life after death

• Atheists and humanists believe nothing survives death.
• Jews and Christians believe we only live one earthly existence, followed by eternal life in the world to come. Many believers hold that after death we will be judged by God and the righteous will be raised to eternal life.
• The sacred texts in Christianity, Judaism and

  talk of an afterlife, so for followers of these faiths

  life after death has been promised by God.
• I am the resurrection and

  the life. The one who believes in me will live, even

  though they die”
• Not all people who believe in life after death would call themselves 'religious'. For example, some people believe in the concept of reincarnation
• Judgement will result in

  reward or punishment. Reward takes the form of

  entry to Heaven. Punishment is banishment to Hell.

  Some Christians believe that this judgement will

  happen when they die.
• However, most christians believe that

  there will be a Day of Judgement at the end of time,

  when Jesus will return to earth in a ‘second coming’

  and will judge the living and the dead
• Some Christians believe that judgement will happen in two stages: an initial personal judgement when you die, followed by the definitive judgement at the end of time.
• “The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body”