Unless there are any zombies out there searching Yahoo Answers, I don't think anyone is going to prove anything about an afterlife or lack thereof.
2006-07-11 19:48:04
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Nope! In just about every culture and society, no matter how diverse, we would find stories of ghosts, spirits or other parallelisms that indicate an afterlife existence. From historical times to the present day, there are just too many people who have had some sort of an encounter with a spirit or a ghost.
We hear stories of people being visited by the spirits of their friends/relatives that have departed. These are recurring themes common in most cultures and societies, from past to the present. I guess all these can be taken as an evidence of an afterlife.
about a heaven and hell? got no idea on this one..
2006-07-12 02:50:17
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answer #2
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answered by justine d 2
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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
2006-07-12 02:50:38
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answer #3
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answered by KNOWBIBLE 5
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Surely I believe there must be some sort of after life for the spirit, a final resting place. However I can't prove it nor disprove there is a heaven or hell. But I'll be sure to let you know once I come back from the dead though!
2006-07-12 02:49:15
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answer #4
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answered by GlitzNGlam 5
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HAHA to ES,
"What if your wrong?? What if Christianity is true?" thats called Pascal's Wager. See that doesnt work with atheists because we put ALL religions on the same playing field. May I turn it around and ask, "What if YOUR wrong?? What if the Prophet Mohammed is write and Islam is the only truth? You would be damned to suffering for rejecting Allah's holy truth!"
Pascal's Wager cannot work with an atheist with a half a brain because by nature we dont think Christianity has any more truth to it than Islam, Hinduism, or Greek Mythology. Hell, what if the mormons are right??? Then what??!
2006-07-12 04:24:16
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answer #5
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answered by neo 2
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When you’re dead, you’re dead."
What if you are wrong? What if God, Jesus, the prophets, the Jews, and Christians are right and you are wrong? If there is no afterlife, no Judgment Day, no heaven, and no hell, then God is unjust and each of the above is guilty of being a false witness. It means that Almighty God couldn’t care less about the fact that a man rapes a woman, then cuts her throat and is never brought to justice. If you are right, and there is no ultimate justice, you won’t even have the joy of saying, "I told you so." However, if you are wrong, you will lose your soul and end up eternally damned. You are playing Russian roulette with a fully loaded gun.
2006-07-12 02:48:25
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answer #6
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answered by I_Need_Help 3
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Can you prove that there isn't? The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
Having said that, I don't believe there is a way to know with certainty what is to come after one's life ends on Earth. All that we can know is that we will all come to that fate at some point or another, and hope that the Higher Power has in store for us all a just fate.
2006-07-12 02:51:39
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answered by Anonymous
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What do you suppose restrains the ocean? What do you suppose restrains the animals from not attacking us? If there is nothing then why not rob everyone, steal, murder, make yourself rich at everyone's expense?
2006-07-12 02:50:22
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answered by Anonymous
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... Haha ... I have often thought of this ... I think we arrive, basically, where-ever we began ... if we had an existence before conception, we return to that state: which may sadly be just another state of unconsciousness ...
2006-07-12 02:50:38
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answered by blazingarrow74 1
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Yup, I sure do. Without a brain, nothing exists.
2006-07-12 02:48:23
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answered by Psychology 6
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