Most importantly‚ when it comes to death it is important to look at the religion different beliefs about afterlife. First‚ Buddha proclaimed that what keeps us bound to the death or rebirth process is desire‚ desire in the sense of wanting or passion for anything in the world. So‚ Instead of eternal souls‚ as mentioned in the article‚ How different religions view the Afterlife by Victor J Zammit‚ “individuals consist of a bundle of habits‚ memories‚ sensations‚ desires‚ and so forth‚ which together
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Buddhism Religion and Afterlife The idea of death and the afterlife is a topic that everyone can relate to. Whether one has a bigger belief towards western religion‚ eastern religion‚ or no religion at all (atheism)‚ the idea of life after death exists in the minds of many. All the major world religions teach that life continues after death. As for my religion‚ Christianity; the beliefs can be generally classified as a linear‚ whereas the faith traditions such as Buddhism and a few others can
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Throughout time there have been many different views of what afterlife is. Plato and Christianity are no different; between the two ideas there are many similarities and differences that can be distinguished. Plato believed in the idea of immortality and dualism. He believed that the soul was immortal both before and after death‚ and that the body was mortal and ceased to function after death. Plato believed that your soul has always existed and always will‚ and that your embodied life as a human
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The Egyptian and Mesopotamian View of the Afterlife The Egyptians’ view of the afterlife contrasts with the Mesopotamian’s view in that the Egyptians believed in the afterlife as a continuation of life on earth and the Mesopotamians believed life after death would be a miserable existence. The geographical location of the two civilizations may have influenced their views on the afterlife. The Egyptians were blessed with fertile land that came regularly‚ which was thought to be the work of the
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The Egyptians took great care of their dead because of their religious beliefs. According to John Catoir‚ author of “World Religions: Beliefs Behind Today’s Headlines‚” Egyptians believed that an afterlife involved a full human existence‚ not a mere spirit life‚ therefore the soul must join the body in heaven. It was hoped that by preserving their bodies from decay they would enhance the process of resurrection and provide themselves with a decent start in the new life. The priests who performed
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Socrates on Death Now the hour to part has come. I go to die‚ you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one‚ except the god. (42a) Fear of the unknown is a phobia inherent to the human psyche; we are often dually terrified and fascinated with that which we cannot explain or understand. Accordingly‚ death is the ultimate fear; a subject of which cannot be studied or observed first hand without lethal consequences‚ a topic on which no one can rightly claim to be an expert
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this world‚ it would surely be death. Dying is an unavoidable part of life. Indeed‚ everything that lives will at sometime die. The fear of death is held by everyone. Perhaps it is the correlation of death with pain or the unknown state of the human consciousness after death‚ maybe a combination of both‚ that creates this fear. The fear felt is undoubtedly universal‚ however‚ the ways in which it is dealt with are varied and diverse. The concept of human mortality and how it is dealt with is dependent
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November 21‚ 2012 Afterlife from a Christian Point of View Have you ever thought about what happens after you die; if there is something after this life? There are many different approaches to whether there is life after death or not‚ but in this paper we will be looking at the Christian perspective towards the afterlife. Christianity is the largest religion in the world today due to it being branched down into different groups‚ and it is a known fact that there is no other religion today that has a
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Afterlife In philosophy‚ religion‚ mythology‚ and fiction‚ the afterlife is known as the concept of a realm‚ in which the necessary part of an individual’s identity continues to live on after the death of the body. Belief in the afterlife‚ which may be naturalistic or supernatural‚ is in contrast to the belief in nothingness after death. Major views on the afterlife derive from religion‚ esotericism and metaphysics. In many cultures‚ this continued existence often takes place in a spiritual realm
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Immortality Views among Different Cultures and Religions The concept of life after death has been around practically as long as life itself. Our beliefs about life after death can have a profound effect on our attitudes toward life. Most individual’s beliefs about life after death are directly related to their cultural or religious affiliations. According to Montagu‚ "Of all the many forms which natural religion has assumed none probably has exerted so deep and far reaching an influence on
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