The Beliefs Of A Spiritual Body

Since ancient civilizations people have been trying to explain what goes on after death. Throughout history, many cultures have had different theories about what happens. Two distinguished ideas of where people go after death are the underworld and Hell. The idea of the underworld came from the Greeks and Romans. A few famous works by the Greeks and Romans that talk about the underworld are The Iliad, The Aeneid, and, The Odyssey. A famous work that discusses Hell is Dante's Inferno. Hell is an accepted part of the Christianity religion and taught all over the world. The two beliefs are very similar but some distinct differences can be seen.

At death, the body ceases to function and decays, but the soul of everyone is immortal and will be judged immediately. The souls of those who are faithful to God will be purified and go to live with God in heaven. However, the soul of anyone who has denied God will spend eternity separated from God in hell. At the end of time, all of the dead will be bodily resurrected and each individual will be judged and either rewarded or punished according to the life that they led.

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.

In Christian Theology, Christians believe that there is an afterlife. After they die, their body is either buried or cremated and their unique soul enters Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory. Their belief that Jesus rose from the dead three days after crucifixion, gives them hope that if they follow Jesus’ teachings and make him their Lord and Savior than they too will experience a resurrection in the afterlife . Jesus’ incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection gave all Christians hope that life after death is possible.

Is there life after death, and what will happen to me when I die? Secular humanism believes that there is no afterlife, once death occur. When they die, they believe that is the end for them. There is no heaven, or hell that they will go to. However, Christians do believe that there is a heaven, or hell that they will go to, and it is based on their actions, and good deeds, while here on earth (New King James Version, Rev. 20:12-15). Christians believe that their spirit will live forever in heaven (New King James Version, Heb. 9:27). These religions are similar in destiny, when it comes to them both knowing that, death will eventually come for

29:11), there are much more to be said about what happens to us after we die. As Christians, our belief affirms that there is eternal and abundant life after death for those who die in Christ (John 3:16, John 10:10). Referred to as heaven, this life after death is connected to the life, teaching, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The believer takes hope in knowing that this present life is only temporary but life with Christ is eternally. This believe in life after death, is symbolic of light and its triumph over darkness and that death does not have the final word (1 Corinth

Some religious groups do not believe in heaven at all but they belief that a person will return in another life form, that is they belief in reincarnation. In other cases, it is believed a person's spirit lives on in this world. Christianity is the only religion that teaches salvation is a free gift of God received through faith (Eph. 2:8-9 NKJV) in Jesus Christ (John 14:6; Acts 4:12 NKJV).

What happens to a person at death is a belief we acquire from our religion and culture. In Christianity we believe heaven is our reward for living a meaningful life. On the other hand as Christians we were taught to preserve life and avoid intentional death to selves or others.

The subject of where people go after death has been a debate for a long time. everyone knows people have to die, and they is no debate on that. In Radford’s essay on how death works, he says, “Organisms grow old because nature doesn't need them anymore.” (Radford). The real question is what happens after you die. Some people believe in the human having two bodies, a physical body and a spiritual body. They think that once you die, your body is put in the ground and your spirit is sent to either hell or heaven. There are also people who believe that there is only a body, and that once you die, you are done, and nothing else happens. Dante joined the discussion and wrote on hell. In his book Inferno he writes of all the levels of hell. He writes of the different sins and their punishments. In Inferno written by Dante, the worst punishments in hell are being drowned in boiling blood, turned into snakes, and being frozen in ice with you head sticking out.

“Where does our soul go after we die?” This question confused me, according to the plan of salvation written about in the scriptures, we do all that we can on this Earth to prepare for the second coming. I wouldn’t say that I’m necessarily afraid of death. I would say that I personally embrace it. Yes, the idea of never seeing loved ones again is heartbreaking.

As being raised as a Catholic we believe when someone dies, their soul leave their temporary vessel and will be called

There are two common religious beliefs that have confused people are Baptist Christians and Jehovah Witness. Both organizations believe in God, but they tend to have controversy over biblical readings and comprehension. Baptist Christians believe that there is a single creator, God, has a son, Jesus Christ, born to a human mother by the name of Mary, and that Jesus’ crucifixion by the Romans brought salvation to all. Baptist Christians believe that after death, human remains go back to dust and their spirits remain asleep until judgement day. Baptist Christians are true believers of the revelation of Jesus Christ. They believe that some people will go to heaven, while others go to hell, a place of infinite torment, to never return. This judgement is according to their works here on Earth.

Islam is very similar to Christianity in the sense both hold ideas of Heaven and Hell. However, in Islamic belief, humans are believed to hold a communication with Islam’s Allah, (God in Arabic), with the source of this communication being at the center of our bodies. After death, humans reside into the Barzakh realm until Judgement Day. Judgement Day is the day in which Muslims, (those who practice Islam) are judged according to their action in life. The Barzakh realm acts as a resting place which consists of both Heaven and Hell, (Williams, “Near-Death Experiences of Muslims” 1). Heaven, of course, is where Allah rests, and Hell is where Satan rests. A difference between Christianity’s Satan and Islam’s Satan is that Islam’s Satan wasn’t exactly an angel, but a Jinn. Jinns are like angels except angels from a different world, angels that sin, ("A Scientific Miracle in the Story of Satan" 1). Also according to Muslim belief, Judgement Day also marks the day of resurrection. Resurrection is the act of getting to live again and no longer be dead. Everyone is resurrected and then judged by Allah. Islamic faith and Christian faith are quite similar in their ideas of the after-life in terms of Heaven and Hell and for some Christian groups,

The afterlife, as a belief, has been explored and questioned for thousands of years and throughout all cultures. Many Christians hold that they will be judged upon death, and chosen to go to either Heaven or Hell. However, the New Testament puts forth a very different notion. Through the writings of Paul and the Gospel’s, the New Testament describes the afterlife as being lived on this planet again through bodily resurrection like that of Jesus Christ.

body dies and disintegrates; the soul continues to live forever. After the death of the body, the