Can the death of a loved one impact your religious beliefs?

Question

Tomorrow would have been my brother's 18th Birthday. He was born on October 31st and died on Nov 2nd. I pray for him every day and I know he is in heaven. The reason why I asked the question above is because when my brother died he was not baptized, I was told that because of this he would go to Limbo. Islam taught me that Inshallah my brother(May God rest his soul! Ameen) is in heaven. And that simple fact... was what started me on the road of becoming a Muslim and questioning my faith.

Any thoughts on children passing without baptism would be greatly appreciated. As well as how death has impacted your beliefs. If at all?

Islam teaches that all humans are innocent by birth and they become sinful only when they consciously commit a sin. Thus a baby who dies will surely enter heaven.....

(poki poki no matter when the baby goes HE GOES that is all that matters to me)

Answer 1

sister!!! there's no humans in heaven rightnow.


it's not time for us to be there yet.


Baptisim is pointless!! it does absolutely NOTHING to any one.

Answer 2

Go down in the water a sinner, you can come up a sinner. Water baptism is just an ordinance of the church that most churches carry out. It does not save anyone. It would be his faith in Christ Jesus, as the son of God and all that Christ accomplished by dying on the cross that would save him, according to my beliefs. Death does not impact my religious beliefs because I know that death is a means of getting from one place to another. My brother died a year ago this month and I know he's in the presence of the Lord.

Answer 3

Of course the death of a loved one can profoundly impact the lives of the people around them. My own experience was vastly different. My mother was deeply Christian, and we children went to church with her every Sunday. She died of cancer when I was very young, because her church said that illness comes from the soul and God is the only one who can give life and death so faith is the only true cure. I watched my mother die for over a year, because she refused treatment.

My father is agnostic or athiest. We never went to that church again. Needless to say, I'm no longer Christian. I can respect that she did what she thought was best, but I can no longer respect a system that is so stagnant that all change is rejected, regardless of the needs of it's followers.

Answer 4

The Bible does not teach the concept of Limbo. That is a teaching of the Catholic Church. The Bible also says that baptism is for believers. Jumping from one religion to another will not change your brother's position in the afterlife. His place was set the moment he passed away, and you becoming a Muslim will not move him from the place where he is to another place. That said, I do not believe, from reading the scriptures that God holds your brother accountable for his sins since he was too young to realize his situation. When we are old enough to understand right from wrong, then we are old enough to be held accountable for our sins. In my denomination we call this the "age of accountability". Your brother walked straight into heaven when he died. Now that brings us to you. If you left your faith in Christ and follow a false god, you are the one in jeopardy. Your brother is in heaven, but if you deny the saving knowledge of Christ, you will never get to go there and see him again. He is being comforted in heaven, he doesn't need your prayers anymore, pray for your own salvation, and those who are still here.

Answer 5

What you have witnessed is what I call "transference and interpretation" interior religions. i'm particular there is an widespread anthropological term for it, yet that's what I call it. In tribal religions, the place witchcraft, possession, demonology, and spell casting are desirable factors of the animist custom, an inflow of Christian teachings is made to greater healthy the winning schema for perception. it extremely is merely like what handed off to Christianity. area of the form of that faith became to co-choose latest perception traditions, so as a replace of Zeus and Jupiter, we've the universal "God". on the different hand, believers in Zeus and Jupiter modern-day in Christianity many recommendations and philosophies that resonated with what they felt became perfect. In opposite vogue, Christian theory grew to alter into co-opted to greater healthy the winning schema of perception. that's what's handed off here, including your African occasion. The animist faith that comes with perception in spirit possession, witching, spell casting, and curses comes into touch with a perception gadget that comes with a holy spirit and the parable of the Pentecost (possession), blasphemy (cursing oneself), and different appropriate recommendations...the top effect is the horror and tragedy you have witnessed. it extremely is not any longer Christianity that's to blame, or the animism that mixed with it. the project is that persons the international over are too caught in a want for issues to be solved via a deity rather of accepting accountability for themselves. The greater training is unfold by the international, the less we can see a want for zealousness and religiosity, and the less we can see detrimental activities such using fact those you have noted.

Answer 6

Thanks for sharing a part of your personal journey.

The death of a loved one can deeply impact one's beliefs, whether religious or ethical. In my case, it didn't cause me to change my views, but it made me appreciate them even more. When a very dear friend died a few years back, my Humanism kept me from having to worry about whether he died as the result of some god being mad at him, or because we didn't pray hard enough, or whether he would go to heaven or hell. I didn't see it as a personal attack. Cancer happens. I was able to mourn the loss of my friend and celebrate his life free of all the unnecessary superstitious fears that could have settled like a dark cloud over my life.

Answer 7

i think just mentioning the death , makes u to do ur best because u dont know when u are going to die and whether god will forgive ur sins or not ,(i wish he does), and that is why our prophet (pbuh), told us always to remember the death . (dont know the exact translation of the hadith but that is close to the meaning.)
so , yes in some cases it impact ur faith , and to some others could turn them upside down , i've seen some.

good luck

Answer 8

The whole concept of original sin is crap. A baby that dies will return to the same place we all do. I've seen people lose complete faith because of a family death. You have to follow your heart.

Answer 9

I believe little children go to heaven if they die without baptism (up until about age 8).

Thanks

Answer 10

first of all, i am not a muslim, so i cannot comment on your beliefs. however, i can understand that faith sometimes does take a knock when a loved one is lost. it is easy to blame someone or something that we are in shock about, confused or just heartbroken about, but faith will always return

Answer 11

We have a member in our church who last year lost his teenage son in a car crash.His son's soul was saved by the grace of God.His father is still in that church.He is still ministering to the children in the church.To give up on the lord now would be a spiritual disaster.He knows he will see his son again.The lord comforted him in his time of sorrow,because his name is written in the lambs book of life.The lord is faithful.The lord is Holy.The lord does not bend,nor does his holy word.He knows he will see his son again in Heaven.
For the people who throw in the towel when you think the times are too hard.You have missed the whole point.Trust in Jesus.