What comes after life? |

Many different religions have different answers to this question, and so I'll summarize a few different responses.

Christianity: Like many religions, Christianity is complicated and different branches of the religion will have different answers to the question of what comes after death. However, there are unifying ideas behind Christianity. Often, Christians believe that there is some kind of heaven, and the believers will enjoy the presence of God and fellow believers when they are in...

Many different religions have different answers to this question, and so I'll summarize a few different responses.

Christianity: Like many religions, Christianity is complicated and different branches of the religion will have different answers to the question of what comes after death. However, there are unifying ideas behind Christianity. Often, Christians believe that there is some kind of heaven, and the believers will enjoy the presence of God and fellow believers when they are in heaven. Furthermore, heaven provides a respite from sin, and Christians often believe that Jesus died so that his followers could achieve salvation.

Islam: Muslims believe that present life is a preparation for the next life. Death is seen as a step from one world into another. There are many rituals which occur after a person of Islamic faith dies that are performed to cleanse the body and prepare the spirit for its next journey.

Hinduism: Practitioners of Hinduism usually believe that there is a rebirth and reincarnation of the soul. Consequently, Hindus are quite spiritual when it comes to beliefs around the soul. Death is seen as a natural existence in allowing the soul to be a separate entity from the body. Hindus believe that a soul travels to another world and then returns to earth to continue its journey. 

Buddhism: Buddhists believe that death is very important and that an awareness of death is prompted by Buddha. Buddhists believe that understanding death is important, as it frees one of worldly concerns. Buddhists see death as a break from the material world. Death is not seen as a continuation, as it is in Hinduism, but it is instead seen as an awakening of the soul.