...Life After Death, What Happens After We Die? Contents Introduction 3 Ideas on Life After Death in Different Religions 4 Perception of Life After Death in Literature: Dante's “Inferno” 6 Life After Death in Art: Rodin's “The Gates of Hell” 8 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction The question associated with life after death is associated with people of all races, genders, ages and world religions. It is understandable that people cannot live forever, and death is an inevitable event. But still people are interested what will happen to them after death, and what it means to die. There are great numbers of assumptions on this issue, and people's opinions differ, but still it is difficult to reveal the truth, as nobody knows this for sure. This paper will focus on different assumptions and possible events taking place after people's death. Of course every person thinks about afterlife concept in the current period of time, as it would be really strange not to consider this issue at least once. People should understand and be aware of possible events happened to them after life in order to value the current state of affairs and life in the present period of time. It is necessary to make the right choice and build proper relationships with people surrounding you, as every day is unique, and it would be impossible to return it again. D'Souza (2009) stated that the Bible teaches people “that...
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...Life and Death Death is the inevitable conclusion of life. As Benjamin Franklin said, “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” Some people fear death, and even try to fight it. In the end, they will lose the battle and end up facing death. Death is enigmatic, and has fascinated mankind since the beginning of time. The nature of death is puzzling because nobody knows what lies beyond it, and it has been the subject of much speculation in literature. This uncertainty about how to deal with our own mortality has fueled many authors’ imaginations, and they have written numerous literary works on the subject of death. Most people have seen death, even experienced the death of a relative or close friend. Sometimes there is anger or denial at the sudden loss of a loved one. Death has many strong emotions attached to it. Fear, depression, grief, remembrance, and celebration are some of these emotions, and they can be found in many literary works on the subject of death. Despite the myriad of different ideas and emotions surrounding death, the finality stays the same. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson and “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas are two great poems on the subject of death. Readers can get a sense of the powerful feelings and emotions about death by comparing and contrasting these literary works, and by examining each author’s use of literary elements. These works about death were written by two poets in...
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...Best Answer - Chosen by Asker Okay. Consider the risks with the death penalty. The system can make tragic and irreversible mistakes. Last month, we found out about Cameron Todd Willingham, executed in Texas for starting the fire that killed his children. Modern forensics has shown that the fire was accidental. There wasn’t even a crime. As of now, Over 130 people wrongfully convicted people sentenced to death have been exonerated. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people. If someone is convicted and later found innocent you can release him from prison, but not from the grave. Here is some other information about the death penalty and a bit about life without parole (LWOP) The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. Homicide rates have consistently been higher in states and regions with the death penalty than in those without it. The most recent FBI data shows that homicide rates are below the national average in all 14 states without the death penalty. LWOP is on the books in 49 states (all except Alaska), and it also prevents reoffending. It means what it says, and spending 23 of 24 hours a day locked in a tiny cell is not a picnic. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty. LWOP costs less than the death penalty: The death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. The high costs of the death penalty are for the complicated legal process, and the largest costs...
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...Death is treated and perceived in many societies as the taker of human life. Death is loathed treated with fear and is cruel and unforgiving. Similarly I think of death in the same line because it takes away our loved ones from us, it cannot be stopped, is inevitable and brings pain, grieve and sorrow in people's life's .Death always casts a dark shadow over peoples life. Death is treated as all gloom since an individual is severed from the living. The interpretation of death lies in one belief about death and life. The interpretation of death is relative depending on a persons view point on the same. In the biblical and Christian interpretation the death of a person is defined either as being good or bad depending on the kind of life the person lived. Thus for a person who lived a good life thus his death is good unlike one who led a wicked and bad life. From a Christian perspective those who die in sin will live in eternal pain and suffering in a world of fire and brimstone. However for the righteous they hope for greater and wonderful things in the next life. Theirs will be a life of singing and dancing sharing n the glory of God. To them they will head to paradise. Thus death can not be classified as bad and cruel if one has lived a righteous and good life. This is so because such a person always plans to move a better place in the future. Thus death is only a stepping stone or means of transition to a better life hoped for. This is a natural part of a person's life, in...
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...one belief about life after death. The concept of life after death is one that is much discussed by human beings, for many reasons. Perhaps we are afraid of death, or we wish to have the comfort that we will see loved ones again, or we simply feel that our earthly lives are too short to be ended at death. It is universally accepted that one day, our current lives will end because our bodies, as physical entities, will perish: ‘by their nature, physical things perish.’ (Tyler and Reid) However, it is the theories for post mortal existence that differ between religions. In his books Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas suggested that each being has an ‘anima’; a soul which animates the body, thus giving it life. Aquinas believed in the monistic view: that ‘the natural condition of the soul is to be united with the body.’ (Aquinas) Plato, however, believed in dualism. This is the idea that the body and soul are two separate things; the body a contingent entity that will decay over time, while the spirit is non-contingent and will go on forever. Many theories exist for what happens after death. One example is the Hindu belief in reincarnation; a dualistic concept, involving the transmigration of the atman (soul) into a new physical body after the current one dies: ‘Just as a person casts off his worn out clothes, so does the disembodied soul cast off worn out bodies in exchange for a new one.’ (Bhagavad Gita) Throughout an extensive cycle of births, deaths and reincarnations...
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...Life and Death in Wordsworth’s “We Are Seven” As a romantic poet and a lover of nature and humanity, William Wordsworth wrote often about life and death. His lyrical ballad “We Are Seven” looks at these issues from the perspective of both an adult and a child, posing the question of whether death truly separates the living from the departed. Wordsworth had a strong family tie with his sister, Dorothy, and an affinity for the world of nature, in which he spent much of his childhood. The happy memories of playing in and exploring the natural world inspired him throughout his life, and he maintained a close relationship with Dorothy. This feeling of family closeness, combined with his vision of children as creatures attuned to nature and untouched by the cares of adult life, is evident in “We Are Seven.” The poet begins by juxtaposing the attributes and promise of a child’s life with the specter of death: A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? (Wordsworth 1-4) Wordsworth presents the image of an innocent child, an eight-year-old girl that he, as the poem’s narrator, encounters on a walk through the countryside. By describing her as possessing “a rustic, woodland air” (9), he evokes a feeling of the unadulterated innocence of the natural world, unspoiled by the interference of civilized society. The narrator, who is evidently a practical-minded gentleman, questions the little girl about the size of her...
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...The idea of a person or a person’s soul living on after death is shared by many religions. Where these religions differ is in what they believe happens after one’s death; there are even differing views about what happens within different denominations of the same religion. The question of life after death has perplexed man through the ages. In the Bible Job famously asked “if a man die, shall he live again?” (Job 14:14). The notion of resurrection is central to Christian faith, it is the belief that Jesus returned to life on the Sunday following the Friday of his crucifixion. In Matthew 28 an angel says to the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene; “do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has risen, as he said.” It is from the resurrection of Jesus that the Christian belief in life after death emerges. In John 11:25-26 Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.” This led to the belief that if one is to follow the teachings of Jesus and accept him as their lord and saviour; one can then look forward to the afterlife. N.T Wright, in his book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church states that “Jesus’ resurrection is the beginning of God’s new project, not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven.” This literal view of resurrection in similar to the Hindu belief in reincarnation...
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...Issues in Life and Death: Paper 3 Physician assisted suicide is gradually becoming more and more of an accepted practice across the world. Here in the United States, a few states have already legalized physician assisted suicide, albeit with certain safeguards. It appears that the sentiment behind this practice is evolving. People are starting to see that it is frivolous to needlessly suffer when you are faced with an inevitable death. Patients with cancer and other terminal illnesses have already taken advantage of this practice. Recently however, a Swiss assisted-suicide clinic known as Dignitas announced their intention to help a healthy woman die alongside her terminally ill husband. This has raised many eyebrows, as well as some pertinent questions with regard to the morals of our society. For example, is there a principled difference between letting this healthy woman die and letting her terminally ill husband die? I am proposing that in principle the wife in this case has just as much of a right to end her own life as her husband does. I believe that although this woman’s case is semantically different from her husbands (relative health vs. terminal illness), they are morally equivalent. Humans are autonomous agents, capable of making rational decisions. As long as they are of a sound mind it can be argued that they know what is best for themselves. When someone imposes their will upon another’s ability to make their own rational decisions they are obstructing...
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...certainty of life: Death Two of Emily Dickenson’s poems, [Because I could not stop for Death] (1254) and [After great pain, a formal feeling comes] (932) are both about one of life’s few certainties: death. In Dickenson's poems, death is often personified, and illustrates a very different view on death than the traditional horror movie. Through the use of characters, imagery, and setting, Dickenson creates amazingly powerful poems that offer a creative and yet extremely different perspective on death. The characters in each of these two poems allow us two extremely different perspectives on death. One perspective is how it feels to be dead and look at life the other being how to deal with death when you are the one who is left behind. Also the different perspectives regarding the fear people have of dying and the emotions that surround it. In [Because I could not stop for Death], death appears as kind and compassionate. The woman fears death until she finally meets it and is welcomed by it “He kindly stopped for me” (2). The word kindly gives a vision of a kind and gentle man, a friend and a companion. In [After great pain, a formal feeling comes] the feeling is quit different in that it depicts the suffering of the people left behind. It shows death as cold and harsh and something that causes pain and suffering. Even though the emotions in both poems are completely different both show time passage as a very important part of death, in that death tends remove...
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...Beauty, Life and Death Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on A Snowy Evening” is a simple and literal poem that has been interpreted and emphasized in many different ways. Frost tells a simple story that manages to get any reader to think about its scene and how profound this story can actually be. Many different opinions have been expressed as to what the poet was trying to convey in these lines; happiness, life, or maybe even death. The poem was written during the early 20th century, around the 1920s. According to an analysis done on this poem: “...Frost wrote the poem on a hot summer day...” (Gualdoni 2). Quite an interesting piece of information that questions why Frost would use a season opposite to the one he was currently writing through. The poem itself is written in iambic tetrameter so that 4 lines are grouped together in each stanza. There is a visible rhyme scheme and figures of speech that coexist within the piece. The first two lines in a stanza rhyme with each other while the third line stands to temporarily disrupt the balance, only to be followed by a fourth line with a rhyme that will match the previous two. A broad sense of imagery invites the reader to his/her imagination and calmly surrounds them in that cold winter night. In the woods with just his horse, the snow and a frozen lake, is a simple setting the poet used for this piece. The first few lines display a character that is in the middle of nowhere and mentions of an unknown person that the “woods”...
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...contact the company. It's an another time, another place? What awaits us when we die? Is the physical important feature. I guess the next thing is being all there providing a description for the different categories really is to our existence; or is the spirit or soul what really makes us who we and services that the company offers. ” are? There Naperville, Illinois, United States is an abundance of case studies that suggest there is some sort of life after “ we die. Some Thank you so much writer 1025. I'm so glad that I found this writer. The from the not-so credible sources and others that seem much more believable. quality of the work this writer We will all provided is very high and always on find the answer when we die. Can we find the answer while we still live? time. Writer 1025 excellent! I cannot find words to express my gratitude to the writer in 1025. This I remember the day that death really hit home with me. It was November 1, company is the best! G, NJ at 6:25am. This was when I watched my father take his last breath. This was New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States “ no ordinary I had some difficulties with the breath. It was like the body knew it was going to be the last. The inhale was payment, but I called the customer very deep as service. The lady I spoke with, she was very nice and helped me to if the lungs were...
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...Composition 1 Between Life and Death The first time I went hunting, I quickly learned that being aware of your surroundings is very important to having a safe hunt. There are many dangers that you must know how to deal with while hunting for wild animals. Hunting requires extreme caution. Many people think they know everything there is to know about the dangers of hunting, some even do it after consuming alcohol, but what many people do not really understand is how to get out of these dangerous situations. I had to solve a dangerous problem that I did not think would ever happen, to save my best friend. Dustin and I were invited to go hunting with his Dad and some of his Dad’s friends. I had just gotten a shotgun for my birthday, and I wanted to finally put it to some use. We set out to his Dad’s friend’s lease just outside a small town near San Angelo. I was excited to learn how to shoot a gun and, hopefully, be able to hunt my first dove. After hours of driving, we finally arrived at the lease. It was like something I had never seen. There were retired school busses pushed side-by-side in a square, turned into something like cabins. The owner of the lease had built bunk beds up and down both sides of the four school busses. We unpacked our things onto the busses, and Dustin’s dad took out his handgun. He showed Dustin and I how to handle it, unload it and shoot it. We shot the handgun at targets for a while, and then we began to practice shooting our shotguns...
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...Theodosia Jones Professor Timothy Fobbs Religion 216, Summer 2008 Online 29 July 2008 Death and Resurrection of Jesus To get a clear understanding of the complicated events that took place leading up to the death and resurrection of Jesus, it is first necessary to understand the background. Lots of things have been written about these courses of events. But it is sometimes difficult to combine all the details into a single story. The events of some days follow each other in calm sequence, while others are more of a swirling, splashing stream. Lots of things happen around the same time. We are dealing with two levels of events: things that actual happen and the intention behind the action. Along with the events leading to the death and resurrection, we also have divergent interests at work: interests of Judas, the Sanhedrin, the people and the disciples. Sometimes things coincide, sometimes they become entangled. For the sake of organizational purposes, we will interact: the plot against Jesus, the Passover Feast, Jesus’ trial, his approach to death and crucifixion, and the resurrection of Jesus. At first we might be lead to think only the plot to have Jesus arrested by means of a traitor (Judas). If you do more in depth studying, you will see that this does not do justice to the facts. After facing much opposition for his teaching, Jesus is betrayed by Judas Iscariot. Judas, like the other disciples...
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...philosophical but also a public health issue, it is important to explore the ultimate motivations of suicide and suicide attempts. I therefore determine to investigate the issue to gain an in-depth understanding, by using the case of series of suicides committed by a multinational enterprise, Foxconn’s employees in its Chinese manufacturing plant. I wish to argue based on research evidences that the motives to cease pains, to bring changes and to pursue a taken for granted better afterlife constitute to suicides. The outline of my essay is shown as follow: Introduction In 2012, Foxconn, a renowned multinational enterprise, has seen a series of suicides committed by its young workers in China, which shocked the society. The perceptions about life and death depend on individuals’ unique situations. However, suicide and suicide attempts persist as a predominant public health problem (McClure, 1984; Weissman, 1974), and therefore it is important and significant to specifically look into the ultimate motivations of suicide. This essay highlights three motivations. It is arguable in the first place that suicide can be seen as a common means of ending the intolerable psychological or physical pains, in which case, the motivation of suicide is considered as a solution to end miserable, unsolvable problems and pains. In the second place, it is argued that suicide can be used as a...
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...Death brings out Life You never fully recover from a hard loss. I mean, I guess all loss is rough but when its your father, I feel like its just a tad harder. I will never be able to get my old life back. Back when I was carefree, happy and on top of the world. But one night can change everything. I don’t like to talk about but if I don’t, I will probably have a huge burden on my heart (at least thats what my mom says). So of course it was a rainy day like every other cliche death, of course we were driving, and of course I was the driver. Long story short, I was driving too fast, swerved, and hydroplaned off of the road. The next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital with my mom crying over me. There was so much commotion and the only memorable part was the fact that all of the nurses kept saying that we should be happy that my father died instantly. Because that is definitely something that I should be happy about! Does it sound like I am bitter? Do I sound mad? Thats probably because I am! Being in the hospital was the easy part. Going back home and even back to school was the worst part. It was like the whole town was watching my family’s every move. Then I realized that my mom blamed me for everything. She never came right out and said it, but I just knew. I couldn’t forgive myself. I left my mom without a husband and my younger sister without a father. I ruined all of our lives and it killed me inside. Even my Grandma told me that I was the cause of his...
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