In all religons you are guaranteed an after life?

As we know many have there own following and beliefs in there religion of choice.

So I ask the question are we all guaranteed a happy after life for following our belief's or in the end are a huge majority of us going to be punished for the wrong choice of what we believe in?

And what about the fence sitter's, what is for those who choose not to follow one said religion but believe there is a spiritual awareness?

 

What do you think? Of course all religions guarantee an afterlife. Thats what makes people go for them. And all of them claim to be true. But are they? It is really important to find out if your religion is teaching you the truth. If you belive in Jesus he has some pretty serious words to say on this matter. John 8:32 ( you will know the truth and the truth will set you free) This means there is truth and conversely there are lies, otherwise why would we need to be set free? Also check out Matthew 7:, 13, 14. If you do not think Jesus taught the truth, then it might be good to find out a bit more. Also would our Creator punish us for a wrong choice without trying to show us what the right choice is? that would not be just or loving would it?

 

Like all dumb animals the religious can be trained to do tricks for a reward.

 

Hey can we all hold hands and blink into nothingness and become dust together. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

What tricks can you do? Oh. I remember going through your previous posts. Not very nice tricks really.

Col

 

Here boy, Sit.... otherwise you wont get in to heaven.

 

Helo

Well Yeah you will have happy after life if you are a muslim , but you will also be punished for what you did wrong in this world .

But in QURAN Alimighty ALLAH said that muslims are in HEAVEN .
So thats what we all should beleive in . I respect other religion but its truth and one cant refuse it .

 

The jokes on you buddy. I know I am not going there....LOL

Col

 

Thanks for the reply has been taken aboard , but what I am saying is all religion says follow, believe and trust in me and you will be forever happy right? So why aren't we all under one main religion? How can we all follow different gods/beliefs and all be rewarded in the end? So the statement is really one religion is true and the rest aren't so a majority of us are doomed in the end...

 

OR, none of the religions are true, and it's all a foolish waste of time.

 

Sounds a little crazy, but it could be true!

Oh no, this one is different Alright, this one is the truth then!

Ohhhh, I get it - they're all crazy. Phew! I thought I was going to have to waste my day pulling straws to figure out which "god" I would be prostrating myself before!

More to the point of the thread, while not all religions promise an afterlife in the same way that Christianity and Islam do, all make a promise as to something (reincarnation, etc). They need to make such promises in order to keep their paying members afraid enough of the unknown to stay in line and keep on giving of their time, money and influence.

 

In Buddhism there's no after-life and Judaism is closer to it because it doesn't stress on after-life because any portrayal of it might be considered blasphemy for the simple reason that God alone knows his plans and so the Jews are told to make the best of this life.

"Some scholars claim that belief in the afterlife is a teaching that developed late in Jewish history. It is true that the Torah emphasizes immediate, concrete, physical rewards and punishments rather than abstract future ones. See, for example, Lev. 26:3-9 and Deut. 11:13-15. However, there is clear evidence in the Torah of belief in existence after death. The Torah indicates in several places that the righteous will be reunited with their loved ones after death, while the wicked will be excluded from this reunion.

The Torah speaks of several noteworthy people being "gathered to their people." See, for example, Gen. 25:8 (Abraham), 25:17 (Ishmael), 35:29 (Isaac), 49:33 (Jacob), Deut. 32:50 (Moses and Aaron) II Kings 22:20 (King Josiah). This gathering is described as a separate event from the physical death of the body or the burial."

http://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm

 

That's a perfect example of the sociogenetic theory of religious origins; while I believe more in a psychogenic possibility, no one's 100% positive... I've been getting more and more into researching religions over the past year, and the more I read, the more I'm intrigued...

As for the original question, "guaranteed an after life", the answer would depend on what you consider an "afterlife"...

Think about the Hindu belief of moksha... Do you consider and "ultimate release" or a "final togetherness" to mean "afterlife"?

I think a lot of people think that afterlife means we're walking on clouds in our current bodies playing pool with Abe Lincoln; if that's what you consider an "afterlife", then no, not all religions believe in that...

 

afterlife? how about beforelife?

 

well yeah But there is a wonderful scripture at 2Peter 3:9,10 which says that God is patient and does not desire ANY to be destroyed but desires ALL to attain to repentence. So this tells us a couple of things. God IS going to destroy, however he would prefer not to. So there must be a means by which we can avoid destruction. Jesus spoke of it at John 17:3, where he said " this means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one you sent forth, Jesus Christ." The bible does let us know how we can avoid destruction, but with all those different religions, all claiming to be from the Bible and all claiming to teach the truth, how do you know what is right and true?

 

That explains why the "everyone rots in the ground after they die" religion I started fizzled out.

 

lovely !! lol
It also explains why the cold hard fact of death being the end of life is so hard for people to take and why they disregard that it is actually what the Bible teaches. So they invent different teachings that give them a new explanation that involves somehow being able to say 'we do not die'.

 

You don't need a book to realize that there is no proof of a life after death. Well, most of us don't.

 

I know I am putting a sad story to all beliefs - but I am sure there are a lot of like minded questions, but really if you have found that one faith that you are happy and contempt with good for you!