What happens when you die?

[Spectre557]

Trying to imagine what happens when you die is like trying to imagine a new primary colour... It's impossible using human perception and reasoning. And if you somehow did, your head would probably asplode.

[Vulpine]

Trying to imagine what happens when you die is like trying to imagine a new primary colour... It's impossible using human perception and reasoning. And if you somehow did, your head would probably asplode.

Case in point.

There is no conclusive evidence of life after death. But there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know. So why fret about it?

[T3rminus]

You may find it interesting that the Bible does not say that all good people go to heaven. If you read Ecclesiastes chapter nine and verses five and six it says :

"For the living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten. 6 Also, their love and their hate and their jealousy have already perished, and they have no portion anymore to time indefinite in anything that has to be done under the sun."

It is also mentioned in Psalms chapter 37 and verses 10 and 11:

"And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more; And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be. 11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth, And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace."

This idea was reflected by Jesus himself when he said in Matthew chapter 5 and verse 5:

“Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth."

As so according to the Bible itself the idea that all good people go to heaven is incorrect as well.
I just thought that I would say something also .

-Phill

[Lok1]

If you die with an honorable death you'll get to Valhall. Otherwise you'll end up in Hel suffering...

Just kidding. I think that it's like a dreamless sleep or like time before we were born - no existence, nothing. And if I were wrong and there is such thing as "good heaven", I would be pleasantly surprised then.

[fabianhjr]

I dunno, I ain't dead.
Try to find a ghost.
I am sure he knows.

[Kwing]

Pardon all the people that'll laugh at me, but I think our souls decompose same as our bodies. Small unintelligent entities feed on us and bits of us decompose, while other bits (spiritual 'bones') may remain intact, especially bits that carry a strong emotional charge which keeps it in place (entire memories may remain intact). If fully formed memories make it into a being that can interpret thought and memory, they think of those memories as past lives. Although some deaths can result in a fully intact entity being tethered to their body or place of death. If their emotional energy is strong enough and restless, you might have a ghost.

[h1ack]

Most people THINK that Christianity means that you go to heaven if you are a good person... this is not what the bible says though.

We all sin, and the bible says that the punishment for sin is death. Eternal death and separation from god. Then Jesus came and lived a PERFECT life, and he was killed in our place.

The bible says that if we believe that Jesus is the son of God, and accept his gift of forgiveness, than our sins will be forgiven and we will not have to be separated from god for eternity. And then when we die we will get to party with God in heaven.

[r-ID]

[sanddbox]

Most people THINK that Christianity means that you go to heaven if you are a good person... this is not what the bible says though.

We all sin, and the bible says that the punishment for sin is death. Eternal death and separation from god. Then Jesus came and lived a PERFECT life, and he was killed in our place.

The bible says that if we believe that Jesus is the son of God, and accept his gift of forgiveness, than our sins will be forgiven and we will not have to be separated from god for eternity. And then when we die we will get to party with God in heaven.

TL;DR: Believe and you go to heaven.

Anyway, in the future try not to post in threads for which the last post was a fair amount of time ago. The last post was in January, which isn't too bad, but keep in mind the post before that was in October of the previous year.

[AppAttacker]

This is a really old post and no one will probably read this but I'm going to post it anyways.

From a biblical stand point this is very easy to answer. The bible has many scripture that show what happens at death, but surprisingly almost all main stream religions get it wrong. (Psalms 146:3,4; Ecclesiastes 9:6,10) These scriptures show that when we die we cease to think, we cease to exist. Jesus even said at John 11:11-14 that death is like sleep. So when we die we no longer think, feel, or live. It's quite simply the opposite of life, everything we can do now, we can't do when we die.

Now there is an interesting question
WHY DO WE DIE
Well the bible show that man started as a single couple on the earth named Adam and Eve. God said that if they eat the fruit, they will die (Genesis 2:17) so in a since he said "Here. I'm giving you life, you didn't have it before but I'm giving it to you now, and if you abuse that life... I'm going to have to take it away from you." It says in Genesis 2:7 that God made Adam out of dust. Then in Genesis 3:19 he says "for dust you are and to dust you will return". Again he's saying your were nothing to start with and if you abuse the freedom of life I gave you then you will return to nothing. This was the first time that man would die so obviously this would have been the perfect time for God to say, "if your bad your going to burn forever, and if your kids are good they'll go to heaven." But he didn't he said "when you die, it's over your back to the dust."

So simply put
If you believe in God and the bible you have to believe that when you die you cease to exist! You do not go to heaven, you do not go to hell! It's that simple you no longer exist!
To argue with that is to argue with the bible! And you can't pick and choose what you want to believe the bible says you either believe none of it or all of it.
There are scriptures that people say speak of hell but actually these are spoken of as a figurative example of suffering because of the lack of reward and blessing that God gives the righteous.
Gehenna is a literal place outside of Jerusalem where they burned trash and dead bodies, so this simply represents total destruction, just like the lake of fire also means when something goes in it doesn't come back! That means that those who are thrown into either of these will not come back from death.
Where as hell Revelation 20:13 the King James version says Jell delivered up the dead which were in them. So what could that mean? well the best translation into modern english for the greek word used here is grave. That's all hell is translations such as "The New World Translation" and "The American Standard Version" use the word grave instead of hell here. So it means the grave gave up the dead.... What does that mean!?!?

That means there is hope! The bible says at John 5:28,29 that there will be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous!! But where will that resurrection be? Will it be in heave?
This answer is in the bible but I wont give it to you until you request me to do so.