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Life After Death: Islam

Another of the Abrahamic religions, Islam abides by the existence of an eternal, individual soul and two separate afterworlds, Paradise and Hell.  The Islamic macrocosmos can be described as a circular format with a centre of light, where Paradise sits at the centre and Hell consists of seven layers on the outer reaches. The Q’uran is the source of Islamic or Muslim theology, dictated to the special Prophet Mohammed. Allah – God – is an all-knowing, all-seeing force by which [...]

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Life After Death: Christianity

The Christian faith runs along a very broad spectrum of beliefs and denominations, so Christian ideas about the afterlife vary widely.  In general, though, the theology states that a person’s soul lives on after death and ascends to Heaven or descends to Hell.  After a waiting period, Jesus will return to the earth in the Second Coming.  There will be a Judgment Day, on which every person is assessed and given either eternal rewards or punishment. Crucial to this discussion [...]

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Life After Death: Christianity

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Life-After-Death-in-Christianity

The Christian faith runs along a very broad spectrum of beliefs and denominations, so Christian ideas about the afterlife vary widely.  In general, though, the theology states that a person’s soul lives on after death and ascends to Heaven or descends to Hell.  After a waiting period, Jesus will return to the earth in the Second Coming.  There will be a Judgment Day, on which every person is assessed and given either eternal rewards or punishment. Crucial to this discussion [...]

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