Is there is life after death?

Answer 1

YES !

Answer 2

What is a soul? What properties does it have? What part of 'you' resides in the soul?

If it's postulated that consciousness, or awareness, or sense of self resides in the soul, it's difficult to see how this can be reconciled with the complete oblivion which accompanies general anaesthesia. How could a straightforward chemical, injected into the bloodstream, anaesthetise a soul so that it effectively ceases to exist during this time? If consciousness, in the form of a soul, were some kind of supernatural faculty, it would seem implausible that it could be completely disabled by a chemical.

How about some of the other things which we regard as essential parts of what makes a person what they are? How about love, compassion, reason, empathy, memory, conscious thought, character, 'spirituality' and so on? Well, there is really no plausible doubt that all these things are properties of the physical brain - We can alter all of these properties very simply with alcohol or other drugs, and observe how they change in people who have suffered significant brain damage. Previously placid people become uncontrollably violent, intelligent people become imbeciles, and so on. Stimulate the brain artificially, and the subject reports corresponding mental activity, e.g. 'religious experiences'. We can see from brain research that all these things - thought, emotion, sensation, character traits and so on - are correlated with activity in the brain, and some things can be identified with specific areas of the brain.

So, if all these faculties and characteristics of what we regard as the 'person' reside in the physical brain, as seems to be undeniably the case, and they all cease when the person dies, then what is left to be attributed to a 'soul'? As far as I can ascertain: Nothing. If there is no part of us that can continue after death, then there is no 'afterlife'... and if there is no afterlife, then most of religion is null and void.

Answer 3

There is life after death.

John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

John 5:29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

Answer 4

No.

If there was anything at all after death, it wouldn't be called "life". Furthermore, if you continued to persist after the supposed point then it wouldn't be correct to assume that you had "died" ..... hence it wouldn't be "death".

Of course this is just semantics.
What technically happens after a living being, as we know it, terminates its perceived animated existence... most likely includes the simultaneous termination of its animated thought-patterns... i.e. consciousness. If that is not the case, then its anyone's guess (and most likely all such guesses would be wrong).

Answer 5

Despite many thousands of years of people wishing there were...there's still no evidence of any kind that there is.
This life is all you've got -- make the most of it.

Peace.

Answer 6

No, we're like lemmings, running over the edge of the cliff one after the other...except that lemmings don't really do that - they're not that stupid.

Answer 7

There is no soul sleep of the righteous. Only the damned sleep in their graves. Those that have died in Christ now reside in heaven.

The spiritual bodies of the righteous will result from the joining of their heavenly natures with their resurrected bodies at the second coming of Christ at the final judgment.

Those that are damned will awake from their sleep to be judged and join Satan in their separation from God in Hell.

How do I know where I will end up?

As relates to salvation, there are a couple of theological concepts worth mentioning. Arminianism sees the choice of Christ as impossible, apart from God's grace; and the freedom to choose is given to all, because God's prevenient grace is universal (given to everyone). Therefore, God predestines on the basis of foreknowledge of how some will respond to his universal love ("conditional"). Think of Arminianism as John 3:16 for anyone who so believes.

If you adopt a Calvinist approach, then God's elect were chosen before the world began, and the elect will be gathered by God. The elect will not be able to resist God's grace. In contrast, Calvinism views "universal" grace as resistible and not sufficient for leading to salvation--or denies "universal" grace altogether--and instead supposes grace that leads to salvation to be particular and irresistible, given to some (the elect) but not to others on the basis of God's predestinating choice ("unconditional"). Think of Calvinism as John 3:16 for only the elect God has chosen before time began. The five principles of Calvinism are easily remembered by the acronym, TULIP: Total depravity, Unconditional Election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, Perseverance of the saints.

In Calvinism, the whole notion of John 3:16 only applies to those God has foreordained to be saved. This means that Christ did not come to save everyone, only the elect chosen by God on whom he decided to have mercy. So how does one know if he or she is one of the elect? We don't! Instead persons are urged to keep God's commandments, live righteous lives seeking to please God, and pray continuously that His mercy falls upon us as one of His elect.

Answer 8

It wouldn't really be death if you're still alive, would it?

Answer 9

Not to my knowledge.

Answer 10

I'll let you know shortly.

Answer 11

nope.