2007-01-05 23:08:11 · 27 answers · asked by Francis L 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It rots.
2007-01-05 23:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The human body begin decomposing approximately 4 minutes after the heart stops beating and blood stops circulating oxygen through the body. Brain damage usually begins after 4 minutes, which is why everyone should learn CPR.
In extreme cold water drownings the time of decompostion slows considerably and rescues have occurred 45 minutes after a child has drowned in a frozen pond or river.
2007-01-06 07:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by Lives7 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, first of all, the stomach digests itself, that's right, your last meal is YOU! This is because the mucus that was produced to stop your stomach acid from eating away at your stomach is not produced anymore. Eventually the rest of the organic compounds break down in the body and everything rots away.
2007-01-06 07:20:31 · answer #3 · answered by Simon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the living force (the spirit soul) abandons the body (due to its inability to shelter the spirit soul any longer) the body, composed of eight elements, namely earth, fire, air, water and ether (gross elements) and mind, intelligence and false ego (subtle elements) decomposes back to its original elements. The spirit soul then takes a brand new body within the womb of a female. This is called transmigration of the soul or reincarnation.
2007-01-06 07:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by edcaimo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dead body goes to the dust and the bits will be back to reshape the body on the day of judgment.
Great religions mention it.
2007-01-06 07:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by ckd_xl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By a complex process called decomposition, it breaks down to its basic elements. Depending on where the body is, and whether it was embalmed, this can take a few days up to several years. This is, at least, what science tells us.
2007-01-06 07:14:18 · answer #6 · answered by link955 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Psalm 146:4 - "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish."
Some are taught in church that Hell is a place of suffering where evil souls go and Heaven is where good people go.
This is not a bible teaching:
Did Abraham die and went to a ever-burning hell? Surely idol worshippers would not be in heaven. Yet, Abraham was with his forefathers, Scripture says.
Joshua 24:2 - "Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor; and they served other deities," Genesis 15:15. "And you shall go to your fathers".
King David was a righteous king he must of gone to heaven? NO?
Acts 2:34 - For David did not ascend into the heavens.
When Lazarus died Jesus spoke to Martha that he was in Heaven? NO?
John 11:11 - Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Besides Jesus there must of been some one righteous enough to go to heaven? NO?
John 3:13 - No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
When Jesus kingdom arrives he promised the good will go to heaven. NO?
Matthew 5:5 - Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Surely people who are holy as saints and priests will rule with Jesus in heaven? NO?
Revelation 5:10 - You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."
finally, the second death (from Rev 21:8) is a location for bad people to suffer in a fiery place. NO?
Rev 20:14 - And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
-The Second death is a judgment not a location. Jesus is promising that those who are not wicked will be resurrected and never die again. (Rev 20:15)
Verdict: Death is Hell. It's the grave where we are like in a sleep like state but have no conscience thought. Waiting to be brought back to life if we have followed Jesus teachings.
2007-01-07 14:11:23 · answer #7 · answered by keiichi 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The physical body decays and gradually breaks down into elements of the earth (soil), and eventually becomes part of the earth.
2007-01-06 07:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by Lilliana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many things can happen. It could rot as many have said, it could be cremated, it could be barbecued and eaten, it could be plastinated and end up as an exhibit at Prof Von Hagen's Bodyworks exhibition, it could be dissected by medical students, it could be preserved in a glacier or a peat bog, it could be mummified then dug up by archeologists and kept in a museum.
2007-01-06 09:31:57 · answer #9 · answered by Beng T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Read Ecclesiastes 12:5 and 6 in the New Testament. I could type the Chapter and verses for you, but want you to read it for yourself and learn IF you are serious about wanting to know.
2007-01-06 07:57:51 · answer #10 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All the tiny critters turn it into something more simple, therefor taking you completely full-circle, physical and spiritual parts returning both to the earth.
2007-01-06 07:12:58 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋