the afterlife, which include (1) Death ends all, (2) Reincarnation, (3) Immortality, (4) Resurrection 7 The Death ends all theory might be associated with what is often referred to as a naturalistic theory of death and the afterlife (well, not really an afterlife at all) 8 Naturalism, is the view that the world is a closed physical system, and all
Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012) 3 Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis (1994: Hollywood, CA: Paramount Pictures) EVERY WORLDVIEW HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH Christianity’s response to death, however, is not stoicism, emotionalism, or escapism In fact,
ideas about the afterlife, including death, judgement, Heaven, Hell and the Parousia, or the return of Jesus to the earth Judgement Christians believe all humans have a soul which is immortal and at death the soul may go to Heaven or Hell in the afterlife Resurrection Christians believe the soul of a person is able to be with God in Heaven
To call the afterlife “the great unknown” is an understatement Yet it is this element of the unknown that has made death and the afterlife constant subjects of both obsession and fear The launching of EosTV is the most recent evidence of our inability to stop obsessing over death This cemetery-laden TV
afterlife (in other words how do these beliefs affect the way a Christian lives) “ Christians think that heaven is a lovely place “because Jesus described