Is there life after death? What awaits us? (NO PREACHING PLZ )?

Question

Give reasons for your answer plz.

Answer 1

I have a few close friends who are nurses and they say that they have seen many things that point to life after death.

When my mom died of cancer my dad was alone with her holding her. When she died he came out of the room crying and told us it was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. Just as she died he felt electricity travel through his body and it made his little hairs stand up all over his body.

Some interesting things happened in my mom's last hours that some would think is just crazy talk by a dying person but it's interesting to think about. She would smile at us and try to get out of bed telling us "I have to go". My dad and sister would tell her over and over that she had a catheter in her and didn't need to use the restroom and my mom would say "You don't understand, I have to go." All this while smiling at us with a twinkle in her eye, hours before death. She also said once, "why won't they let me sit on the grass?"

The pamphlet that the Hospice workers gave us said that in the last hours, a dying person will be in and out of this world and the next. They talk about it very matter of factly, without any religion involved. I am sure Hospice nurses have seen some very amazing things. I wish a book of experiences could be written.

I personally think the place we go to when we die is the place we came from. I believe we have a life other than this human life we are living now. I think that we choose to live this human life to learn things.

I'm sure a lot of people reading this (especially the very religious ones) will think I'm crazy but I know I'm not. Plus I'm entitled to my opinion. lol

Answer 2

There is a distinct difference between there being a 'life after death', '-A- life after death', and an 'afterlife.'
The latter two cases can be taken to be congruent, but the former is ambiguous, for there is 'life' after death. It isn't the same life as the individual who perished, but it is 'life.' Take for example, a person named Alex. Alex perishes (regardless of age, gender, class, deed, faith, etc). Others shall live and also die. Alex shall not live again, but parts of Alex may be recycled into the ecosystem and become the parts of other creatures. Plants and insects may absorb his body for nutrients and carrion birds and dogs may feast on his entrails. All which they absorb contributes to their survival and sustains their 'lives.'
The concept of an 'afterlife' pertains to the spiritual presumption that an individual such as Alex can achieve an existence after death in which his conscience and consciousness endures or joins some spiritual pool. The case for an afterlife has been exceedingly week and 'faith-based'. On account of its lack of evidence, it is simply speculation.
Many religious individuals who prescribe to such cults/beliefs that involve the 'afterlife' may allege that their 'books' or 'prophets' have ordained its existence. They also may have a lot of miraculous stories which they shall claim are evidence. These, however, amount to heresay and are hardly empirical. Most accounts were passed down secondhandedly, were altered, transfered by oral history, or became so mythological or intertwined with legend that they have little factual content that can be proven. Byzantine hagiography is a fine example. The Bible as well has anomalies and 'apocrypha' which serve to show that the 'word of God' was editted and much was excised and rearranged over the past approx. 1,940 years.
Beyond these questionable accounts, there is not a moment of evidence to demonstrate that an afterlife exists from the past thousands of years, and humans have been civilized for roughly 6.5k of them. During all that time not one person has produced a iota of valid evidence to show that there is an 'afterlife.'
Historically, the afterlife can be traced as far back as the time of the Egyptians. The Hebrew people most likely picked up on the cult of the afterlife while in captivity, enslaved by the pharoah's people (before Exodos). From there the 'idea' spread throughout the Middle East--and has been pervasive in human culture.
Although a lot of people today still believe in the afterlife, a good deal are unsure and plenty are aware of the lack of tangible evidence. But in the case of there being 'life after death'--it is obvious, since the cycle of life goes on.

Answer 3

The only assurances we have of anything after this life are given us by religion.
It would seem there are only three possibilities.
Your dead and that's it, nothing more.
You've lived a good life and received the rewards of life everlasting in heaven.
You've lived a bad life and receive the rewards of that life by burning in hell.
To me that's just a common sense approach, without preaching.

Answer 4

there is evidence in my life of something of a spirit world out there at least I believe there to be one I have been visited physically twice in my life by people who had died whether it was just over active, very over active imagination and wishful thinking I do not know and can not know.... but it would seem to me that dynamic people upon death may stick around in spirit form and manifest themselves from time to time but eventually grow accustomed to being dead and finally that spirit is at rest and dissolves itself I do not believe at all in the punishment theory of heaven and hell... that is myth used to control people.... each of us should be able to make up their own minds about what lies out there after we die most likely for me a brief chance to sever whatever bonds I left behindme and then my final curtain call after that you have to always remember that life is short and death is long and live accordingly so tell those you love that you do indeed love them don't
wait for their funeral or a visit from their spirit go do it right now as they may well be ready to depart today and may not have a return trip on their ticket stub life is short... eat dessert first

Answer 5

There is life after death but not life as we know it now. Our spark of life continues on in another form. Death is another form of birth, both are portals to other planes of existence.

Answer 6

You are the life of the body, you lived before you had this body and you will live after it is gone. "God dwells within you as you." you have unity with God in unconditional love within your heart. The essence of your being is unconditional love. As the colors of the rainbow are contained in sunlight, so to we are all contained within Gods unconditional love. Karma, actions in thought word and deed are what creates you life circumstances and destiny. at death and birth you continue working on your spiritual Growth.

Answer 7

~Yes, there is life after death. I have been visited by my forefather's spirits.
I can't answer what awaits, I don't think anyone can unless they die. Therefore, there is no way to know until we get there.
Merry Christmas~

Answer 8

many religions believe in life after death and the eternal happiness or eternal damnation that awaits them when they die. People believe this because of tradtion and what has been taught to them over all the centuries.

Answer 9

Who can really say? Do you think we are that important we deserve life after death?

Answer 10

yes there is life everlasting in spirit.i have the seen the spirit of a man in his son and i have seen the spirit of a good old dog in his pups yes the body dies but the spirit lives on.