4.5 - death and the afterlife

• why christians believe in life after death

  • jesus rose from the dead (resurrection)
  • st paul teaches that people will be resurrected like jesus was
  • church teaches that jesus rose from the dead, and that there is life after death
  • believe that the soul will never die - will go and live with god
• why non-religious people believe in life after death

  • near death experiences - clinically dead for a period of time and then come back to life
  • mediums - communicate between material world and spirit world
  • evidence of past lives - remember themselves in another life
  • gives life a purpose - live life in a way to enter heaven
  • source of comfort - knowing loved ones are in a better place
  • form of justice - evil people suffer and are punished