Do You Think There is an After-life?

We are not on this planet for many years before we realize death is inevitable for the people we love and for ourselves. It’s only natural to wonder what happens to our soul when our body dies. So, what are your thoughts on life after death?

Click the response below that best fits your answer to the question: “Do you think there’s an afterlife?”

Yes

Which After-life View Best Fits Your Thoughts?

No, when we die;
we cease to exist.

Simply put, this view is the belief that there is no such thing as an immortal soul that inhabits the mortal human body. Consequently, when physical death occurs and the mortal body is without breath, the human spirit that once inhabited the body is also annihilated. Here are some questions one with this view will want to ponder.

How did the living spirit die? We can with reasonable accuracy determine the cause of death of the body, but what happened to the soul?
If there is no afterlife, should we live to just get all we can for ourselves and care nothing for others?
How will justice be served for those who commit crimes but are never caught?
If you don’t believe in a soul or spirit, just a body, how do you account for personalities, emotions, character, friendship, love, self-sacrifice, career-aptitudes, hobbies, talents, art, and music?

Yes, the spirit is just energy that rejoins a great collective of energy after the body dies.

Basically, this view is the belief that when the body dies, the human soul lives on, and its energy is added to some sort of universal collective.

A thinking person with this view might wrestle with the questions below.

What happens to my individual personality when I join the collective?
What purpose does the collective serve and who leads it?
Does how I live on earth now have any bearing on my place in the eternal collective?
If yes to the above, who sets the standard on how to live and where can it be found? If no, how is justice served?

Yes, our spirits re-incarnate into a different body.

Depending on how we live our current life, when we die, we are re-incarnated and given another body here on earth. Human beings may come back with better earthly lives if they lived good lives previously, or in worse states if they lived selfish or evil past lives. Someone with this view may believe we repeat this process until we live a life perfect enough to be received into the universal collective or enter a utopia of some sort.

One with this view will want to reflect on the following questions.

Where can I find the rules for what constitutes living a good life so I can progress?
When I die, who judges me and administers justice regarding my performance and re-incarnation destiny?
Who decides when I have achieved the perfect life?

Yes, good people go to Heaven and evil people don’t.

Basically, people who lived good lives on earth go to Heaven and those who did evil either cease to exist or are sentenced to Hell either for eternity or long enough to pay off their sin debt against God.

A person with this view will likely want to search out answers to the questions below.

Where can I find the truth on what constitutes being good enough for Heaven and evil enough for Hell?
Does a person enter Heaven or Hell in a new body that is suited to survive such a horrible place or as a disembodied spirit?
Can a finite being realistically serve sufficient time in Hell to pay for offenses against an infinite Creator?
If evil people simply cease to exist, how will justice be served for those who were never caught and punished in this life?

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