takes on two flavors‚ hell‚ and heaven; and for them these two choices are very black and white‚ or good‚ and bad. Their description of hell paints the picture of a mentally ill god that revels in the death and suffering others. Hell is an infinite punishment earned not through any particular sins or wrong doings‚ but for hurting the ego of god by "not believing in him". So to clarify I could cure AIDS‚ give money to charity‚ and be generally well liked atheist but deserve hell‚ while Hitler a Roman
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rewarded when you die. Christians believe that heaven is a place where they can spend an eternity with God after their death. Jesus’ crucifixion led Christians to think that they are freed from the punishment of original sin and they have the chance to enter heaven depending on how well they lived their lives and whether they did good or acted accordingly by obeying God. Those who have followed God faithfully throughout their lives can expect to go to heaven where there will be no bad things waiting to
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second coming of Jesus which will also be the day that we will be judged for our sins. The word Rapture is not mentioned in the Bible but is referring to the event of those who are saved being brought up from the earth by God. God will come down from heaven with a shout which will be heard in the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God. Those who died in Christ shall be brought up first and those who are still alive in Christ are then brought up. As a result of the rapture of the church‚
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judged by the ‘higher power’ and then either sent to heaven or sent back to Earth as a punishment. It takes on another body generally wiped of its previous brain‚ thoughts‚ and experiences – a fresh start. This allows you to start again in a horrible world which we are continuing to destroy with pollution‚ wars and killing whole species of animal. This is like an initiation test to see if you are worthy of the afterlife and ready to proceed into heaven if not‚ the cycle restarts… The less karma collected
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What the tradition teaches and say about the life after death: Jesus died and accepted his suffering on the cross for us so that we could all live happier lives. Jesus saved us all‚ Because of this Catholics believe he opened the gate of to heaven for us. ‘ Christ offered himself for our salvation’.( Luke 22:19) Then he took the bread‚ gave thanks and broke it‚ and gave it to them saying “This is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” Christians believe that we cannot
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Beliefs Liberal Christians recognize that the writers of the Bible held a variety of beliefs concerning Heaven and Hell. The earliest books of the Bible described an underground cavern where all people‚ good and bad‚ spent eternity after death. The later books described Hell as either a place of annihilation or of eternal punishment. Generally speaking‚ this system of beliefs looks upon Hell as a concept‚ not as a place of punishment. The idea that a person would suffer eternal punishment for a
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able to join Him someday in heaven. When I think of heaven‚ it is not a place only for Catholics‚ as we have learned in the past quarter about the different beliefs of other religions. No religion should be shunned or looked down upon. I believe that God will judge all other non-Catholic worshipers based on how well they adhered to the values and beliefs of their own religion. Heaven‚ for me‚ is a place wherein everything is so perfect and right. On the other hand‚ hell for me is a place full of suffering
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fifteen men dressed as monks explained to him what he had to do and they withdrew. Then Owein visited places where people suffered terribly but always managed to stay safe invoking the name of Christ protect him but the devils told him: « this is not hell » and they showed him the infernal punishments. After crossing a bridge‚ Owein came to a door and visited a wonderful place with a lot of happy people‚ sweet fragrances‚ a strong light... people dressed as archbishops explained to him what he had seen
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exception of Buddhism‚ consider the soul to be a permanent entity‚ which is either reborn or sentenced to a permanent heaven or hell. Christianity views the soul as the permanent entity within oneself‚ which is judged by God. The purity of one’s soul decides whether it passes to heaven or hell. Christianity shares this basic belief with both Islam and Judaism which also say heaven or hell is the final resting place of the soul. The Eastern religion‚ Hinduism‚ preaches that Atman‚ or permanent soul
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Almighty snapped his fingers and said‚ “Be” that was how the world was created. Later‚ Allah (S.W) created man with clay and dust and afterwards named him Adam (PBUH) Allah had given Adam all the knowledge that Allah had known and placed him in the heavens. Adam (A.S) later on started to become extremely lonely and then Allah thought‚ “let me make a partner‚ a friend for Adam (A.S).” So Allah then took Adam’s (A.S) left rib and then created Hawa (A.S) [Eve] and then told them whatever you do not eat
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