What happens after you die?

Question

...Do you go to heaven, to hell, become a wandering spirit, slumber until judgement day or does your soul just disappears?

Okay, some people don't understand the question....I meant what happens to spirit or your soul or what ever it's called?!

If you're wondering why I'm asking this question, it's because this girl told me that when you die, your soul "disappears" until judgement day and then you are resurrected....I guess that shows how how much she knows........

Answer 1

They bury you.

Answer 2

Hi,
This is a very good question indeed, and i hope my answer doesn't affect the sentiments and feelings of others here.By your question itself,i hope again u believe in hell and heaven or the wandering spirit.But it all depends on how you have been living all your life, and the thoughts that you were having at the time of your death.Your desires drive you.So all your life what has been in your mind will be when you die, and that decides what is going to happen after death.
Just like you'll change your bodies from childhood to youth and to your old age,you change it again after death.But what body you'll get is decided by you and you alone.For example, if all life you have been desiring eating meat, you'll take birth as an animal that eat meat.Now you go to hell or heaven, is decided by you activities.You do all good things, like helping others, being honest and all, you'll definitely go to heaven,but come back again here to again fulfil your desires.If you have been real mean, you get to hell, where you are put to be mean, and pushed back here to be mean again.
I hope this clears some amount of doubt you have.Unfortunately for a very important question like this,which is going to decide our future,doesn't have any science or course to teach us.But to my knowledge there is one institution that can give you these and more information on your question. Visit your nearest ISKCON temple today, and if you wish, i would be very glad to guide you to one.
Regards.

Answer 3

There's three parts of you: Body, Soul, Spirit.
When a man dies, his breath departs from him and his plans perish Psalms 146:4. Upon his death, a person's soul is bowed down to the dust and his body clings to the ground Pslams 44:25 Upon his death his spirit return to God who gave it.

Your body stays in the grave so is your soul and the spirit goes back to GOd

It's not true that you go directly to heaven, hell or purgatory because on the day of judgment, man will be destined to go to either heaven to receive eternal life or hell for eternal punishment
Matthew 25:31-24, 41

Answer 4

From everything I've read or experienced this is my opinion. First you leave you physical body. You may choose to stay here or go to the light. If you go to the light, you will go on to your next "phase" or life. This is where whatever else happens that is planned for your soul. If you choose to be a wandering spirit you can be stuck here. Our soul will never truly die, it is made of energy. The science of energy says that it can change, but not be destroyed.

Answer 5

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 6

I don't know. Death can't be too bad though- cuz everybody does it. And being "dead" can't be so bad either- as no ones ever come back to complain about it. Tell you what; I suspect I'm alittle older than you- so if I die & get to wherever before YOU do, I'll send you a sign. If you get unlucky & go before I- just drop me a note here on Yahoo Answers & let me know what it's like. Yahoo seems to be just about EVERYWHERE- that shouldn't be a problem. Keep in touch!

Answer 7

I get a mixed account from the bible thumpers. Some believe we all wait til judgement day, others think only the "saved" ones go strait to heaven. Pick the fantasy of your choice.

Answer 8

If you are a christian you go to Heaven, if not, hell. At the RAPTURE, which happens when appocolipse, or armagedon, or the end of the world, your physical body that was buried rises out of the grave to meet up with your spirit that went to heaven when you died to form your new Heavenly body.

Answer 9

Well, the bible tells us that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. So if we are born again and know Christ while we live, though we die we shall not perish. Our bodies are not our own but are temporary tents in which we dwell until that time when Christ shall call us home to be with Him forever and ever. We fall asleep here and awaken with Jesus and live with Him forever.

Answer 10

Well you siffen up, color fades, blood clots and coagulates, grow colder, smell, and depending on the condition of the soil, such as wet/ moist or dry, dry u slowly begin to decompose, casket breaks down, decomposes, maggots ants and worms consume flesh, worms it u, and crap u out, which fertilizes peoples gardens, or the worm ( or other insects) get eaten by something higher on the food chain. the end

Answer 11

You get reincarnated as another person. But I believe you get to chose the talents and potentials of the next person. There is no heaven or hell