Religion and the afterlife?

Question

Just got a little curious about something. The different afterlife in each religion.

So, what I want everyone to do is tell me what denomination you are and what it says about after you die.

Occults are welcome too.

Answer 1

spiritualist
and we believe in life after death proven through spirit communications
that upon death we are met by loved ones who have gone home before us
that depending on our lifes works and spiritual development we are assigned a realm of spirit
where we continue to develop and move through these realms

Answer 2

Agnostic.
What is says about after you die? It says that you have no friggin' idea, but at least you admit it. No one else has any idea either, since no one has come back to tell us about it. However, people will continue to argue and kill each other about something no one really has any real "truth" about.

Answer 3

As far as the afterlife itself goes, there are many, many destinations. There is no “either-or” destination after death. For Asatru, heaven was being with their ancestors after death and Hell (that is the Christian idea of Hell) would have been spending the after life without one's ancestors or Gods.

In Norse mythology when a person dies, their soul embarks on a journey to the realm of Hel, the Goddess of the underworld. It was not uncommon to put “Hel-shoes” on the person’s feet to help them with their journey. Now there’s more then one destination, but first I will explain the most common one, which is Helheim. Think of it as the Norse Underworld and in Jungian psychology it could be represented as the collective unconsciousness. Helheim is not a place of fiery damnation, it is for the most part a place where souls go to rest and rejuvenate. The Goddess Hel does not torture people.

The soul must reach the well of Urd at the bottom of the World Tree where its future will be decided. (Urd is one of the three Norns (weavers of fate), she is in charge of the past.) The Norns are depicted as watering and tending to the World tree. The soul’s past determines its future and its placement in the many layered Norse afterlife. There is no divine judgment like with monotheistic religions, you are judged by your own Self, your conscience. Basically your own mind creates your reality. It can range any where from sunlight meadows decked with flowers to being confined in a venom-soaked cage depending on one’s deeds (this is in reference to Nastrond, “the hall of serpents”). (So in other words, if you are a Christian and you think you deserve to burn in hell…you will; but only because that’s what you are expecting.)

The soul remains in this dream world until it no longer seems attractive, until it comes to the realization that it’s all in the mind. There is no eternal paradise or punishment. When the soul is ready to continue on its journey it ventures back to the well of Urd, at the bottom of the World Tree. The task now is to select a mother and be reborn. In Asatu there’s a tradition of being reborn down through the family line. So while there is reincarnation, there’s no transmigration of the soul. In other words, you’d be reborn as one of your descendants, not as an animal or plant.

But not all souls get reborn and not all go to feast with the Gods in Asgard. Some go to Niflhel, it’s pictured as a dark, cold, and foggy world…where one’s soul is reduced to formlessness, basically oblivion. You could think of it as a place where the energy of the souls are re-absorbed and recycled into the collective unconsciousness, this is the place where new worlds and souls are formed out of the old. In order for a soul to end up here, it’d have to have no redeeming qualities left and/or no desire to continue on in life.

Of course, how could I leave out the most famous of all destinations? Vahalla! Valhalla is reserved for Odin’s chosen warriors, Einherjar, but keep in mind that Valhalla is not the only hall in Asgard. Depending upon which Gods one devoted themselves to in life, the soul could go to any of the various God or Goddesses’ halls. While the Christian idea of Heaven is signing halleluiah, strumming on harps, and setting on fluffy white clouds… the Heathen “Heaven” is very rowdy in contrast. You are reunited with your kin. There is much feasting and merry-making at night, not too mention during the day battles in which you can never get killed.

Answer 4

Christian - no denomination - no church - I study the Bible and walk with God each day. Jesus spoke more about hell than He did heaven, because He didn't want any to perish. The afterlife is either heaven or hell.

Answer 5

Atheist Afterlife: The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play Pinochle on your snout.

Answer 6

Your body decomposes, but your soul goes to either Heaven or Hell. Heaven is wonderful, but Hell is not. In Hell, you get thrown into the Lake of Fire, though I'm not sure if that's literal or figurative.

I'm Christian, I don't really classify myself as Protestant or anything like that.

Answer 7

I belong to the cult of the true, truth. My truth is the real truth, there is no better truth than my truth so listen to my truth because all other truths are not as true as mine. When you die...you die that is it. Since there is no proof of anything than my truth is better than everyone Else's truth because God (the true God) told me it was the truth and since God doesn't lie, my truth is better than everyone Else's truth.

Answer 8

You get to be worm food and that is about it. No religion. (Atheist)

Answer 9

I am a Presbyterian, and I believe that no matter what you do or what you believe, we all go Home.

Answer 10

When you die, you're just dead. There are no gods, devils, Heaven, Hell, angels, nor demons. That's all just superstition.