Death and afterlife

Question 1

what is resurrection

Answer 1

living on after death in a glorified physical form in a new realm

Question 2

christians on Resurrection

Answer 2

• a miracle from God
• christians believe that after death people will have new life
• Reject the idea of Soul joining another physical body(reincarnation)
  -Jesus’ résurrection shows that we too will resurrect after death.

Question 3

Pauls metaphors in corinthians 1 and 2

Answer 3

• Corin 1 - seed transforming into new plant to show how the earthly body transforms
• Corin 2 - tent being replaced with a solid house to show how life in this world is temporary and will be replaced after death
• Corin 2 - naked in this world and clothed in the after life.N o longer ashamed.

Question 4

christian symbols of heaven

Answer 4

• surrounded by angels
• the idea of plenty
• no more suffering
  -returning to family home
• meeting God the father who will be seated on throne

Question 5

christian view on heaven

Answer 5

• not literal place but spiritual state where person accepts and recognises God
• eternal
• perfection of the whole world through Jesus second coming (parousia)
• parable of rich man and lazarus

Question 6

arguments against heaven

Answer 6

• raises more question then answers like if bodies are physical then how can we eat or would we age
• how can we be the same person but have different glorified bodies that are eternal
• Bernard Williams - heaven would get boring after a while as we would run out of things to do.

Question 7

Aquinas beatific vision

Answer 7

• where humans come face to face with God
• Timeless vision where past, present and future are all one
• which removes possibility of getting boring
  Karl Rainer - supports timeless afterlife
  negative
• How can we be the same person in this vision if most human characteristics are within time

Question 8

Hell

Answer 8

• Place of eternal punishment separated from gods presence
• in the bible referred to as fire, torture and downwards from this world

Question 9

For hell

Answer 9

• wrongdoing and infinitely good god deserves infinite punishment

Question 10

Against hell

Answer 10

• hell isn’t compatible with idea of an omnibenevolent god
• HUME - could a human do something so bad to deserve eternal punishment
• HICK - a loving god would not let his people suffer for all time and eventually all would have salvation to carry on spiritual journey.(universalist)
• No point in eternal damnation, only acts as deterrent for those who haven’t died.hell is used for social control

Question 11

Purgatory

Answer 11

Temporary place where people are cleansed from sin before living with god
- Pope Gregory - there could be forgiveness after death
- catholics - prayers of living can help the dead endure experience
-Rahner - souls awareness of consequence of sin
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Question 12

protestants view

Answer 12

-purgatory suggests that Jesus crucifixion did not bring about complete salvation
- selling indulgences for shorter time in purgatory was criticised by protestants

Question 13

Election/predestination

Answer 13

God chooses the eternal destiny for every human soul
JOHN CALVIN

Question 14

people who agree with election

Answer 14

Christian - God is omniscient and must know what will happen before we are born

augustine - limited election which means God will only save some people through grace

Calvin - God chose some for heaven and some for hell

POPE Benedict’s XVI - if all are saved then Christs death becomes pointless

Question 15

people who disagree with election

Answer 15

KARL BARTH - unlimited election anyone who believes christian message will be saved

Hick - eventually all will be saved whether christian or not

Question 16

Judgement

Answer 16

• there will be some judgement from god
  idea 1 - saints have fast track to heaven but the rest have to wait until gods choosing

idea 2 - everyone has to wait till end of world for judgment

idea 3 - each person goes to hell or heaven as soon as they die