Immortality Flashcards
What is Immortality?
The ability to live forever, eternal life
What is Resurrection?
The body and soul is brought back to life after death
What is Reincarnation?
Where the atman (soul) moves into a new body
What is a Theist?
Someone who believes in God
What is Atheist?
Someone who doesn’t believe in God
What is Agnostic?
Someone who isn’t sure whether they believe in God or not
What is Death?
End of life of a person
What is a Soul?
The spiritual part of a human being
What is Afterlife?
Life after death
What is Legacy?
An amount of money/property left to someone in a will
What is Dualism?
The two main parts of a person
What is Omnipotent?
Having unlimited power
What is Omnibenevolent?
God is all-loving
What is Omniscient?
Know-all
What is Purgatory?
The soul can only go to heaven not to hell
What are the Religious Views?
Christianity:
“The breath of life” Genesis 2:7 - Gives a special kind of life to human
We have a soul because they are made “in the image of food” The soul is a spiritual element to human existence
The soul doesn’t die but lives on after the death of the physical body
Souls can be raise back to life as Christians believe in resurrection, just like Jesus, to live in Heaven with God for all eternity
After Earth, your soul can go to either Heaven, Purgatory or Hell
Islam:
Believe in rebirth, so body isn’t needed after death
Death is seen as a welcome release from life so funerals is for looking forward to and also sadness
Qur’an is the direct word of Allah so whatever it says about the resurrection of the body that will exactly happen
How do Animal and Plants achieve good Karma?
Animals can achieve Good Karma by helping humans to achieve it by following natural animal instincts
Plants achieve good Karma by living life as a plant
What is Materialism?
The belief where our minds can’t be separated from our bodies
