Theistic View Of Death

They used a hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness. Greased they 'd say. Offed, lit up, zapped while zipping. It wasn 't cruelty, just stage presence. They were actors. When someone died, it wasn 't quite dying, because in a curious way, it seemed scripted, and because they had their lines mostly memorized, irony mixed with tragedy, and because they called it by other names, as if to encyst and destroy the reality of death itself. "

People throught out the world and throughout time all had different perceptions of death. Some people accepted death cause they knew sooner or later it was going to get them and there is no way to escape it. Other people ran trying to escape death cause they were afraid of death but they still could never escape death. Death is one of the few forces in reality that is absolute.

The definition of death is another issue paramount to this discussion. Robert Rakestraw, professor of theology at Bethel Theological Seminary in his article on this very subject

Next, we will discuss the biblical, theological, and cultural perspectives on the end of life issues. “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” When God created everything, he advised us about our time on earth before we inherit the promises in our heavenly home. “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.” In today society, many people are dying at a young age for various reasons. One barrier is the change in our dietary. The older generations grew most of their own food. With my generation and afterwards, farm life decrease and more fast food chains increase. Farmers are now using more chemical to make the food grow faster to meet the need of the fast food chains. Also, there has been more man-made food and concepts. These options have impact life leading to more clog arteries, digestive issues, cancer, heart-attack, and others. Another barrier has been increase number in gang related death, suicide attempts and death, and being murder. “While most pastors, theologians and ethicists agreed that it was permissible to

In Everyman, the author treats death as a part of life whereas all aspects of it, including the physical body are only temporary, but the afterlife with God is permanent and should be the goal. Under this Christian belief system, every man was created for a purpose and has a unique path to walk. The Bible states, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, and who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28 NIV) and “Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed” (Job 14:5 NIV).

Death is viewed as a gate to meet God and live an eternal life with him. Whatever happens at death is always a mystery. In much religious death once everyone dies they will face judgment by God (Noebel,2006). Death is not the end of life; it is the beginning of eternal existence. Postmodernism has no moral absolutes but rather places responsibility into the hands of the

He Biblical perspective of death takes a different angle when you look at it from the plays standards. Everyman was written in the late 1400’s which came before Protestant Reformation. It follows the views of the Roman Catholic Church. Roman Catholic’s relied on leaders to interpret the scripture, where Christians believe in studying the Bible as individuals. If we dig deep into Biblical scripture we find Ephesians 2:8-9 which states, For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast (NIV Bible .). Salvation comes through faith not works but on the flip side of that, works is a major part of having faith and doing God’s work. We can see in James 2:18, But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds (NIV Bible .). James states that we need both faith and works for salvation. The Biblical perspective of death takes on many roles. In 1 Thessalonians 4:14, For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. It uses the term sleep for the state of the body at death. Daniel 12:2 states, Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to

Death is never an easy thing to deal with. When a loved one dies, people will naturally go through a system of mourning wherein they laud and appreciate the person who is now gone from their lives forever. There are times when deaths are more difficult to deal with, such as when a death is unexpected or when the deceased is a young person who should have had a long life ahead of them. Although death is never necessarily a happy event, there are occurrences where the passing away of a friend or loved one can be quantified as a good, if not pleasant event. According to the text, there are three conditions wherein a death can be considered a "good death." First, there is the medically-based good death. In this scenario, a person has been ill for a considerable length of time. Their illness is chronic, painful, and incurable. Thus, when that person finally passes away from that disease, their death is good because they are no longer in the position where they are suffering. The second type of good death is the sacred death wherein a person dies for some sort of religious purpose. In many ancient cultures, there were civilizations which used the practice of human sacrifice for a variety of reasons, including honoring the gods and ensuring a strong harvest of crops. Modern cultures do not usually include sacred deaths nor sacrificial deaths and often prosecute those who choose to participate in such events. Thirdly, a

The questions behind death and the afterlife have existed among all people from an immemorial time. Where do we go, what is it like, who or what is there, is what I’m doing today have an impact on where I end up?

believe that we go straight to heaven if we are not sinful or if we

Death is a concept that many people are afraid of because no one knows what is beyond the threshold of the living. A person does not want to believe death will eventually come for us, however, no one can stop death. People have many beliefs over what awaits us when we die, for some, it’s Heaven or Hell and others it is just blackness. The Mesopotamia understood that death could not be beaten and one could ease their way into the Netherworld because of stories that had been told. The Egyptians believed that death and life were a balance with religion.

Some individuals believe that there is more meaning and promise in their death than the life that they are currently living on earth. Many religions, Christianity included, believe in eternal life. No one except for Christ (i.e. God) knows

Buddha Shakyamuni is the founder of the Buddhist religion. Buddha was born a royal price to a city in India called Lumbini.  When he retired from his duties as prince at age 29, he chose to meditate in the forest under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya. After six years, Buddha attained enlightenment and went on to teach the first Wheel of Dharma. He later went on to teach a second and third wheel as well. The three Wheels of Dharma are Buddha’s teachings that explain how to attain liberation from suffering and how to attain full enlightenment. Buddha himself gave 84,000 teachings over the course of his life.

When speaking of the concept of death in religious aspects, there are two questions that can be asked to define how a belief system views death: “Do you resent death?” and “Imperically and rational speaking, will I survive it?”. The answers to both questions are a simple yes and no. If the answer to both questions is a “no”, then the person does not resent or fear death, yet they know that they will not survive in the literal sense. This person is in the category of denial of death. They would believe in one of the religious views that has beliefs of a life after death, promising some kind of alternative. If the answer to the first question is “yes” and the answer to the second question is “no”, then the person knows that there is no life after death and therefore resents it. To them, this is the only time and life they will ever get. This is an acceptance of death that some belief systems in the world hold, focusing more on the time spent in the world rather than preparing for an alternative. Concerning Christianity and Daosim, I will focus on each and how they belong to one of the two categories, talking about the belief systems as a whole and the details which provide evidence of either an acceptance or denial of death. Then I will show how each deals with its own beliefs.

For this Assignment, I will be looking at how the Concept of genocide challenges ideas about death and the afterlife in Judaism. Many people have their own perception of what genocide is. Often when people think of genocide they think of the Nazi concentration camps (1933-1945), or the Rwandan Genocide (April- July 1994). However, not all forms of genocide in the past have been this blatant or obvious. A great example of this is the residential schools across Canada, and in Australia as well. These schools were hidden in plain sight and not a lot of people knew what was going on in these schools. During one part of the documentary “The Secret Path”, Gord Downie explains that he was never told about these schools when he was growing up and for