The Afterlife Flashcards

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What is the Afterlife?

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  • The afterlife is the next destination after a soul leaves the body.
  • This is the idea of Life after Death
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What does Christianity teach about the Afterlife?

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-Christianity teaches that people either go to heaven or hell, depending on how God judges their actions.
- They believe if they have followed the teaching of Jesus they will receive God’s grace and go to heavens

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what quote shows the grace of god in the afterlife?

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“And god raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus”

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what do Muslims believe about the Afterlife?

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  • Muslims believe that the afterlife means going to jannah or jahannam.
  • After a person dies their soul goes to barzakh to await judgement until its Yawm ad-Din, where everyone’s action will be judged
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what is a quote supporting the idea of after life in Islam ?

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” one who had repented, believed and done righteousness, it is promised by Allah that he will be among the successful”

source - Qur’an

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What do non-religious people think?

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  • Non-religious people believe that after one dies they cease to exist and are no longer alive .
  • They believe that believing in the afterlife is just a comforting way of facing death.
    -They could also argue that the idea of an afterlife is used by religions to put pressure onto people in order for them to live their lives in a certain way
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