What do you think happens immediately after a person dies?(both physically and spiritually.)?
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I used to work at a convalescence home, and part of my job was to clean up the people after they passed. They would continue to rid their bladder and bowels (if you know what I mean) for a while, then rigamortis(don't know how to spell it) sets in (when their body stiffens). I had to tie their mouths shut and cross their arms for the morgue. You could tell instantly that their spirit and soul left them. Defiantly an erie experience. I also believe that their spirit goes to an in-between place until God takes us all to heaven(or hell). So I think they look down on their loved ones like guardian angels.
486725
depends on who you ask,,,\nsome believe we are reincarnated and comes back as a animal or another person.\nsome believe your soul goes to heaven or hell and your body rots and turns to dust.\nand some believe that's just it,,, you die and rot in the dirt.
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To give a rationally justified answer to this question, we first need to address the issue of souls.\n\nWhat exactly do you think a soul is?  What properties does it have?  What part of 'you' resides in the soul? \n\nIf it's postulated that consciousness, or awareness, or sense of self resides in the soul, it's difficult to see how this can be reconciled with the complete oblivion which accompanies general anaesthesia.  How could a straightforward chemical,  injected into the bloodstream, anaesthetise a soul so that it effectively ceases to exist during this time?  If consciousness, in the form of a soul, were some kind of supernatural faculty, it would seem implausible that it could be completely disabled by a chemical. \n\nHow about some of the other things which we regard as essential parts of what makes a person what they are?  How about love, compassion, reason, empathy, memory, conscious thought, character, 'spirituality' and so on? Well, there is really no plausible doubt that all these things are properties of the physical brain - We can alter all of these properties very simply with alcohol or other drugs, and observe how they change in people who have suffered significant brain damage.  Previously placid people become uncontrollably violent, intelligent people become imbeciles, and so on.  Stimulate the brain artificially, and the subject reports corresponding mental activity, e.g. 'religious experiences'.  We can see from brain research that all these things - thought, emotion, sensation, character traits and so on - are correlated with activity in the brain, and some things can be identified with specific areas of the brain. \n\nSo, if all these faculties and characteristics of what we regard as the 'person' reside in the physical brain, as seems to be undeniably the case, and they all cease when the person dies, then what is left to be attributed to a 'soul'?  As far as I can ascertain:  Nothing. If there is no part of us that can continue after death, then there is no 'afterlife'... and if there is no afterlife, then most of religion is null and void.
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"Yup. There is nothing after death. It is just like switching off a light bulb."\n\nbut on the other hand the electrical circuitry and infrastructure that powered the light bulb is still there even when the bulb (earthly body) burns out . Bung a new bulb in and who knows?\n\nI'm inclined to believe that when this earthly body burns out the power that motivated it is still there - it's either latent or seeking for a new form.  The "light bulb" is just the external manifestation of thousands of miles of hidden cable, switches, relays, et c, and just because the bublb goes it doesn't negate the existence of all this stuff....
485342
Your heart stops beating. Your synapses slow their firing until you are brain dead and no electrical current is flowing through the nervous system. Your body will generally expel any waste matter (air, urine, feces) being held. Sometime around this time, you will either discover that there is an afterlife of some sort, or you will blink into nothingness, with absolutely no consciousness to be aware of the fact that there is no afterlife. The body will begin the approach to rigor mortise. And bacteria will begin decomposing the body. Years and years later, only ash (and perhaps fossilized bones) will be left of your body. If there is an afterlife, you will never be able to tell anyone. If there isn't, you will never be able to tell anyone. Those who say they know the truth about the afterlife, either way, are not intellectually honest. Which is why this question will continue to evoke philosophical debate ad infinitum.
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I have have many experiences like this, it's difficult to focus on one or two. I really wish I had more time to think about these things in the midst of a busy life, so thank you for asking this question.\n\nI had a near death experience, which made me more sure that there is something there after death. I saw a light, and found myself travelling towards it, and could hear the voices of loved ones who had died. Just as I seemed to arrive at a beautiful garden, it was as if I started travelling rapidly back again to the here and now - it wasn't my time yet.\n\nMeditation is a spiritual experience for me. So it prayer, although I don't belong to any organised religious group. And sometimes just walking in a beautiful place, or even sitting for a few minutes in a sunny garden. Or looking into the eyes of someone you love. Or sometimes a dream will take you to a spiritual place.I believe these are all spiritual experiences and they are available to us all, whenever we are open to them.
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Ps. 146:4 "His spirit goes out, he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish."\n\nEccl. 9:5 "The living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all."
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According 2 the Islamic teachings there 'll be a life after death & it 's & 'll be just like the life of this world except that it's an enduring life.Life afer death starts 4 everyone after their buriels 've been completed & people buring them vanish away from the grave.It starts 4 evereyone as they 'll be treated according 2 their actions/deeds & when the day of gudgement comes our actions or deeds 'll decide our destiny.Coz there 'll be only 2 paths 4 the people.Those pleased with God the Almighty 'll be rewarded 4 their good deeds with Jannats/paradise/green gardens full of life.With no sickness or growing old, while those unpleased with God 'll go 2 Jahannam/Hellfire.May the Good Lord guide & save us all from it.
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Can you wait for few more yeasr i might come back from grave and can give you the details of my trip after death!!!!!!!! hahahaha!!!! Just kidding......... i don't have any answer to your question except that i know my body will not exist but my soul will exist and most of all i will exist in the memories of my loved one's ..........that matters most!!!!!!!
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Life after death is like Newtons 3rd law. \n\nHow?\nNewtons 3rd Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.\nLike that what you did while you alive will be the life(effects) after death.\nAm i right. enjoy
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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.
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we will move on to another place such as another dimensions where our souls go with other spirits.\n\nwe will still have a soul and as lng as we are concious we will know we are living an "immortal life" after death\n\neven though the fate of the universe is uncertain(it will forever expand, stop expanding, or contract), we know our existence is forever like the supreme being, unless we decide to end our existence ourselves
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when our physical self dies, the soul leaves and escapes into the universe, it lingers nearby its family till the time it feels that all is going on well after its departure from the body of the deceased, then it awaits its return in the form of a new born near GOD, where it is judged for its past karma and based upon it assigned a new body to come back to the world and spread the glory of GOD.
523755
Just scary to think WHERE our afterlife will be. Looking at all of my friends, I'm thinking we are going to be a tad on the "warm" side come judgement day. You guys wanna meet over by the second fire from the left? You know.....where they store the brimstone. :)
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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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No one knows for sure. I personally believe that their is some sort of after life. Too much evidence to suggest otherwise. Besides our bodies are made of energy, the energy that makes our hearts beat, and our brain working etc... it is a fact that energy does not just dissipate and disappear. It goes somewhere or takes on a new form. So the energy of our bodies does not just disappear so where does it go? I don't know that yet. When I get their I will let you know. :D
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Backup for what? \n\nNone of this is going to happen, because there's no heaven or hell or angels, and when you're dead, you're gone.