What impact would it bring to our lives?
2006-11-27 06:41:46 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Damian, you have good explanation there. But have you forgotten the mind? which is not body nor breath? The brain is not a mind either unless you think otherwise.
2006-11-27 06:49:15 · update #1
What happens when a person dies?
The spirits of both the righteous and the wicked return to God. Their bodies return to dust.
"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." Ecclesiastes 12:7.
Answer: The body turns to dust again, and the spirit goes back to God, who gave it. The spirit of every person who dies--whether righteous or wicked--returns to God at death.
What is the "spirit" that returns to God at death?
There is nothing mysterious about the spirit that returns to God at death. It is the breath of life.
"The body without the spirit ["breath," see margin] is dead." James 2:26. "The spirit of God ["the breath which God gave him," see margin] is in my nostrils." Job 27:3.
Answer: The spirit that returns to God at death is the breath of life. Nowhere in all of God's book does the "spirit" have any life, wisdom, or feeling after a person dies. It is the "breath of life" and nothing more.
What is a "soul"?
These four people are four souls.
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7.
Answer: A soul is a living being. A soul is always a combination of two things: body plus breath. A soul cannot exist unless body and breath are combined. God's Word teaches that we are souls.
Do souls die?
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel 18:20. "Every living soul died in the sea." Revelation 16:3.
Answer: According to God's Word, souls do die! We are souls, and souls die. Man is mortal (Job 4:17). Only God is immortal (1 Timothy 6:15, 16). The concept of an undying, immortal soul goes against the Bible, which teaches that souls are subject to death.
6. Do good people go to heaven when they die?
"All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth." John 5:28, 29. "David ... is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day." "For David is not ascended into the heavens." Acts 2:29, 34. "If I wait, the grave is mine house." Job 17:13.
Answer: No, people do not go either to heaven or hell at death. They go to their graves to await the resurrection day. King David will be saved in God's kingdom. However, he is in his grave now, where he awaits the resurrection.
2006-11-27 06:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by Damian 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
There won't be any impact, 'cause it's never going to happen.
Despite thousands of years of people believing this kind of stuff, there's never been any evidence of any kind that there is such a thing as a "soul," that there is an afterlife of any kind, or that you'll ever see anyone who's died again.
There is a ton of evidence that shows that when you die, that's it -- you're dead. Nothing else.
If you get comfort from fairytales about souls and an afterlife, that's great. But it's not real, you know...
2006-11-27 06:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You make it sound like there WILL be a time when this is possible???
If we could see it, doesn't this theory also lend to seeing folk who may have lived a life less than honourable!!!
Or are we assuming that the otherside is a general sort of place for good ad bad?!
Face facts dude, it ain't happening!!!!
If ever this was going to happen, then Pope JP the 2nd was the time...
2006-11-27 06:45:17 · answer #3 · answered by Jaws P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to religious superstition, to see that you will have had to die prior to departed one crossing.
According to the bible the person is the soul (Gen 2:7) and when we die the soul dies. (Ez 18:4)
Eccl 9:5 & 10 show that the dead know nothing, and are unconscience,
Jesus liken death to sleep.
So the impact on my life is none at all.
2006-11-27 06:46:28 · answer #4 · answered by TeeM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will be like a LSD trip having visions of ghosts, the impact it will have on you will be the 30 days you spend in rehab after you come down.
2006-11-27 06:50:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is going to be an awesome and mindblowing experience, especially when we discover that we can harness the power of the disembodied soul to power electrical devices, Bye bye CON-ED
2006-11-27 06:44:05 · answer #6 · answered by Harold Hobbs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When is this revelation going to occur? First, there'd have to be the existence of a soul, which there isn't. Next, you'd have to be able to see a soul, which is impossible. Next, you'd have to see them leave to an afterlife, that doesn't exist.
2006-11-27 06:44:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When we get to that point it will be like we must have died too and the impact will be the end of physical life.
2006-11-27 06:46:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's going to be frustrating. We will be really annoyed at ourselves and angry that we spent another $9 for a crappy Mel Gibson film.
2006-11-27 06:45:26 · answer #9 · answered by Crystal P 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
how would you witness that. or do you mean when we are dead and seeing our remaining family come across. that depends on when you think the resurection will happen.
does everyone die and are resurected all at once or right away after death?
2006-11-27 06:44:35 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋