I've been wondering with a little bit of fear about what really happens to someone when he/she dies?

Question

Does that person goes somewhere or once you die that's it? How can you be really be sure about this. I'm not interested in hearsay. Often people say or believe things that they heard while growing up and take that as truth, but they don't have any reliable source to back up what they believe.

Answer 1

The truth is that nobody knows. Religions all have their own versions of what is going to happen when we die but those are all just guesses.

Answer 2

You ask good questions. Unfortunately no one has died and come back to tell us about it. (No joke intended.) There are some books about near death experiences, but I sense you are asking more than that.

I don't think it is hearsay to hear what others have to say. We as humans learn from others. We listen, we evaluate, we choose what we will believe. The bottom line is each of us has to decide what to believe. Even the decision not to believe in anything is a belief.

So to summarize where things are: There are some who believe that when a person dies -- that's all there is. It's all over.

Down through the ages people have believed in an after life. You can read some of the Greek and Roman myths which express this belief. Others believe that because Jesus died and rose from the dead, we too will rise with him.

Why do I say this?
On the cross the Good thief said to Jesus: Remember me when you come into your kingdom. Jesus replied: Today you will be with me in paradise!

My faith says: When someone dies, it's not all over! It's just beginning.
You are free to believe or not, but I want to be fair and answer your question.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, no living person knows the answer to that question. No dead person has come back and told us about it.

You say you don't want hearsay. Well, that rules out the Bible.

Here is what science knows. Everything about our consciousness comes from our brains. If our brain chemistry is off, we suffer mental illness. If our brain is damaged, we can lose mental capacity, lose the ability to speak, remember, see the left side of anything, recognize faces, or tell right from wrong, and even lose our personality. Although science doesn't yet know *how* consciousness is caused, it is clear *what* causes it: the brain. Even mental states that have been used as evidence for an afterlife--near death experiences, out-of-body experiences, altered states of consciousness--have been linked by neurobiologists to brain states.

Consciousness is a *process* created by the brain. This means that when the brain dies, so does consciousness--permanently. Dying will be like going to sleep without ever dreaming or waking up. To add an immortal soul to the mix seems to me like a violation of Occam's razor; it would have no function. Maintaining the soul hypothesis in this day and age appears to be wishful thinking.

This may be hard to swallow, but reality has no obligation to conform to our wishes. If we're going to do any living, we'd better do it in *this* life, because it's the only life we know about.

Of course, i could be wrong. I haven't talked to any dead people lately.

Answer 4

There is no reliable evidence to demonstrate that anything of a person survives death. If there were, then there would be no debate. Those who argue in the negative namely that there is no proof that nothing survives death are merely using a semantical argument to make up for the sheer lack of evidence to prove their case in the positive.

Dead really is dead. That's why you need to live as good a life as you can live now because once it's over...that's it.

Answer 5

I grew up thinking I would go to heaven when I died. The whole idea of the supernatural just began to make less and less sense - I decided that there really wasn't a God, and that is the reasonal explanation. There's no evidence for a God or the afterlife, and there's actually evidence against God.

I believe in a world that is purely physical, and physically, when you die your brain stops working. When your brain stops working, you completely lose consciousness. No thinking, no feeling, no being. It's over. Sometimes it could be hard to accept, but that's just how I think it goes.

Answer 6

The Right to Enter Paradise

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 excuses because there is no acceptable defense for unbelief. (Acts 4:12)
Become part of God's family today. Acknowledge your sinfulness, and express your faith in these words:
"God, I have sinned against You. (Romans 3:23) I've followed my own way and refused to give You the right to rule in my life. (Romans 3:10-12) I recognize I am separated from You and cannot rescue myself. I do believe that Jesus Christ is Your Son. I accept the truth of the Scriptures? that His death on the cross paid my sin-debt in full. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) And I ask You to forgive me of my sins. (1 John 1:9) By faith, I receive You, Lord Jesus, as my personal Savior from this moment on."
If you just spoke those words to God, then, like the thief on the cross, you have received salvation? a gift of God's grace. The heavenly Father welcomes every person who comes to Him through His Son, regardless of background, age, or current situation. Through Jesus, the right to enter paradise is yours!

Answer 7

For real there are only two ways to die, neither way is easy, but one is worse than the other. The unbelievers go through death itself while the born-again go through the shadow of death. Both are still death. Add to this to the fact that unbelievers actually die twice. The Bible holds the path to both life and death.

Answer 8

No one completely knows. I've found proof for both "No" and "Yes" on the net, but what is true is entirely up to what you believe. There is no right or wrong answer, but this is a question people have been pondering on for a long time. Your best bet is research, cause on here, you're just going to get personal opinions.

Answer 9

I will tell you a true story. My aunt was 82 years old when she died of lung cancer. She believed in God but, she never went to Church or was baptized or anything. When I found out she was dieing with cancer I asked her if she wanted to be baptised. She told me that she did. I went to try to find our priest as I am a Catholic. He was no where to be found (I since then found out he was in the hospital with kidney stones). I went back to my aunt and baptised her myself. That Thursday in Church we had Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. This is when the consecrated Host is put out on the Altar for people to Adore as it is truly Jesus. There was a basket of flowers below him on the floor. I was concerned about my baptizing her because (like some people had told me: she had 82 years to get baptized and I shouldn't have done it) so I told Jesus that if it was ok that I baptized her, then please cause a couple of the blossoms from the flowers to fall on the floor and then I will know that it was ok. Well, nothing happened. I was bugged. The next morning I had an uncontrollable urge to attend Mass. I had never been to Mass on a Friday before. After the consecration of the Host when we were all standing praying the "Our Father" I felt myself starting to buzz kind of. Have you ever touched an electric fence and felt that kind of buzz? it's kind of like that but it did not hurt at all. It just kept getting stronger and stronger, then I felt myself starting to rise up. So much so that I had to look down at my feet to make sure they were still on the ground but, when I looked back up WHOOSH! I was completely taken out of my body and there before me up by the Altar was Jesus. He was totally in white with part of his garment going up around his head. I was so struck by how neatly pleated it was on one shoulder. It was awesome. He was holding out his arms to me. He didn't say anything but, I knew he was saying that that one soul meant much more to him then a few blossoms from the plant.

Answer 10

Only Jesus can give you peace about this.
I'll pray for you, but you need to pray for yourself.
Jesus will make you sure about who he is if you ask him to.
Here is a website that will help.
www.ttb.org
The site is thru the Bible

Romans 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Answer 11

It all depends on what your beleifes are. I personally think there is life after death and that our soul leaves our bodies and goes to another place. I think there are levels in heaven where you go to step 1 kinda like you sign in then 2 etc untill you have done all that is asked of you then you will become an agel but I think that would take many years to reach that level.