Immortality

Question 1

Keyword: Immortality

Answer 1

Living forever

Question 2

Keyword: Dualism

Answer 2

The idea that a human being is made up of two parts; body and soul. (Plato)

Question 3

Keyword: Materialism

Answer 3

The belief that a person’s mind is inseparable from the body therefore no survival of the soul after death.

Question 4

Keyword: Body

Answer 4

The physical part of the human. That part we can see and touch.

Question 5

Keyword: Soul

Answer 5

The non-physical part of a person. The real ‘you’ inside of you.

Question 6

Keyword: Resurrection

Answer 6

When the soul (and body) rise from the dead and come back to life.

Question 7

Keyword: Legacy

Answer 7

Something handed down from and ancestor, a way of being remembered.

Question 8

Keyword: Heaven

Answer 8

The state of eternal happiness with God.

Question 9

Keyword: Hell

Answer 9

The state of eternal separation from God, seen as a punishment for sin.

Question 10

Keyword: Reincarnation

Answer 10

The soul being born into another body.

Question 11

Keyword: Moksha

Answer 11

Hindu belief. Breaking free from the cycle of life - death - reincarnation to become one with Brahma.

Question 12

Keyword: Karma

Answer 12

The law of cause and effect.

Question 13

Keyword: Rebirth

Answer 13

A transfer of energy from one body to another.

Question 14

Keyword: Scripture

Answer 14

Sacred writings of a religion, for example to Bible or Qur’an.

Question 15

Keyword: Ghost

Answer 15

A soul without a body.

Question 16

Keyword: Channelling

Answer 16

Communicating with the dead through a medium. (a spiritualist).

Question 17

Near Death Experience

Answer 17

Some people, when they are close to death claim to have a sense of leaving their bodies and seeing what exists beyond this life.

Question 18

What does Plato believe about dualism?

Answer 18

He argued that the human body is constantly changing and decaying however the soul stays the same. He believed that when a person died, their soul went on to live a perfect life (heaven).

Question 19

What does Dawkins believe about the afterlife?

Answer 19

The body has no soul and instead is just different cells and DNA. Therefore, when we die, our cells die and nothing is left.

Question 20

What is the problem with Dawkins’ idea of materialism?

Answer 20

People believe that we must be made of something else otherwise things like love are just a chemical reaction.

Question 21

What is the most popular example of resurrection and what does it teach Christians?

Answer 21

Jesus rising from the dead. It teaches Christians that if they live a good life, they will be resurrected to heaven, however, if they live a bad life, they will be resurrected to hell.

Question 22

What is the problem with resurrection?

Answer 22

The body decays when it dies and the only proof of it ever happening is in the Bible which may be biased.

Question 23

What is the process of life - death - reincarnation called?

Answer 23

Samsara.

Question 24

How does the process of Samara work?

Answer 24

If you have led a good life, you gain good karma and come back to life as a better being. It can be escaped after a soul gains enough good karma and reaches the top of the karmic ladder and becomes one with Brahman. (Moksha)