Life after death in religions

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 08:40:48 AM

Are there any religions who don't believe in life after death? Just curious.

The Magic Pudding · February 01, 2011, 09:30:30 AM

Here's a useful chart.

http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 02:55:34 PM

That is very interesting. Thank you.

grim-reaper · February 01, 2011, 07:17:20 PM

Some Christians think that they will be "raptured" directly to heaven without dying at all.

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 07:18:32 PM

Quote from: "grim-reaper"Some Christians think that they will be "raptured" directly to heaven without dying at all.

How does that work?

grim-reaper · February 01, 2011, 07:50:05 PM

The "Rapture" is a delusional false belief held by some Christians. They think that Jesus will suddenly appear in the clouds and magically pull all true Christians up to him and then take them to heaven.

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 07:52:12 PM

Quote from: "grim-reaper"The "Rapture" is a delusional false belief held by some Christians. They think that Jesus will suddenly appear in the clouds and magically pull all true Christians up to him and then take them to heaven.

This may be a stupid question, but why?

grim-reaper · February 01, 2011, 08:02:09 PM

This may be a stupid question, but why?

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking why Christians have false beliefs? Or are you asking why they want to be pulled up to heaven? In any case, it's hard for me to answer either question, since I'm not a Christian.

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 08:28:46 PM

Quote from: "grim-reaper"This may be a stupid question, but why?

I'm not sure what you mean. Are you asking why Christians have false beliefs? Or are you asking why they want to be pulled up to heaven? In any case, it's hard for me to answer either question, since I'm not a Christian.

I guess I was asking both.

elliebean · February 01, 2011, 09:48:16 PM

Yeah I was one of those christians. I remember my dad telling me about it when I was about 8 years old; I didn't say anything, but I was thinking, "wait, we have to believe that too?! WTF!" :crazy:

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 10:00:38 PM

So, this whole rapture thing... Let's see if I can phrase my question so that it'll make sense...

Why does this rapture need to happen? They're gonna die someday anyway, why rush it?

grim-reaper · February 01, 2011, 10:03:34 PM

Why does this rapture need to happen? They're gonna die someday anyway, why rush it?

They don't think they'll die. They imagine that they will be taken straight to heaven without ever dying.

Cecilie · February 01, 2011, 10:07:01 PM

Quote from: "grim-reaper"Why does this rapture need to happen? They're gonna die someday anyway, why rush it?

They don't think they'll die. They imagine that they will be taken straight to heaven without ever dying.

Then what's the difference between being dead in heaven and being alive in heaven?

grim-reaper · February 01, 2011, 10:37:42 PM

I don't know the difference. Most likely Christians don't know either. But I'm not the person to explain what they know or don't know, since I'm not one of them, and so much of what they say doesn't make any sense to me.

elliebean · February 01, 2011, 10:56:45 PM

They also believe all the dead people will come back to life at that moment. Well, all the 'saved' ones, anyway. Yep.

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