Do you believe in an afterlife?
482728
yes muslims do.\n\nMuslims believe that the present life is a trial in preparation for the next realm of existence. When a Muslim dies, he or she is washed and wrapped in a clean, white cloth (usually by a family member) and buried after a special prayer, preferably the same day. Muslims consider this a final service that they can do for their relatives and an opportunity to remember that their own existence here on earth is brief.\n\nThe question of whether there is life after death does not fall under the jurisdiction of science, as science is concerned only with classification and analysis of sense data. Moreover, man has been busy with scientific inquiries and research, in the modern sense of the term, only for the last few centuries, while he has been familiar with the concept of life after death since time immemorial.\nAll the Prophets of God called their people to worship God and to believe in life after death. They laid so much emphasis on the belief in life after death that even a slight doubt in it meant denying God and made all other beliefs meaningless.\n\nThe very fact that all the Prophets of God have dealt with this metaphysical question of life after death so confidently and so uniformly - the gap between their ages in some cases, being thousands of years - goes to prove that the source of their knowledge of life after death as proclaimed by them all, was the same, i.e. Divine revelation.\n\nWe also know that these Prophets of God were greatly opposed by their people, mainly on the issue of life after death, as their people thought it impossible. But in spite of opposition, the Prophets won many sincere followers.\n\nThe question arises: what made those followers forsake the established beliefs, traditions and customs of their forefathers, notwithstanding the risk of being totally alienated from their own community? The simple answer is: they made use of their faculties of mind and heart and realized the truth.\n\nDid they realize the truth through perceptual consciousness? They couldn’t, as perceptual experience of life after death is impossible. God has given man besides perceptual consciousness, rational, aesthetic and moral consciousness too. It is this consciousness that guides man regarding realities that cannot be verified through sensory data. That is why all the Prophets of God while calling people to believe in God and life after death, appeal to the aesthetic, moral and rational consciousness of man.\n\nFor example, when the idolaters of Makkah denied even the possibility of life after death, the Quran exposed the weakness of their stand by advancing very logical and rational arguments in support of it:\n\n And he (i.e. man) presents for Us an example (i.e. attempting to establish the finality of death) and forgets his [own] creation. He says, “Who will give life to bones while they are disintegrated?” Say, “He will give them life who produced them the first time; and He is, of all creation, Knowing.” [It is] He who made for you from the green tree, fire, and then from it you ignite. Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.  (Quran, 36:78-81)\n\nOn another occasion, the Quran very clearly says that the disbelievers have no sound basis for their denial of life after death. It is based on pure conjecture:\n\n And they say, “There is not but our worldly life; we die and live (i.e. some people die and others live, replacing them) and nothing destroys us except time.” And they have of that no knowledge; they are only assuming. And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, their argument is only that they say, “Bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful.” Say, “God causes you to live, then causes you to die; then He will assemble you for the Day of Resurrection, about which there is no doubt,” but most of the people do not know.  (Quran, 45:24-26)\n\nSurely God will rais
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I believe that we are. I have talked to several people who had near death experiences and all of them  told me that they seen their dead loved ones in a bright light. They told me when trying to walk into the light, their love ones told them it wasn't their time, and they woke up inside their own body again.
979635
I think you can make your own form of heaven here on Earth.  There's no way to know if it exists in the afterlife until you get there, so the best route is to make the most of what you have here.  \n\nI don't believe in hell, simply because the concept of a place for eternal torture escapes me. I don't know that there are a lot of people I would wish eternal torture on- I mean, years of it for those who support genocide, etc., maybe, but eternity?  It bothers me.  Doesn't mean I'm right, doesn't mean I'm wrong either.
534189
You can't prove anything like that.\n\nAnd since BILLIONS of people have died, and NONE has ever been proved to come back and tell about an afterlife ----- that's almost the same as proving that there's no afterlife.\n\nNo-one thinks there's an afterlife for flowers, so why should there be an afterlife for people?
154620
Yes, frequently.  I'd say it's something I think about a little every day, and I have to say, it amazes me.  In fact, i've thought about it so much, since such an early age, i've stopped being afraid of any spirit world or death - i'm excited for the afterlife (though not forgoing the life I live on earth right now) and to find out what really happens.  I'm curious.  I think it's part of human nature to wonder what happens after death - it's the one thing we've yet to conquor, and I for one can't wait to find the answers.
837403
I don't believe in heaven, I'm an atheist.\n\nBut if there is a heaven I am definitely going.  I'm a great guy and do nice things, I let spiders out instead of crushing them and hold doors open for old people.  I'm nice, and I don't believe God requires a particular religion or belief to get in.  It's all about your actions, not what you profess to believe.\n\nBut I'll probably accept Jesus into my heart right before I die, just to be sure.
924847
If indeed there is a heaven of sorts.....some kind of afterlife.....I could only imagine all living beings would eventually end up there....from the beginning of life.\nG*d is this theory would not be an entity like an old man sitting in heaven making decisions but more of a spiritual force.\nThe writing of the bible or invention of any of the worlds religions would only effect this hypothetical afterlife in that they may push a persons consciousness in one direction or anothers, if indeed this consciousness survived death. It is possible though that only the life force itself continues and the consciousness itself ceases to exist at the time of death.
785018
what do you believe in?
70191
That depends on your own beliefs. Do YOU believe there is a heaven and hell? Do YOU believe you will go to either one of them? If you do, then they do exist. \nIf you don't believe they exist, then you probably won't go to either one.
1147782
I really believe we go to heaven.  \n\nMy grandmother passed away when my mother was only four years old.  Just recently my mother passed away.  One week before my mother passed away she would have dreams and she would speak to her mother in her sleep.  I really believe there is a better place after we pass on.  A place where your sickness is completely gone and you are young and beautiful.
213522
Not past lives, but everyone will have a future life, but only one. When everyone dies, they will either go to heaven or hell, depending if they live for jesus or not. Heaven and hell is just as real as earth, so make sure to surrender your heart and soul to jesus and serve him the rest of your life, and then you WILL go to heaven when you die.\nP.S. Each place if forever, so once your there, there is no turning back... So I pray that you make the right choice... which is to believe in Jesus and live for him for the rest of your life.
156321
no one can give you the right answer for this because people beleave in different things. it all depends on religion and what you beleave. i think once you die your soul goes to heaven...but if you have unfinshed buisness then your ghost may hang around trying to do what it couldnt do while it was alive.
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Do you believe in God?
555072
Well, I don't believe in Heaven *or* Hell, so I'd have to say no - but it raises a good point.\nWhat if I'm wrong and when I die I meet God - I'd have to believe and then, because I believed I'd get into Heaven. Because non-believers go to Hell.....\nHmmm, I'm confused.
79554
I do indeed. But instead of believeing that they are "spirits" or "souls" I think of them as more a form of energy coming from humans either living or dead. Like when you hear something in your house that has no identifiable source, I believe that it's the energy from the previous owners of the home left behind. Ghosts, to me seem like the energy of the deceased and can be either good or bad depending on the person it belonged to. But that's just my theory :P\n\nOh, and I justify it by believing that humans have such high mental processes, and in times of great stress or joy, I think our brian overworks itself and emits this energy that stays in the world for however long. When we die, I don't believe in heaven or hell, but I'd like to believe that we leave something behind, and having seen and heard ghostlike things, I can only imagine that they are real, and that we do leave behind SOMETHING.
877746
I believe in the existence of a life after death.But I don't believe that anyone can describe it accurately nor judge on who goes where and why.That is up to someone or something that is beyond our current level of understanding and our only guide is often mistranslated religious texts of various religions that may or may not hold guidance in a better way of life in order to gain a better life after death.but these texts and religious beliefs should never be used to try and judge others or behave with self righteous attitudes carried by self propaganda.
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Yes, I believe that afterlife and religion both are relative to what a person believes, so in a sense we create how things will be for us based on what we believe.