2006-12-22 22:25:42 · 15 answers · asked by . 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I would say yes. When a person dies, that is it. As the bible says, the dead are conscious of nothing. Nada.
2006-12-22 22:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by fire 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's true... whatever a person has done up to their death is finished and set in stone. Now, whether their name will last or not depends on two factors: if they were evil there legacy will turn null and void. But if they were good(They were known for their GOOD character and virtues and what not) their legacy will live on.
2006-12-23 06:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is absolutely true because when a person has died the have no more consciousness at all about anything, and you cannot add to your virtues without consciousbness!(Ecclesiastes9:5)
2006-12-23 06:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by I speak Truth 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verses 5, 6 and 10:
"For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any [thing] that is done under the sun... Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest."
No, it is not possible to have any change of account before God after someone dies.
2006-12-23 06:41:46 · answer #4 · answered by CyberPastor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because you could make a will and leave your money to charity. Or you could make an ethical will, to pass on your values to others, which would add to your virtues.
2006-12-23 06:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by Katherine W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is true.
Only in this life do we have free will and can merit before God.
But at death, free will ends and our degree of merit (or demerit) is fixed for all eternity.
For those saved but imperfect they must undergo a purification process, whose nature and duration depends upon the sins that need to be purified, before they can enter heaven.
One has to be absolutely pure, without a speck, before they can enter the presence of God.
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2006-12-23 06:38:51 · answer #6 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, consider artistic works released posthumously for example. (recording music is only a true virtue if it brings someone joy, and music doesn't bring people joy if they don't hear it.... ethics doesn't happen in a vacuum)
2006-12-23 06:27:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say so. Once you are dead it is impossible to do much at all, especially when you are in a hole in the ground
2006-12-23 06:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well yes. However people can then lie and spread stories about you so that your life is presented as being better than it actually was.
2006-12-23 06:33:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
True
2006-12-23 06:31:13 · answer #10 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋