I'm having trouble believing what I've been told about the afterlife?

Question

I'm okay with the first bit with the in & out stuff, but I really just cannot accept that the worms will be playing pinnocle on my snout. I mean, how would they even hold the cards??

Sophia, clearly your sect is much wiser than mine. Pinnochle. Pshaw.

Average Person Violated, of course I can accept it... the question is, can I eat lunch after hearing aboutit? I sure as hell won't be goig for the key lime pie with a whip!

Answer 1

You can skip the pinochle part so long as you believe that you'll turn an awful green and puss will come out like thick whip cream.

Answer 2

Yes, there is life after death, but there are those who erringly believe that once you die, you cease to exist until the resurrection. This is problematic for two reasons: First, it contradicts scripture. Second, if a person dies and ceases to exist, then he is in the same state he was before he was born: non-existence. Therefore, at the resurrection, it is not he who is raised from the dead. No, instead, a copy of the original person is produced. Nevertheless, the Bible definitely tells us that there is life after death:

Luke 16:22-23, "Now it came about that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. 23 “And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom."
Note, this is not a parable or a mere illustration since it contains the name of an individual, Lazarus. Besides if it were a parable, then what is it illustrating if not life after death?
John 14:1, "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also."
2 Cor. 5:8, "we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord."
Here we see that Paul is teaching that to be absent from the body (to be dead) is to be at home with the Lord. This could not be if we ceased to exist after death.
Phil. 1:21-23, "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. 23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better."
Rev. 14:11, "And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
This scripture is about the judgment of the wicked and how they will endure it forever in consciousness.
Therefore, we can clearly see that there is definitely life after death.

Answer 3

Check out the Buddhist concept fo "afterlife" by reading Sogyal Rinpoche's book on "Tibetan Book of Living and Dying", or the actual "Tibetan Book of the Dead" now out to be purchased and is in English.

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Answer 4

I think the real question is:

Do you really want worms sitting on your face?

Answer 5

An alternate reading of that text states:

"They eat your guts and spit them out."

I hope that you find that gives you some peace on your quest for truth.

Answer 6

Get creamated! Your family can keep you or spread your ashes some where special to you.

Answer 7

You won't care at that time and place .

Answer 8

its not really pinochle, it's worm pinochle, because they can't hold cards, they just crawl around...

Answer 9

believe ME you wont feel aThing....Dead Peolpe don't