000000000000001 of a sin. So ... that's why we need savior...JESUS ;)

Answer 57

In my dreams, I have see a lake of fire, outer darkness, spirit prison, and what seems to be other worlds, there is a war between satan and saints, the most valiant will not go to hell when they die, but everyone will go through the lake of fire, only those that have their names written in the lambs book of life, will not be harmed,

Answer 58

Who can prove there is the afterlife?

Answer 59

Reincarnation is impractical, but eternal life of the spirit is likely.

There are far more people alive today, than lived in recorded history.

Answer 60

its only for Christians. All others will perish forever in the eternal lake of fire



Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Answer 61

It is a lye probably put about by the ancient Romans who wanted to keep the slaves content and not too likely to have a revolt.

Answer 62

I believe the after life is exactly like the before life.



Nothing.

Answer 63

Heaven and hell as per God's Holy Word

Answer 64

I believe that there is a Heaven and hell i believe in God and the trinity and i know the devils real and how he works. And thats the beginning and end of everything.

Answer 65

Your experience with this, as well as many of the replies, is a pretty good testimony that people "decide to believe" whatever they like about death and the afterlife, whatever is comfortable to them. So people do make decisions about what they believe in.



But that doesn't make it truth. If there is no universal truth, then it doesn't matter -- you can believe in whatever makes you feel good. But if a universal truth exists in this matter, what you decide to believe will not change it.



Please consider that if the God of the Bible exists, and He is powerful enough to create the universe, He is powerful enough to write a book. And if He cares enough about you to send His only begotten Son to die in your place, then He certainly cares enough to give you the truth in His word.



Matthew 25:31-46 New International Version (NIV)



The Sheep and the Goats



31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.



34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’



37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’



40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’



41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’



44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’



45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’



46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Answer 66

who cares about the life after death? This present may be life after death or could be a single existence of yourself. It doesn't matter because you always have present with you. So belief of life after death or single won't affect your present. Your present only depends upon your deeds and karmas.

Answer 67

20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.



21Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.



22But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.



23Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.



24Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.



25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:



26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?



27She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.



28And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.



I believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God who died on the cross and rose from the grave I believe the bible is true

Jesus Christ is Lord

Answer 68

I believe you die, you hang about in something like an Astral plain, go over your life, and then you're reincarnated, if you did good in your life, your next life will be better, if you did bad, your next life will be hell.

Answer 69

The bible. Before that? Thought you died, the end.

Now I think it's comeuppance time. Makes sense.

Answer 70

I have accepted God, He is my Father, my everything. That is why I will spend eternity with Him. It is called being in Heaven. This is only available by honestly accepting salvatio through Jesus Christ.

Answer 71

I believe that we meet God and are judged. That all of us deserve hell, but through Christ and His death on the cross, we can find mercy and eternal life in Heaven.

Answer 72

I believe in heaven

Answer 73

Those who have accepted Christ into their life and are saved will live with God in heaven for eternity. Unfortunately those who choose not to believe will go to hell for eternity.

Answer 74

There isn't any. It's fiction used to manipulate naive people.

Answer 75

When we die we return back to the ground. Our hope of living again would be based on the resurrection.

Answer 76

Paradise.

Answer 77

God exists.



God is triune.



Jesus saves.



Heaven exists.



Hell exists.



Only those who accept Jesus as their personal Savior get to Heaven.



That's what I believe.

Answer 78

Oblivion.

Answer 79

I was with my mother when she passed. She told us she saw Heaven and it was beautiful. She said she was trying to get there but was having trouble. Then she started talking to Grandma. Her last words were, "Oh help me, Mama." She raised her arm as though reaching to Grandma and then her arm fell.



My husband was with his parents as thy passed and reported similar eexperiences. The hospice nurse said that is common.



https://www.guideposts.org/inspiration/life-after-death/proof-of-life-after-death-hospice-nurse?nopaging=1

Answer 80

first judgment in the grave by Angels .. than a day of judgment at doom's day by god.. ( you will be given a book that contain all your acts in life ) and than paradis or hell . that's depends on all your acts in the life . and what you believe

Answer 81

For those who do not receive Jesus Christ as Savior, death means everlasting punishment. However, similar to the destiny of believers, unbelievers also seem to be sent immediately to a temporary holding place, to await their final resurrection, judgment, and eternal destiny.

For the believer in Jesus Christ, the Bible tells us that after death believers’ souls/spirits are taken to heaven, because their sins are forgiven by having received Christ as Savior. For believers, death is to be “away from the body and at home with the Lord”.



We are commanded in Mark 16:15 "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature".

Here is the gospel that we are told to preach. We all sin, therefore we are all sinners. Since God is absolutely holy, He cannot be in the direct presence of sinful creatures. Therefore, all who are sinful must be separated from God and cannot be allowed to enter into His home (heaven). Hell is the place where these people must go, away from the presence of God. But God loves us and does not want everyone to go to Hell so he sent Jesus Christ to suffer and die on the cross as payment for our sins. After 3 days in the grave Jesus overcame death and rose from the dead and walked among men being seen by hundreds of people. In order to receive this gift from Jesus Christ we must make him our Lord and Savior. Pray the sinner’s prayer.

Dear Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner and I am in need of You and Your forgiveness. I want to turn from my sins and follow You completely. I believe that You are the Son of God who died on the cross for me and all my sins; You were buried, rose to life again and You are coming back. I accept the Father's gift of eternal life through faith and belief in You alone. I receive You as Lord and Savior of every part and area of my life forever and ever. Now Lord, fill me with Your Holy Spirit.

In Jesus Name.

Amen

It is not the prayer that saves you it is Jesus Christ.

Answer 82

I believe in a heaven but I am not sure in hell

Answer 83

check the parable in the gospels about the growing together of the wheat and the darnel [ tares]

Answer 84

Nothing exists for the dead. The world continues for those that are still alive.

Answer 85

Today will quickly be remembered as a distant memory before you know it. You will have this question answered when your dead, have patients your death will come sooner then you expect it~!

Answer 86

I personally believe it is made-up.

Answer 87

A new love story

Answer 88

It's something which is irrelevant to me because I have no idea what will happen after I die.

Answer 89

It's fake.

Answer 90

I hope I get a second chance at life, I do it right this time around.

Answer 91

That there will be a Buffet, and Video Games and other pleasures, I am not sure if it will happen though.

Answer 92

You get thrown in the loony bin eternally.

Answer 93

You have one life, when it's over, it's over.

Answer 94

Different people have many different ideas about this, but God only has one - Heaven or Hell is what He said awaits us, so there it is!

Answer 95

I believe in a heaven and hell.

Answer 96

"The Trumpet will (just) be sounded, when all that are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will please Allah (to exempt). Then will a second one be sounded, when, behold, they will be standing and looking on!" (Koran)

Answer 97

I can't help but believe that afterlife is an unbiblical farce.



The Hebrew word נָ֫פֶש, (ne′phesh) and the Greek word ψυχή, (psuché or psy·khe′) are both translated as "soul" in most Bible translations, when speaking of mankind. What the Bible tells us about souls includes:



Ezekiel 18:20 describes the soul as being mortal: "20The soul that sinneth, it shall die..." (KJV), and Genesis 2 reveals that when created, a soul is what man became: "7And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (ASV)



Ne′phesh is also used when the Bible tells about the creation of animals in Genesis 1:20,24. However, in these instances, many Bible translations paraphrase the word as "creatures": "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof." - Genesis 2:19 (KJV)



The Hebrew word ר֫וּחַ, (ru′ach) and the Greek word πνεῦμα, (pneu′ma)‖, are both translated as "breath" or as "spirit", when speaking of mankind, depending upon one's Bible translations. What the Bible tells us about our spirit includes:



Psalm 104 describes the spirit as what people, (souls), lose when we die: "29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust." (KJV)



Recalling that Genesis 2 tells us that God added the breath of life, (or spirit), to the man to make him a living soul, Psalm 104 confirms that breath, (or spirit), is the difference between a soul and a living soul, (or "creature"). Why else would one specify that the ne′phesh is "living"? (Being immortal, God's spirit is a different matter.)



This certainly complicates doctrine if one wishes to believe that either man's soul or his spirit is immortal. However, this isn't the only complication for that doctrine:



"4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun."

"10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." - Ecclesiastes 9 (KJV)



I also have to conclude that Hellfire is an unbiblical farce. According to the Bible, the dead will be judged when they are released from death and hell, and it wouldn't be reasonable to either punish or reward the dead before their judgment is pronounced upon them. Indeed, hell is not cast into the lake of fire until it delivers all the dead who are in it:



"12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." - Revelation 20 (KJV)



Afterward, only those who are then sentenced are also cast into the lake of fire. Considering that inanimate objects, such death and hell, are cast into the lake of fire, is torture its purpose? What does fire do to inanimate objects?



It destroys them.



Further, what happens to death and hell when all the dead are released from them? Do they even exist any more, or are they destroyed? What is death, when there are no dead, and no one dying?



What then, does the lake of fire do to people who are cast into it? Do they suffer, or do they also cease to exist?



Many will insist on taking "torment" in verse 10 as literal torment, but in the context of executing sentences, the Koine Greek verb βασανισθήσονται (basanisthēsontai) means to imprison or execute, just as the noun βασανισταῖς (basanistais), means a jailer, guard, or executioner, as in Matthew 18:34.



Matthew 10:28 confirms this; γεέννῃ (gehennē), usually eisegetically mistranslated as "hell", is the name of the valley outside the wall of Jerusalem, where the city cremated its executed criminals, and is analogous to the lake of fire, as attested by most theologians. This verse confirms that God's purpose for Gehenna is not torture, but destruction:



'“And you shall not be afraid of those who kill the body that are not able to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who can destroy soul and body in Gehenna.”' - Matthew 10:28 (APE)



Besides in Revelation 20, Jesus promised a resurrection in John 5:



"28Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, 29and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment." (NLT)



Who would need a resurrection, if they had an afterlife? Would it serve justice, to resurrect people from the reward or punishment they receive there?



For personal help to understand death and the resurrection: https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/free-bible-study/`

Answer 98

Much better and longer lasting than the afterbirth, methinks. :)

Answer 99

i believe you fall into a deep dark bottomless hole and just keep falling forever.

Answer 100

I believe we come back.

Answer 101

there is no afterlife

Answer 102

I have that described on my website.





http://www.joel2army.simplesite.com/406462082 Heaven





http://www.joel2army.simplesite.com/400460877 Hell

Answer 103

Nothing.

Answer 104

I think when your dead your dead... no afterlife

Answer 105

There is no "after" life... once you die, it is forever and there is no coming back. We all die and we all rot.

Answer 106

heaven, then reincarnation after a little while

Answer 107

it's ridiculous nonsense...

Answer 108

the question of what reason we were created to do ?

Answer 109

No such thing.

Answer 110

ye

Answer 111

huh ?

Answer 112

nothing

Answer 113

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