What do you think happens when you die?

Question

Do you think we go eternally to heaven or hell

or

Do you think we move on, grow and come back in another form, same spirit?

Thanks !!!!!!!

Answer 1

i think we go to heaven or hell forever

Answer 2

I think that God knows better than anyone. So why not 'ask' Him, by reading what He has had recorded for our instruction in His word, the Bible? The following series of articles links several Scriptures together that speak to the subject of death, with Bible-based reasoning:

DEATH--Can We Understand It? :
... Death’s Devastating Effect
... “Death Is Swallowed Up Forever”
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2005/8/15/article_01.htm

Related topics are listed left (near top) of the articles'
texts, & in this case are:
Should You Be Afraid of Death?, &
The Hereafter--Where Will It Be?

Another part of your question is answered in the articles:
An Inheritance You Can Count On, &
“The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth”
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004/10/1/article_01.htm

Most of them contain live-links to the exact scriptures referred to in them. For those the few that don't, you can make easy use of the on-line Bibles I list below. I hope that you will, because it is so much more meaningful!

Sincerely,
"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!"
1 Thessalonians 5:21

PS: I answered a similar question 2 months ago,
which is in Y!As archives :
"What is the physical nature of a soul?"
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=An14eNwTPKakoiz2QPzOIuYjzKIX/SIG=11r8r2008/**http%3a//answers.yahoo.com/question/%3fqid=1006052817574
However, the first article I'm referring You to seems to have been added to the Web site Just This Week. (Additions seem to be very regular--weekly as far as I can tell so far).
Also, at least one addition of each week seems to be featured on the home page throughout that week, along with other 'old-timers' on the site. All the features change weekly, so if you're interested in knowing what's on the site, but haven't the time to read the entire index, just checking the home page on a weekly basis may eventually show you everything on the site!

Answer 3

Actually when people die; they're asleep in the grave. Death is called a sleep (Matt.9:24; John 11:11; 1Cor.15:51; 1Thess.5:10).
The spirit goes back to God that gave it!(Eccles.12:7; Psalm 146:4)




The Bible describes three hells.

SHEOL OR HADES, THE FIRST HELL
The first term in Greek and Hebrew means the grave. It's the grave where the dead await the resurrection.
GENESIS 37:35---I SHALL GO DOWN INTO THE GRAVE.
PROVERBS 15:11--HELL & DESTRUCTION ARE BEFORE THE LORD.
ECCLES.9:10---NO WORK...OR KNOWLEDGE...IN THE GRAVE,
MATT.11:23---WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HADES
1COR.15:55---O HADES, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY

GEHENNA, THE SECOND HELL
The second term in New Testament means the place of fiery destruction of the wicked.
MATT.5:22--...BE IN DANGER OF HELL FIRE
MATT.10:28--TO DESTROY BOTH BODY AND SOUL IN HELL

TARTAROO, THE THIRD HELL
This third term is only used once and refers to the place of restraint where the demon spirits were placed following the rebellion against God.
2PETER 2:4---BUT CAST THEM DOWN TO HELL.

THE THREE HEAVENS
There's 3 heavens.

First Heaven = This is also called the firmament or expanse of heaven. It is the heaven where the birds fly and where the clouds give rain. (Gen.1:26; 2:20; 8:2 & 1Kings 18:45)

Second Heaven = This refers to outerspace where the sun, moon and stars can be found. (Gen.22:17 & Exodus 32:13 & Joshua 10:13)

Third Heaven = The Apostle Paul tells us that the heaven of God's abode is the "third heaven." In the Old Testament this is often designated by the phrase "the heaven of heavens." (Joshua 2:11 & Psalms 11:4 & 2Corinthians 12:2 equated with v.4 = paradise)

THERE ARE TWO KINGDOMS: ONE ON EARTH AND THE OTHER ONE COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN.

The 1st Kingdom of Heaven =
DAN.7:27 = "AND THE KINGDOM AND DOMINION, AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KINGDOM UNDER THE WHOLE HEAVEN, SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH, WHOSE KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND ALL DOMINION SHALL SERVE AND OBEY HIM."
REV.5:10 = "AND HAST MADE US UNTO OUR GOD KINGS AND PRIESTS: AND WE SHALL REIGN ON THE EARTH."

The 2nd kingdom of Heaven =
AFTER 1,000 YEARS = A NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH-HOLY CITY COMING DOWN FROM HEAVEN = REV.21:1-4; ISAIAH 65:17-25; 66:1,22 AND ETC.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO---
ISAIAH 66:21; ZECH.14:9-11 = "BUILD HOUSES, PLANT VINEYARDS, EAT VINEYARDS"
ISAIAH 66:23; ZECH.14:16-19 = "WORSHIP FROM ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER AS ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER"
JESUS WILL BE GIVING CITIES TO THE SAINTS INWHICH THEY WILL BE TEACHING OTHERS THE TRUE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE = MATT.25:14-23; EZEKIEL 36:10,33; LUKE 13:26; ISAIAH 61:4
WE WON'T MARRY OR BE GIVEN UNTO MARRIAGE = MATT.22:30
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL BE PLAYING IN THE STREETS = ZECHARIAH 8:4-5,8
MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH = PSALM 37:9-11; MATT.5:5; REV.5:10

Answer 4

When you die, thats it. Game over man. Make the most of this life.

To all you immoral religious people, that does NOT give us the excuse to have sex with whoever we want and take whatever is given to us. In fact it presents us with a greater responsibility to work together as humans because this is all we have. Anyone who believes that if there is no god than there is no morals is an immoral fool, and the only thing preventing you from killing your enemies I suppose is the fear of hellfire in the afterlife. What kind of pathetic moral system is that??

Atheism actually gives us higher morals than religion ever could.

Answer 5

You return to dust.

-Genesis 3:19
-Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10

The idea of an immortal soul is not taught in the Bible. In fact, the Bible shows that a soul (or person) can be destroyed (Ezekiel 18:4). God only gives immortality to annointed Christians who prove faithful. God does not bestow immortality on the wicked. They simply stop living at death. They return to the dust from which they came.

When a faithful servant of God dies, he too awaits in death (or nonexistence, the absence of life). However, he awaits being raised up in the resurrection on the last day. If we had imortal souls, we wouldn't need a resurrection, would we?

Answer 6

You stop breathing.
Gen 3:19 "In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.”
Eccl. 9:. 5 For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.

Eccl 9:10 All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She´ol, the place to which you are going.

As for those that believe in immortal souls?
Eze.18:. 4 Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so likewise the soul of the son—to me they belong. The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.

Answer 7

The Tibetan Book of Death explains what happens in the death process. The steps in dying are the reverse of coming into consciousness, as your eye, ear and touch senses begin to fade out.

The last breaths you take, the last bodliy warmth you feel in your heart, and the following stages would interest you, as one day we all have to experience them.

Another book is The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, by Sogyal Rinpoche. It has the same content as the first book I mentioned, but is translated for Western readers.

Peace.

Answer 8

WHAT JESUS SAID ABOUT DEATH

Jesus Christ spoke about the condition of the dead. He did so with regard to Lazarus, a man whom he knew well and who had died. Jesus told his disciples: “Lazarus our friend has gone to rest.” The disciples thought that Jesus meant that Lazarus was resting in sleep, recovering from an illness. They were wrong. Jesus explained: “Lazarus has died.” (John 11:11-14) Notice that Jesus compared death to rest and sleep. Lazarus was neither in heaven nor in a burning hell. He was not meeting angels or ancestors. Lazarus was not being reborn as another human. He was at rest in death, as though in a deep sleep without dreams. Other scriptures also compare death to sleep. For example, when the disciple Stephen was stoned to death, the Bible says that he “fell asleep.” (Acts 7:60) Similarly, the apostle Paul wrote about some in his day who had “fallen asleep” in death.—1 Corinthians 15:6.


The Bible teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” They are not alive and have no conscious existence anywhere. The account of Lazarus confirms this. Upon returning to life, did Lazarus thrill people with descriptions of heaven? Or did he terrify them with horrible tales about a burning hell? No. The Bible contains no such words from Lazarus. During the four days that he was dead, he had been “conscious of nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Lazarus had simply been sleeping in death.—John 11:11.
The account of Lazarus also teaches us that the resurrection is a reality, not a mere myth. Jesus raised Lazarus in front of a crowd of eyewitnesses. Even the religious leaders, who hated Jesus, did not deny this miracle.

Think about this too: If Lazarus had been in heaven for those four days, would he not have said something about it?— And if he had been in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back to earth from that wonderful place?— Of course not!

Yet, many people say that we have a soul, and they say that the soul lives on after the body dies. They say that Lazarus’ soul was alive somewhere. But the Bible does not say that. It says that God made the first man Adam “a living soul.” Gen. 2:7, Adam was a soul. The Bible also says that when Adam sinned, he died. He became a “dead soul,” and he returned to the dust from which he had been made. The Bible also says that all Adam’s offspring inherited sin and death too.

The Scriptural teaching of the resurrection, however, is not compatible with the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. If an immortal soul survived death, no one would need to be resurrected, or brought back to life. Indeed, Martha expressed no thought about an immortal soul that was living on elsewhere after death. She did not believe that Lazarus had already gone to some spirit realm to continue his existence. On the contrary, she showed her faith in God’s purpose to reverse the effects of death. She said: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.” (John 11:23, 24) Likewise, Lazarus himself related no experiences of some afterlife. There was nothing to report.

Clearly, according to the Bible, the soul dies and the remedy for death is the resurrection. You enjoy the best sleep ever, until Jesus resurrects you, sometime in the future.

Answer 9

When I die, I'm either going to live in the Summerlands with my Divine parents, the Lord and Lady, and who love me more than anything you could ever imagine, or they will be sending me back to this earth to live another life, because the lessons I was supposed to learn weren't learned. Either way, it will be a joyous time for me. Even if I only get to be with them for a little while, it's better than nothing.

Answer 10

I follow a Celtic path so I believe that after death I will go to feast in the Otherworld for a period of time before coming back to learn more with the help and guidance of my ancestors.

Answer 11

MY WORRIES ABOUT DEATH

Everybody have their answer, you see?
That's all I worry about. A lot of answer but nothing proven.

Should we all have to just believe them. Every religion has its definition about death. It's just like a commodity around. Well, if all religion claim that their 'death' is valid, then what happen for those who in faith of any other one?

Some answers have different approaches like energy, matters. or just simply to ash or to dust.

I always think that people who asking anything about death are just like me: worry about the definition; worry about what next ahead; are we suffer at the time of death and beyond.

I never will have a good answer for this, even in my faith. Then like some people, I just walk the life. Trying to walk the good in life, but sometimes it just like walk in vain.

Sometimes I sure that the future is on the life after death. Can we hope for any detail information from someone that passed the point of death and go back to tell us in such way that ensure about the definition? I'd like to know what makes you ask your question. I doubt that you are satisfied to all of the answers posted here.

And I'm in worry again.