Be familiar with the prominent perspectives on hell during the period of the church fathers and the Middle Ages. Pg 812-814…
Death is such an innate part of the understanding of existence, that it is logical that through time millions of people have tried to answer that immortal question: what happens…
Dante, the pilgrim, experienced Hell and as he reached the bottom of Hell, he experienced something completely different opposed to what readers would have expected. Dante Alighiere’s depiction of Satan once he reaches the bottom of Hell reveals the theme, that in Hell the punishment is always befitting of the sin. As Dante and his tour guide, Virgil, arrive at the last circle, Satan is described to have, “three faces on his head...underneath each came forth two mighty wings...at every mouth he with his teeth was crunching at sinner,” (Canto 34). The illustration of Satan does not satisfy the typical reader; the reader expects to be able to visualize Satan in a more depth illusion, showing how furious he must be after the punishment he has received, of having to be placed in Hell, being frozen; the irony of the Hell described by Dante is that the reader would have expected for Satan to be located where it would be extremely hot, and for there to be uncontrollable fire, not for it to be frozen. At the bottom of the slope, Satan is placed from his mid-breast forth issued from the ice, and as night approaches everything is opposite which is why they must climb down Satan’s leg. Dante was surprised as he reached Satan to see how frozen and powerless he became in circle 9. The ultimate evil is represented in this way by Dante, because Dante wants to show the reader how Satan, and…
Resurrection and reincarnation both have the same basic belief, that there is life after death, but the concept of the two beliefs are very different in several ways. Reincarnation is a Dualist belief and is a rebirth into a new form of existence that may be totally different from the first form of existence. For example, a human could get reincarnated as an animal such as a cow. The cow is a totally different form than a human. On the other hand, resurrection is a Monist belief, and the human stays as a human, as its same psychical body.…
The majority of religions have a clear belief in the concept of life and existence after death; however, the detail of what happens and how it happens differs between every religion and it predominantly depends on the beliefs about the soul.…
When I die I think that I am going straight to heaven. I say this because of the death of Jesus. When he did Jesus went to hell and freed the ones that had died before and had trusted in him. Thus proving the point that we no longer had to stay in hell until the perfect sacrifice was made. Also when I die I believe that my earthly body will decompose but my spirit shall ask just as the spirits of those who died and believed with the only difference being that it will happen as soon as I die.…
“Is there life after death?” and “What will happen to me when I die?” There is life after death, but there are two different places that one can live their eternal life after death (Roman 6:23). Eternal life can be spent in Heaven or in the fire pits of Hell. God determines whether we live eternal life in Heaven or Hell; when he judges us based on our lives on earth (2 Corinthians 5:10).…
Hell is a place of eternal punishment and torment. Mirroring Dante Alighieri's concept of symbolic retribution, sinners are afflicted by the chief sins they committed. Within my version of hell, more attention is given to the common suffering sinners experience on their journey to their individualized punishment based on whether they committed sins of thoughts or actions, thus helping underscore the idea that no matter the sin committed, they all sinned against their Creator and deserve to travel down a common path of pain and despair before being thrown into even greater horrors and being isolated for eternity in their own punishments.…
In Dante's Inferno, Hell is described in vivid detail in the eyes of Dante, the main character and author. Sinners are eternally punished with tortures that fit their sins. This idea of retributive justice and the role of human reason in the form of Virgil are the two main themes in the poem. Canto VIII contains Dis, the capital of Hell and is most representative of these themes.…
Since the dawn of history, people have pondered the idea of what happens after death. The questions and beliefs surrounding ‘after death’ have profound implications for the values, faith and behaviour of most people.…
Is there life after death? What will happen when I die? Even if a person believes that there is no life after death, they will still question what happens to them after death at some point. For most, it is frightening to think that after your last breath is drawn you just cease to exist. Thankfully, as seen in John 3:16, the Christian worldview takes comfort with knowing that as a saved individual your eternity is in Heaven.…
At this point in time, I think that when you die, the body decomposes and rots away along with the brain, thoughts, experiences ect… At the point of death, energy leaves your body which previously granted you consciousness and the ability to carry out the life processes. This is the soul, when the soul exits the body; it is judged by the ‘higher power’ and then either sent to heaven or sent back to Earth as a punishment. It takes on another body generally wiped of its previous brain, thoughts, and experiences – a fresh start. This allows you to start again in a horrible world which we are continuing to destroy with pollution, wars and killing whole species of animal. This is like an initiation test to see if you are worthy of the afterlife and ready to proceed into heaven if not, the cycle restarts… The less karma collected over the span of your life then the more chance of passing the ‘test’.…
In The Inferno, hell is in a spiral shape, and is divided up by the seriousness of the sin committed. The sinners are stuck in their location in hell where there punishment fit the crime that they committed. At the top of hell is where what Dante considered the least sinful people belonged. This is the home of the people who suffered from lust, and gluttony.…
Luckily for followers of Hinduism, they believe life is cyclical. Meaning, whoever they let die would be reborn. Whereas in Abrahamic religions, the totality of that person would die. The permanence of death is not as strong in hinduism, although it is obviously still immensely saddening. The same goes for buddhist as well. In these religions, both having origins in India, life is a endless cycle in which the ultimate goal is to escape it and join the universal soul. It is important to note that, because knowing how someone may view the afterlife is significant when they are in a scenario in which someone is guaranteed to…
Death is the end of the functions of one’s body, but is death the end? Dualists, who are those that believe the body and soul are separate entities, believe that there is life after death, however materialists and monists, those who believe human beings are made up of one entity: the body, believe that death is the cessation of life. Moreover, life after death may be disembodied (separate from the body) as Plato argued, leaving the body to corrupt on earth, or life continues in some bodily form for the dead. Is the claim that there can be no disembodied existence after death a valid one?…