2006-07-25 22:14:39 · 17 answers · asked by ashu 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-07-25 22:49:13 · answer #1 · answered by EnlightME 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say that nothing happens 'next' after death - When you're dead, that's that. You no longer exist. That's what death means.
An 'afterlife' relies on the concept that some part of a human being can survive even after his body dies, ceases to function and ceases to exist. Theists generally refer to this hypothetical component as a 'soul'.
What exactly do you think a soul is? What properties does it have? What part of 'you' resides in the soul?
If it's postulated that consciousness, or awareness, or sense of self resides in the soul, it's difficult to see how this can be reconciled with the complete oblivion which accompanies general anaesthesia. How could a straightforward chemical, injected into the bloodstream, anaesthetise a soul so that it effectively ceases to exist during this time? If consciousness, in the form of a soul, were some kind of supernatural faculty, it would seem implausible that it could be completely disabled by a chemical.
How about some of the other things which we regard as essential parts of what makes a person what they are? How about love, compassion, reason, empathy, memory, conscious thought, character, 'spirituality' and so on? Well, there is really no plausible doubt that all these things are properties of the physical brain - We can alter all of these properties very simply with alcohol or other drugs, and observe how they change in people who have suffered significant brain damage. Previously placid people become uncontrollably violent, intelligent people become imbeciles, and so on. Stimulate the brain artificially, and the subject reports corresponding mental activity, e.g. 'religious experiences'. We can see from brain research that all these things - thought, emotion, sensation, character traits and so on - are correlated with activity in the brain, and some things can be identified with specific areas of the brain.
So, if all these faculties and characteristics of what we regard as the 'person' reside in the physical brain, as seems to be undeniably the case, and they all cease when the person dies, then what is left to be attributed to a 'soul'? As far as I can ascertain: Nothing. If there is no part of us that can continue after death, then there is no 'afterlife'... and if there is no afterlife, then most of religion is null and void.
2006-07-26 05:22:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you die you go to God for judgement, then it's heaven or hell. Jesus said, (speaking about this life) "unless a person is born again, they will never see (live in) the kingdom of God" So the new birth needs to happen right here in this life. Being born the second time is the birth of your spirit into God's kingdom, here on earth, so you have passed out of judgement. When you truly see Jesus for who he is, and accept that simple truth, you are born again. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater; look at Jesus for who he is, not at his imperfect followers, for we are all imperfect, every one of us, but Jesus is perfect!
2006-07-26 05:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by skypiercer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well before I can answer you'll need to be more specific. Who's death are you talking about? What kind of death? Are you talking about heat death? If so nothing really happens afterwards, everything is reduced to a sea of particles that just sort of sit there for all eternity.
2006-07-26 05:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by RH (a.k.a. God) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after death we are dead nothing more then a person dead in the ground
there is no hell(hell is also sheol or hades)
job in well... the book of job asked god to remember his soul in hell hades sheol(whichever bible you have) so why would he ask to put his soul in a place of fiery torment? Job 4:13
ecclesiastes 9:5 states that
"for the living are conscious that the 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."
2006-07-26 05:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emperor asked Master Gudo, "What happens to a man of enlightenment after death?"
"How should I know?" replied Gudo.
"Because you are a master," answered the Emperor.
"Yes sir," said Gudo, "but not a dead one."
2006-07-26 05:18:56 · answer #6 · answered by Bael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that will ha pen after death is judgment. Every one will be judged according to his work - good or bad. No second chance. You live once and die once.
2006-07-26 05:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by Sage_Learner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe in reincarnation, then you are born again. Well, you just have to be patient and wait till that day comes to find out.
2006-07-26 05:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Jo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be absent of this body is to be present w/The Lord.Judgement of your soul will happen next.
2006-07-26 05:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by jas3tm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's where it all ends! Heaven and hell are just propaganda tools used by religion.
2006-07-26 05:19:32 · answer #10 · answered by toxethh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing happens
only some worms are eating your body
but thats dosent really matters because you are already dead
2006-07-26 05:21:42 · answer #11 · answered by anni_shaa Yeap Yip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋