Death and then what?

Question

Well, what? I need answers from every religion!and every opinion!
thanks!

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Answer 1

Fade to black...

Answer 2

I'm of three minds on the subject.

1) If consciousness is tied to brain function, then when the brain stops functioning, the "self" no longer exists, as the dance no longer exists when the dancer stops dancing. Have you ever been under general anaesthetic? If death is simply the end, then that's what death is like -- oblivion, and nothing to be feared because you will not be there to feel anything.

2) The natural world around us moves in cycles. If there is anything like consciousness after death, perhaps the human spirit also goes through cycles of death and rebirth. As a Wiccan, I believe that in the afterlife we may well be reunited with those who have gone before, and will be given the opportunity to rest and be refreshed in the presence of our Gods prior to returning to the world.

3) Or, there's the Vet Analogy.

If my cat asked another cat what will happen when we take her to the vet, could that other cat tell her? Of course not. A cat can't comprehend what a car is, or a road, and certainly not who the vet is and what the greater purpose is for her being there.

Assuming there IS an afterlife, what lies beyond this life may well be equally incomprehensible to us at our present level of functioning.

Meow. =^_^=

Answer 3

Death is inevitable. The thief on the cross knew when his would occur, but we can not predict our own. After his death, the crucified criminal went to live in paradise with Jesus. Some of us will also live eternally in God's presence. But others will experience everlasting torment, forever separated from Him.
If we receive Jesus as our Savior, our penalty for sin is paid. We are adopted into God's family, and Heaven is our eternal home. If we reject Jesus, we remain alienated from the Lord and under condemnation for our sin. We are destined to experience eternal judgment. God won't accept any of man's

Answer 4

The question old as mankind, foundation of all religions. Of course there is no answer which can be proven to a skeptic. One thing useful could come from discussing ghosts and gobblins, etc. with the young, however. It would make them less fearful of the unknown, the dark, etc. Explain that if he sees a ghost, and it is proven that he saw a ghost, or anything else in the dark of his bedroom, you will pay him one hundred dollars. I would pay much more to know if there are any forms of life, or ghosts, etc. after death. It is a field rife with foolish claims.

Answer 5

Most people KNOW that there is a life after this one. No one has to teach a person that. They just KNOW.

So, it's only a question of "what is going to be there?"

Again, most people KNOW that there is a god of some sort who is in charge.

I KNOW this God. He has written a lot of promises about what He will do for those who seek Him , and I have found in my many years upon this earth that He KEEPS THEM in my life. So, I'm going to trust Him and align myself with Him. I keep studying what He revealed to mankind and the more I know of Him and what I can expect of Him and what He can expect of me...the better my life gets.

What else can I write except you should seek the God who created the heavens and the earth and who says that He care about YOU.

Then you will find out about what happens "after death".

Answer 6

After physical death, our spirit goes back to where it belongs, to the Spiritual World of God. Our spirit will be in a station depending on how we have lived our physical life. Higher station means closer to God and vice versa. Our souls will continue to progress. We would not have any sensation but I believe we will recognize each other in the next world.

Answer 7

First, you need to know that Jesus died for your sins.

"For God so loved the world,He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life."
(John 3:16)

Second, you need to that without Him you are condemned to Hell everlasting.

"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:18)

"Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve." (Joshua 24:14)

Do you choose be with Jesus in Heaven or with Satan in Hell ?

So the answer to your question is death and then the Great White Throne Judgment where you will be condemned to eternal Hell because you didn't accept Jesus when you had the chance.


Why wait ? Why don't you accept Jesus now ?

Answer 8

The Bible says that it is “destined for every man to die, once, and then the judgment”.

Those that die "in Christ" (believing and trusting in Him), will "go to be with the Lord" at the time of death (the soul is separated from the body) and "so shall ever be with the Lord".

Those who die without having accepted Christ for the forgiveness of their sin will wait for “Judgment Day” and the "resurrection of the dead" (the White Throne judgment). At this time, everyone (who doesn’t have a personal relationship with Christ) will stand before God and be judged on the basis of their sin and condemned to an eternity without God (i.e. Hell). Hell is an eternal place of torment and suffering for those who don’t know Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. This is known in the Bible as the "second death".

The Bible says that everyone who has ever lived will stand before God in judgment and that "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord". The only difference is that those, who have trusted in Christ in this life and have “acknowledged Him” before other people as one's Lord, will escape God's wrath for their sins because of Christ's sacrificial death on the cross. Those that have refused God's offer of forgiveness will face judgment without excuse and be cast into "outer darkness" where there is eternal "weeping and gnashing of teeth (suffering)".

The choice belongs to every individual person whether they want to accept God’s forgiveness through Christ or to reject Him. God will never force anyone to accept His free gift of salvation. One can either choose forgiveness of every sin ever committed and eternal life through God's Son, Jesus Christ, or, one can face an eternity without God in Hell.

The Bible says that God does not desire that anyone be condemned but "that all would come to repentance".

Choose Christ today and live with Him forever.
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Answer 9

What did God tell Adam after he had disobeyed God?

Genesis 2:19: "In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.”

Ecclesiastes 3: 19 & 20 says: " For there is an eventuality as respects the sons of mankind and an eventuality as respects the beast, and they have the same eventuality. As the one dies, so the other dies; and they all have but one spirit, so that there is no superiority of the man over the beast, for everything is vanity. 20 All are going to one place. They have all come to be from the dust, and they are all returning to the dust."

However, this is not the final outcome for Jesus said:
John 5:28 & 29: "28 Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment."

Acts 24:15 says: "and I have hope toward God, which hope these [men] themselves also entertain, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous."

The following was said just before Jesus resurrected his friend Lazarus back to life on earth. He had been dead and buried for 4 days):
John 11: 23 & 24: "23 Jesus said to her: “Your brother will rise.” 24 Martha said to him: “I know he will rise in the resurrection on the last day."

If Lazarus had died and gone to heaven, it wouldn't have been such a blessing to have been brought back to be a human after having been in heaven with God....Check out this following Scripture closely...

John 3: 13; "13 Moreover, no man has ascended into heaven but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man."

So what about all the faithful ones who had died before Jesus came to earth...Abraham, Moses, Noah, King David, just to mention a few. Obviously they had not ascended to heaven, for Jesus said no man had ascended to heaven, but the Son of man.

So to sumerize, we die, we cease to exist, our thoughts perish, until the last days when there will be a resurrection. That resurrection will be to life on earth for most humans. Only a very few will be resurrected to life in heaven, and those few have a particular job description...they will rule as kings and priests with Jesus for the thousand year reign. They will also help judge. Who will they rule over? The people, living on the earth.

Psalm 72:8: "And he will have subjects from sea to sea
And from the River to the ends of the earth."

Answer 10

Well, I like to think that spiritually life goes on just without all the people you live with in life and one day we'll all meet up and it will be like no time has passed. My son died 9 years ago and I really can't wait to see him again one day.

Answer 11

Nothing. Your thoughts are a result of chemicals in the brain and when your physical body is no longer producing those chemicals; your thoughts will simply cease to exist. Hope that helps.

(I'm an atheist)

Although, I accept the non-materialist (but not theistically thinking) that thought is not simply controlled by physical matter. I do doubt that theory a lot though.