afterlife Flashcards

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the belief that there is an afterlife

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  • death is not the end of life. death is a transition to another state of life
  • ‘activity in this world was only a preparation for life in the world to come’ - pirkei avot
  • connection –> answering the existential questions
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the belief that the soul is immortal

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  • if the soul is immortal then death cannot be the final act

- ‘and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to god, who gave it’ - ecclesiastes 12:7

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the belief that there will be a resurrection of the dead

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  • belief that there will be a resurrection of the body and soul
  • ‘behold I will open your graves and cause you to come up and out of your graves’ - Ezekiel 37
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