Do you believe in an afterlife?

Question

If so tell what you think happens when you die?

Answer 1

I think the term afterlife is somewhat problematic... if it is truely after life then it isn't life at all.

Answer 2

I believe in afterlife in a certain way, although its hard to explain. I believe that when you die you are reborn a different person, in a different family and a totally different personality and not even remembering what happened in your past life... So i'd say being born and being alive right now is a miracle, it doesnt make any sence than when you die its all over, there MUST be a hell of alot more!! xxoo

Answer 3

I believe in an uninterrupted continuation of life. As I conceive of it at the moment, that part of man we call 'spirit' is not bound by or conscious of time, it is that part of us which extends beyond this 4 dimensional universe. But there is an integrity to the human person; the spirit is not separated from the body (I know, this isn't 'orthodox'). So when we die, our spirit skips over this 4D construct of time and goes straight to the resurrection and its new, perfect body.

So, if you're a Christian, you go directly to the joy of seeing Jesus face to face. If you're not, you go directly to the judgment which, in temporal terms, happens a thousand years later.

Not trying to be disparaging to anyone here, that's just my current best attempt to make sense of the theology of the thing.

Answer 4

If a person believed in this life that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again, they go to heaven. If a person rejects this to their dying breath, they go to eternal hell.

Ignore the long "144,000" speech above mine. JW's are a cult that leads to eternal hell. The Bible says that there will be many more than 144,000 saved. That number is the number of Jewish preachers in Revelation.

All who believe the truth about Jesus will be saved.

Answer 5

No. There is no evidence of any kind to support an afterlife.

Answer 6

No way.
It is a lie, a false promise. Many so WANT it to be true but wishing does not change reality.

Answer 7

You better After Meg's long explanation.
Yes
and you got the best answers Meg's ;)

Answer 8

. I believe in a god of unconditional love that created our Souls with free will (not humans) in his likeness. many souls could not bear to leave fathers side for the loss of love. many souls went out and returned to share their adventures. Some souls rebeled wanted to be a god themselves. This place (earth system) WAS CREATED FOR THE SOUL TO MAKE ITS FINAL CHOICE. Do they really want to be a "little God and live in dominion=lordship over others. or return to father of love/fellowship/joy/sharing/ab... bliss. If you choose spiritual love you can return to father, If it is dominion you are after then back here it is.

What if heaven and hell are exactly the same except for one difference? What ever you picture in your head heaven to be, imagine hell to be the same except for one difference. Everything you can do in heaven you can do in hell except for one difference. The difference is love or dominion. If you choose love you are in heaven, you are sharing love/joy/fellowship, absolute bliss in all you do.

If you choose dominion you are in hell, everyone will be dominion bent, acting without regard to anything but personal pleasure, personal gain, exercising power over others. Everyman for himself in all that is done. Everything else is the same.

Now which path do/will you choose? LOVE or DOMINION

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P.S. Doesn't hell feel a lot like earth?

Answer 9

You enter the afterlife...

Answer 10

Fear of the Dead: The dead cannot do anything or feel anything. We cannot help them, and they cannot hurt us. (Psalm 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10) The soul dies; it does not live on after death. (Ezekiel 18:4) But sometimes wicked angels, called demons, pretend to be the spirits of the dead. Any customs that have to do with fear of or worship of the dead are wrong.—Isaiah 8:19.

Eternal Happiness—In Heaven or on Earth?
DOES your happiness depend primarily on where you live? Most people would readily acknowledge that happiness depends more on factors like good health, a purpose in life, and fine relationships with others. A Bible proverb puts it this way: "Better is a dish of vegetables where there is love than a manger-fed bull and hatred along with it."—Proverbs 15:17.

Sadly, however, our earthly home has a long history of hatred, violence, and other forms of wickedness. But what about heaven, or the spirit realm, where many people hope to go after they die? Has it always been a place of blissful peace and tranquillity, without disturbance of any kind, as is commonly supposed?

The Bible teaches that God resides in heaven along with millions of spirit creatures called angels. (Matthew 18:10; Revelation 5:11) These are described as spirit "sons of God." (Job 38:4, 7) Like humans, the angels also have free moral agency; they are not robots. It follows, therefore, that they too can choose to do right or to do wrong. Would angels choose to do wrong? It may come as a surprise to some to learn that thousands of years ago, a considerable number of angels did, in fact, sin against God—they rebelled against him!—Jude 6.

Why Some Do Go to Heaven
Many readers of the Bible, however, are aware of Jesus' words: "In the house of my Father there are many abodes. . . . I am going my way to prepare a place for you." (John 14:2, 3) Does this not contradict the idea of life everlasting on a paradise earth?

These teachings are not contradictory. In fact, one supports the other. To begin with, the Bible states that only a limited number of faithful Christians—namely, 144,000 of them—are raised as spirit creatures to live in heaven. Why are they given this wonderful reward? Because they make up the group that John saw in a vision who "came to life and ruled as kings with the Christ for a thousand years." (Revelation 14:1, 3; 20:4-6) Compared with the billions on earth, the 144,000 truly are a "little flock." (Luke 12:32) Moreover, having experienced the problems common to humankind, like Jesus they will be able to "sympathize with our weaknesses" as they supervise the rehabilitation of mankind and of the earth.—Hebrews 4:15.

Earth—Mankind's Eternal Home
By providing the ransom sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God began gathering the 144,000 almost 2,000 years ago, and indications are that this group is now complete. (Acts 2:1-4; Galatians 4:4-7) However, Jesus' sacrifice was not for the sins of the 144,000 only, "but also for the whole world's." (1 John 2:2) Hence, all who exercise faith in Jesus have the prospect of eternal life. (John 3:16) Those asleep in the grave but who are in God's memory will be resurrected, not to heaven, but to life on a cleansed earth. (Ecclesiastes 9:5; John 11:11-13, 25; Acts 24:15) What will await them there?

Revelation 21:1-4 answers, saying: "Look! The tent of God is with mankind . . . And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Imagine—humans being released from death, and the pain and outcry it causes gone forever! At last, Jehovah's original purpose for the earth and humankind will reach its glorious fulfillment.—Genesis 1:27, 28