What really happens after a person dies?

Answer 1

They rot in a pine box, unless cremated, or left out in the open, in which case they just rot.

Answer 2

What I know for sure is,

"When a body dies, it does so slowly. A shot through the heart immediately stops blood flow, and the brain ceases to function a few minutes later. But cells of muscle, skin, and bone live on--dying only when metabolic waste products build up, sometimes days later.
Upon death, the body temperature begins to drop at about 2.5 degrees F an hour. The muscles relax, and the skin sags into new shapes. Blood settles in body parts closest to the ground, turning the top grayish white and darkening the underside, except where pressed to the ground. The resulting liver-colored stain, liver mortis, is most pronounced about 10 hours after death.
Within 6 hours, rigor mortis sets in: The eyelids stiffen, then the neck and jaw, and finally the remaining muscles. (The reason, still poorly understood, is probably a combination of chemical shifts and protein coagulation.) After roughly a day, the muscles slowly relax again in the same sequence that they stiffened.
Meanwhile, bacteria have eaten through the gut. The first sign is usually a greenish patch marbling blood vessels on the lower right belly. The putrefaction spreads across the stomach, down the thighs, over the chest. The skin changes to olive to eggplant to black. The bacteria produce gas that bulges the eyes, protrudes the tongue, and pushes blood-stained fluid from orifaces. That's why coffins are constructed with lids that can burp.
A week after death finds the skin loosened and covered with large, putrid blisters. hand skin can slough off like a glove, taking the fingerprints with it.
A few weeks later, the hair, teeth, and nails begin to loosen, sometimes to fall out. Some of the organs start to liquefy; others, such as the prostate, may remain intact for a year.
Exposed to the elements in the heat of summer, a body can be reduced to a skeleton in only a month. Burried 6 feet down, even without a coffin, skeletonization normally requires a decade more."

Answer 3

There are so many different theories on this it is absolutely fascinating.

Try reading the book Home with God...you will never again fear death after reading it.

Death of the physical incarnation is not a true end to life...it is only a continuation of our soul's journey, which is eternal.

The actual experience of it is as individual as we are, and has much to do with what we believe will happen, at first anyway.

In the end, we all end up at the same place, Home with God. It's amazing!!

Answer 4

Someday we'll all find out for sure.

I believe that we make our own choices, regarding whether we end up being with God for all eternity or being separated from Him for all eternity.

I believe that the best way to live, is to live in such a way as to effect the former and to avoid the latter. It's pretty simple, and the stakes are high -- very high.

Answer 5

This is a question which is basically at the heart of all religions and philosophies. It has been debated by the greatest minds of history. Everyone, based on their own faith system will have an answer. Which is right? We are all going to find out...

Answer 6

According to my religion, (christian) You either go to heaven or hell. Heaven is a wonderful place with streets of gold. You only go there If you accept Jesus into your heart and ask for forgiveness. You can guess the other part. But, what heppens to you BODY is a different story. You decay, and start to smell. You soon turn to a carcus.

Answer 7

Ps 115:17; Ecc 9:5. We lay in the grave until Jesus' second coming. 1Thes 4:16.

Answer 8

I wonder the same thing. My mom passed last May and I would love to know what happens next for her, if anything.

Answer 9

Usually they are buried. Some people really miss them for a while. If you have lived your life well and loved many then maybe you will be remembered fondly for quite a while.

Answer 10

They await Gods judgment in a spiritual sleep without dreams.