What are your beliefs about death and dying?

Question

What do you believe happens to us when we die? Personally...I am not sure.

Answer 1

Well I don't believe that we go to heaven or hell. I think we all know what being dead is like, it will be just the same as before we were born. It is a very profound question though and I can see why some people make up the notion of an afterlife to help them deal with it.

Answer 2

I believe exactly what the bible says...in Ecclesiastes it says that when we die we know nothing we are unconscious. When Jesus went to Lazarus he said he was sleeping in death. and there is no place in the bible that a resurrected person tells of an experience of afterlife. It does say that we return to the ground and that we are remembered by god. and there will be a Resurrection when all those in the memorial tombs will come out never to die again. God will make a kingdom on earth to accomplish his original purpose...people were not created to die but live forever.

Answer 3

I believe the same thing that Jesus taught.

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.


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 4

Jesus compared death to sleep. Jn. 11:11-14
The body returns to the dust and the Spirit returns to God.
Eccl 12:7
The dead do not praise God. Ps. 115:17
In the grave there is no remembrance of God. Ps 6:5
The dead do not know anything. Eccl 9:5
The soul who sins will die. Ezek 18:4 (a soul can die)

Answer 5

As a hospice nurse I have seen many people die. I have had many different explanations from people who were near death. The most recent death experience conversation was with my mom when she was dying. She said that she saw golden stairs and that she wanted to go up them to the light where the people were but they told her she wasn't ready. After my daddy told her that he would be okay she seemed to relax and she died a day or so later. I think that we go to heaven or hell depending on our salvation.

Answer 6

I believe we die, and ultimately, end up in heaven or hell. The bible will tell you what it takes to get to either place. Basically, we are all on our way to hell, unless we choose the way of escape, and believe in Jesus. Otherwise, our sins will send us there. It will be the beginning of our new life, the one we were meant to live, with God, if we go to heaven. There will be no more sickness, war, sin, and we will have new bodies. It will make this life look like a blink of an eye, timewise, and will be so amazing. God, wants to have a relationship with us, and it will be awesome, but only if we want it too.

Answer 7

"Life does not begin with birth, nor does it end with death. Prior to our birth, we dwelled as spirit children with our Father in Heaven. There we eagerly anticipated the possibility of coming to earth and obtaining a physical body. But we regarded the returning home as the best part of that long-awaited trip, just as we do now. Returning from earth to life in our heavenly home requires passage through—and not around—the doors of death. We were born to die, and we die to live."
Elder Russel M. Nelson

Answer 8

Personally, I'm against death and dying.

Answer 9

Dying hurts and sucks.
Death is a great comforter and friend for those who are dying.

Answer 10

it depends on your religion or beliefs. but i believe that when we die God will decide the place where we're going to spend an eternity at.