4. WHAT HAPPENS TO HUMANS AFTER DEATH?
Souls experience a foretaste of heaven or hell (pleasure or
pain, closeness or remoteness to God, etc.) while awaiting the
final judgment and resurrection. (Or, souls may also be judged
for punishment and/or purification before heaven.)
Death results in unconsciousness until, at the final judgment,
God (or Christ) will raise the living righteous to heaven;
resurrect and destroy the wicked on earth; return the righteous
to a paradisiacal earth for eternity.
Souls don't survive death. God (or Christ) will resurrect the
righteous at the final judgment for eternity in heaven or on a
paradisiacal earth; the wicked will remain dead.
The soul's spiritual development continues after death so that
all may eventually experience the indescribable joy of
closeness to God. Hell is not a place but the tormented state
of remoteness from God.
Rebirths occur (continually, or until all life's lessons are
learned and one merges with the life force, or until complete
enlightenment and eternal bliss are attained, et al.)
There is definitely an afterlife, but the specifics cannot be
known or are unimportant -- most important is one's conduct in
life.
No afterlife; no spiritual existence beyond life; no literal
heaven and hell. Or not sure. Or not important.
None of the above.
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