What do you think happens when we die?? Is there a heaven, for instance....

quellycatface

Always wanted to ask you guys this question.

blondie

When I die, I'll come back and tell everyone on JWN what happens.

FadeToBlack

When you die, you are dead. Life is precious, enjoy it (but don't be an a**hole). My current approach to things.

I guess we become some kind of sub atomic particals as we decompose or burn.After all the atoms in our bodies came from the dead stars and we are also......" awash in neutrinos. They’re among the lightest of the two dozen or so known subatomic particles and they come from all directions: from the Big Bang that began the universe, from exploding stars and, most of all, from the sun. They come straight through the earth at nearly the speed of light, all the time, day and night, in enormous numbers. About 100 trillion neutrinos pass through our bodies every second."

Tiktaalik

Existance is the briefest flash of light between two unending slabs of impenetrable darkness.

Don't waste it!

jwfacts

Who knows?

And since the afterlife is based on faith, and hence be definition is unproveable, people should spend more time concentrating on enjoying the wonders of this life, rather than putting everything on hold for the next.

cofty

If you have ever had anaesthesia you already know what it feels like to be dead.

Vidqun

Quellycatface, here’s my take on it, for what it’s worth. Don't know whether you watched Dr. Oz recently when he did his show on out-of-body-experiences? All those he interviewed had similar experiences. Pleasant thoughts, out-of-body senstation (watching yourself from afar), tunnel, bright light, etc. Researchers ascribe these sensations to a lack of oxygen as the brain is starting to die. But they emphasize that not all parts of the brain die immediately. Some last longer than others. They tested whether these people, e.g., those that had cardiac arrest on the operating table, have a real out-of-body experience by putting a picture of someone famous on top of the surgical lights. No one reported the picture, so they concluded that it was not a real out-of-body experience, but only the sensation of an out-of-body experience.

I compared above to what the Bible had to say:

Then the dust returns to the earth just as it happened to be and the spirit itself returns to the [true] God who gave it. (Ecc 12:7 NWT)

And during that time your people will escape, every one who is found written down in the book. (Dan 12:1 NWT)

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the witness work that they used to have. (Rev 6:9 NWT)

For here I am creating new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be called to mind, neither will they come up into the heart. (Isa 65:17 NWT)

So, for God to be able to resurrect you, he needs a back-up of you (as you regularly need to back-up the work on your computer in case of a hard disc failure). In the Bible, death is compared to sleep. When you sleep, your brain does a back-up of your day’s activities and thoughts. As the Creator he would have access to your back-up. When you die, a back-up is made of your life and personality. This back-up he then transfers and stores in heaven. If you die a horrible death and your brain is damaged, he takes the previous night’s back-up. In that case you will not remember how you died. That part is not recorded in the back-up.

This is what I believe in a nutshell. This I will continue to believe until I am proven wrong, which won't happen in my lifetime...

Heaven

Yes, there is a Heaven. Here I am !

When you die, and I want to be very clear on this... when you die, DO NOT come to my house. Thank you.

About what happens... your body (or ashes if you have cremation) nourishes the soil organisms.

Terry

Nobody. . .and I do mean nobody knows.

My guess is this question is the same as asking "Where were you before you were born?"

The question assumes there is a "where." It is an unfounded presupposition.