The AfterLife

Question 1

What are the 4 sections you need to know?

Answer 1

1) Physical
2) Spiritual
3) Psychological
4) Process Thought

Question 2

What is the physical view?

Answer 2

Heaven and Hell are physical places, like this world is.

In the afterlife there will be something like physical bodies that can undergo experiences like the ones we are going through now.

In the context of early Christianity pain, suffering and death were common place, the idea of Hell was very much plausible.

Church hoped the suffering after death would deter those away from particular sins set.

Question 3

What is the spiritual view?

Answer 3

See Heaven, Hell and Purgatory as spiritual experiences instead.

This of course changes what they’ll be like: souls can’t suffer or feel pain, so hell is understood as being about spiritual pain.

In Hell this may be separation from God and loved ones forever, constant sorrow and joylessness.

Heaven will be full of spiritual happiness – joy, love, the safety and security of God’s presence.

The idea of time is broken with this more modern view being incompatible with purgatory.

Question 4

What is this psychological reality

Answer 4

Some think afterlife is outdated.

As there is no real evidence for life after death, Heaven and hell must refer to states that can exist on Earth, during our lifetimes.

There’s a couple of ways of thinking of that – though they both depend on the Christian belief that following Christian doctrine makes people happier.

Question 5

What is Objective Immorality in Process Thought?

Answer 5

Universe and God exist panentheisically meaning God is in the universe and the universe is in God

God is like the soul of the universe and must experience every universal process

In ‘objective Immorality’ after death all entities in the universe forever remain objects in the mind of God, so in a sense nothing dies.

All actions, thoughts and ideas continue to exist with God in his memory, he is eternal in every sense so we are eternal also .

Question 6

What is purgatory?

Answer 6

(in Catholic doctrine) a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.