Afterlife Beliefs

The existence and the nature of the afterlife is not the only thing that remains constant across all these religions. Reaching salvation in Islam, Christianity, and Judaism is achieved the same way between all of these religions. “Salvation provides us with the understanding of the relationship between God and the Faithful. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, there are particular priorities that must be recognized in order to fully understand this relationship and its correlation with the truth and good behavior” (Khalil, Mohammad Hassan. 1-6 (ix-ixxx)) Ultimately in all of these religions, people who have lived good and righteous lives and believes in god and the prophets will go to Heaven and achieve salvation, and the people who live sinful

The aim of my report is to explain how the view of the afterlife in Ancient Greece has shaped works of art, books and the mentality of people. In order to do this I am going to explore how ancient Greek people saw the underworld as well as Roman people and the Renaissance period. Because Greeks saw the underworld as a dark, dreadful and gloomy place, many of the works that refer to it, either in Roman times or the Renaissance, are influenced by this view. In particular works like the Odyssey by Homer or The Phaedo by Plato, explained to a certain level the structure of the afterlife in ancient Greece. These two pieces of literature severely influenced works like the book VI of the Aeneid by Virgil where he depicts the underworld referencing to the Greek point of view. But a deeper description of the underworld is given by Dante in his Divine Comedy where he uses Virgil as his guide, from the depths of hell to the Purgatory while Beatrice, Dante’s ideal woman, guides him through heaven. All these time periods shared the idea of the underworld as being a place where souls pay the sins they committed during their lives.

The ten beliefs of my personal credo are that I believe that: death is not the end, we should not judge others, you should pray not when you have to but when you want to, you should be happy, I believe in love, I believe in family, in my guardian angel, and that a good person cares about nature. However, most of all, I believe in God. I believe that death is not the end because after we die, our remains become part of the soil that makes up the Earth or the very atoms that compose the stars. What we are, what we are made of, lives on in another form. So although our human form may die, we never truly cease to exist. We continue to be a part of the universe in a different form. I believe that we should not judge others because we never completely know

Have you ever wondered how a different religion sees death when compared to yours? Well you’d be surprised with how the ancient Greeks viewed death. They believed that something, like how we view a soul, would leave the body shortly after death. They also had steps when attending a funeral. And they also say that your spirit will go to the underworld and would have three different places it would go depending on how that person lived.

After having read the chapter and the PowerPoints, one aspect of Native American Religion that interests me is the spirit world. I am curious as to how it connects to a vast majority of their religions practices, since the Native Americans were polytheistic or contained multiplicity of gods within their religious practices. I was interested in how they connect this world as “Earth Mother”, who provides bounty of the Earth (Hopfe et al. 2016). The position of High God is also connected, but separate from the concerns of the Earth. These different spirits have allowed the Native Americans to not consider a High God as a personality, but rather a divine or sacred power that is revealed in humans, nature and the spirit world (Hopfe et al. 2016).

Quite regularly, Vikings are thought to have been savage warriors that possessed no respect for religion, however, the Vikings had a very rich belief system which is most evident when taking a close look at their burial rituals and view of the afterlife. Most often, Vikings buried their dead in boats and would either cast them off into the ocean, bury them in underground chambers or cremate them. Like the Egyptians, Vikings were usually buried with items that were thought to be of use during the afterlife, such as daily clothes, personal belongings, food, drink, and weapons. It seems that the most respectable way to depart life was by dying in battle, which guaranteed them a place in Odin's grand hall, Valhalla, where they would partake in

I have been going to church ever since I was a child. My beliefs have

With a beginning of life there is an end, but the nature of death and how it is view can affect how we live. Death is understood to be that one’s biological function cease to function and the body no longer is capable of anything (Pence, 2011). The nature of death is viewed by each one of us differently and this paper is going to discuss the values and beliefs of different religions on death. This paper is going to look at Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto religion discussing what the nature of death virtues and values are. Finally discussing the overall understand of the nature of death within all these religions.

The Old Testament provides meaningful insight into the doctrine of the afterlife by declaring that all people regardless of being righteous or unrighteous goes to Sheol and remembered no more. The most striking account was of King Saul visit to the medium

Obviously Dante was not trying to be completely literal in the Divine Comedy in his descriptions of Hell, Heaven, and Purgatory. Yet, he would definitely argue for the existence of all three. Protestants would debate the existence of Purgatory, however, Dante does a wonderful job in “Purgatory” creating a place that goes beyond being a beautiful setting for a story. This place follows Catholic belief about Purgatory, with some added flare, that theologically could almost be considered completely accurate.

Imagine yourself, finished in this world and ready to go into the internal life. How do you think God will judge you? Were you someone generous, humility, loving, gentle, active, temperance, or Chasity? Do you believe that God would be proud in every single thing you have down on this earth? Well, for the most part, no everyone is Jesus and have all of those qualities. That is why Dante have written the world of Purgatory. Purgatory is a place after earth is a transformation process that helps every saved soul to perfect themselves for God. Through this process of transformation in Purgatory, a soul must accept, forgive, and learn from their sin in order to be in Heaven.

     Considering my thoughts on the afterlife is something I have done several times in my life. My views and beliefs have changed over the years regarding this subject. My Catholic upbringing was probably where my first views came from. They were the traditional heaven and hell beliefs and also of purgatory. Today my thoughts are not so black and white.

In this method twelve factors were identified about beliefs about afterlife. Three of the major factors were that 12.1 percent believe in Heave and Hell. 7.9 percent believe in reincarnation and 6.6 percent believed that there ate material objects and sexual desire in the after life. The gender differences that were found are that men are not less likely to believe in afterlife but they were less likely to believe in Heaven, reuniting with loved ones, communication with the living and request for forgiveness before death. Men were more likely the women to believe that there are material objects, that spirits have human form, that there is pain, hunger, thirst and that rituals carried out after death are important. The religious differences they found were that Protestant students were less likely to believe in life-after-death then Roman Catholic students. On the other hand, Protestant students were more likely to believe that there is Hell and that forgiveness needs to be requested to get into Heaven.

Life After Death All of the major religions believe in life after death. However the ideas from religion to religion can vary greatly. I am going to look at Hinduism and Christianity, two religions that I have been surrounded by all my life, and the different perceptions they have of life after death, and then I will give my own view. "For certain is death for the born and certain is birth for the dead; therefore, over the inevitable thou shouldst not grieve.

Catholics believe that the resurrection and death of Jesus have changed the meaning and the effect of human death. Death is no longer the end of an individual’s human identity, because the soul continues on after death. The Catholic Church teaches that a soul may go to heaven, purgatory or hell, depending on the quality of a person’s life on earth. “That the body dies, death is a normal natural process” (Ecclesiasticus 3:1-2) Based upon the sacred scripture and teachings of the Church, we know what Catholic believes after death and what follows it. When someone dies, their soul is separated from their body and no longer sustains any order within the natural body. As a result of this, the human body begins to corrupt and is left to decompose on its own. The soul however is completely different as it is immortal and will never cease to exist