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What really happens when we die?

Your best friend is crushed when his 10-year-old son dies of cancer. He tells you that he is comforted, at least, that one day he'll get to see his child again in heaven.

Later that day, you begin to wonder... Is there life after death? Are heaven and hell real places? Do our souls continue to exist in some form?

What do you really believe?


 

Crystal Lewis

Crystal Lewis

I have come to a comfortable place of agnosticism concerning the afterlife.

K.C. Hulsman

K.C. Hulsman

I'm going to Hell when I die.

Bruce Epperly

Bruce Epperly

God will continue to inspire us on a holy adventure beyond the grave.

Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez

Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez

One's closeness with God today affects our comfort level in the afterlife.

Michael De Dora

Michael De Dora

Life truly ends with death.

Neylan McBaine

Neylan McBaine

I believe in the eternal personality of souls.

Padma Kuppa

Padma Kuppa

Reincarnation depends on the individual's karma.

John Beckett

John Beckett

There is more to Life than the material world.

Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Sumbul Ali-Karamali

We will all be held accountable on the Day of Judgment.

Kevin Christensen

Kevin Christensen

It starts with passage, a sense of homecoming, and a meeting with God.

Ezra Shanken

Ezra Shanken

If someone asked me if there is a heaven and hell, I think I would say, "Surprise me."

Frederick W. Schmidt

Frederick W. Schmidt

It is not what I know about the future that anchors my hope.

Karen Spears Zacharias

Karen Spears Zacharias

Heaven is like college . . . so much to learn, so much to do.

Tara Edelschick

Tara Edelschick

Whatever happens after we die, it will be good.

Students from University of Colorado – Boulder answer the question "What really happens when we die?"