Group Members: Sharmaine Sy, Grace Mondia, Alyssa Bonifacio, Charles Hwang, Jhei Acuna

Essential
Questions Our Perspectives
About Life
(RELIGIOUS (ATHEISTIC/
What happens As Christians, we PERSPECTIVE) NATURALISTIC
to us after we believe in the The world’s one billion PERSPECTIVE)
die? afterlife. Our Roman Catholics believe Naturalism denies the
spirits live on that all those who have existence of the soul. There
forever either in received the grace of God is nothing about a person
Heaven or Hell, although still flawed are that can survive death.
depending on surely admitted into the Naturalism does not
whether we Kingdom of Heaven propose an answer as to
believe in God or The elect or those who what happens after death.
not. have been set apart by But there will be no
God, however, will be nothingness either. Just as
undergoing Purgatory, a humans do not experience
place of purification the nothingness before
rendering the soul fit for birth, neither will it be
heaven. In addition, experienced after death.
purgatory must not be Our death does not affect
mistaken for another us directly at all, Because
chance for the wretched to there is no better afterlife or
repent and enter paradise. reincarnation to look
forward to, this one life is
The Islamic hereafter is of great importance.
believed to be a day of
retribution where all
Muslims are supposed to
face the judgment of Allah.
The day of judgment is
believed to be a day
teeming with joy for those
who believe in the way of
Allah; however, it will be a
day of terror and
excrutiating pain for those
who reject the teachings of
Allah.

(CHRISTIAN (SCIENTIFIC
Why do people It is part of the PERSPECTIVE) PERSPECTIIVE)
die? cycle of life. Death "And the LORD God Aging begins from the
gives life its value. commanded the man, moment of conception.
We must die in saying, Of every tree of the This is mostly at a cellular
 order to give way garden thou mayest freely
to the next eat: but of the tree of the
generations and to knowledge of good and
continue the cycle evil, thou shalt not eat of it:
of life. for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die" (Genesis 2:16-
17).
"In the sweat of thy face
shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt
thou return" (Genesis
3:19).
These two verses explain
why people die. It is the
consequence of Adam and
Eve’s disobedience
towards God. All of us die
because we have to. It is
the price we must pay for
sin.
(CHRISTIAN
PERSPECTIVE)
Why did God God originally
allow Adam created a world in God could not change
and Eve to sin which every everyone’s personality so
when He could decision we make that they cannot sin. This
have stopped has corresponding would also mean that we
it? consequences. He would not have a free will.
designed this We would not be able to
world, and it was a choose right or wrong
perfect one. He because we would be
gave man the “programmed” to do only
freedom to do right. Had God chosen to
anything as long as do this, there would be no
it is within the meaningful relationships
boundaries of the between Him and His
laws set by the creation.
higher power.
Ultimately, man Instead, God made Adam
disobeyed and and Eve innocent but with
sinned against the ability to choose good
level as skin and blood
cells are constantly being
replaced. According to
Michael Dunn, all human
abilities are at their best at
certain ages and gradually
declines thereon. The older
people get, the more
vulnerable they become to
accidents, infection and
disease. More genetic
complications surface and
bodies damaged by years of
smoking, poor diets and
lack of exercise may
succumb to strokes and
heart attacks.
(ATHEISTIC
PERSPECTIVE)
The atheists do not believe
in a higher power and
exclude teachings about
God; therefore, they do not
believe that God exists.
Beliefs are most commonly
drawn from the latest
scientific findings. They do
not believe that a God
created this world or
created us human beings.
As a result, the atheistic
perspective has no
explanation to why God
allowed and Eve to sin.
 God. As a result, and evil. In doing so, they
every element in could respond to His love
this world has a and trust Him to choose to
corresponding do their own thing. And
adversary, which they chose to do their own
gives life its thing.
balance. And
without it, In Deism, God is seen as
everything that “the Supreme Architect”
God had created which means before it
would be one- happened, He knew that
sided and Adam and Eve will sin. He
repetitive. allowed it to happen so that
the next generations will
know what could happen if
they disobey God.

Write Up:
After a brief research for some answers regarding life, we have concluded as a group that
the world has many perspectives of the afterlife. Every religion has its own version of the
afterlife. Some have similar views while some have absolutely different views. These religions
are a particular system of beliefs that stem from the beliefs and ideas of different racial types.
The world has many beliefs that has ideas that counter the ideas of other religions. We as humans
must respect the beliefs of our fellow humans in order to avoid disagreement that lead to
unwanted consequences.
References:

 Definition of "youm al-qiyamah". (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://islam.about.com/od/heavenhell/g/qiyama.htm

 Deism. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://reference.canadaspace.com/search/deism/

 Scott, Mike. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.scripturessay.com/article.php?

cat=sin&id=253

 The Big religion chart. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm

 The Good Death Guide by Michael Dunn, How to Books Ltd, 2000, ISBN 1-85703-559-3

 The World's Religion. (1996). Oxford, England: Lion Publishing