Q) What people believe will happen to them after death can influence the way they live their lives? Discuss it.
INTRODUCTION
All the major world religions hold the belief that how a person has conducted himself or herself while living on Earth will greatly influence his or her soul's ultimate destiny after physical death. In fact, many teachings state that the only reason for birth into the material world is the opportunity to prepare for the soul's destiny in the immaterial worlds. And what is more, how one meets the challenges of life on Earth, whether or not one chooses to walk a path of good or evil, determines how that soul will be treated after death. All the seeds that one has sown throughout his or her lifetime, good or bad will be harvested in the afterlife. This, one way or
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Some Christians believe that when you die your soul will go straight to heaven. This is called immortality of the soul. Other Christians believe that when you die your body will remain in the grave until it is raised. This is called resurrection of the body.
All Christians believe in life and death because:
• The main Christian belief is that Jesus rose from the dead. All four gospels in the Bible talk about the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus so Christians believe that this proves that there is life after death
• St Paul said that we will all be resurrected just like Jesus was
• The Church teaches that there is life after death as the apostles creed is ‘I believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting’
• In the parable of the sheep and goats Jesus said that at the end of the world he will judge everyone on how they have lived their lives on Earth. If they have fed the hungry, clothed the naked and visited the sick then they will have eternal life. If they haven’t they will go to