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- 1What is Immortality?The idea that even though a person is physically dead, they continue to live in some way e.g. Memories, Legacies, Reincarnatiom
- 2DeathWhen a person's body stops functioning. Medical Profession considers death to be when brain activity stops.
- 3DualismThe idea that humans have two basic natures.
- Spiritual and Physical.
While a person is alive both the physical and spiritual are linked, but when the person dies they become separated. The body will decay at death and mind/soul is immortal and will live on in some form according to religion. - 4LegacyGreat work of art, music, literature, architecture or sport ; a scientific discovery or invention ; some charitable work
- 5Argument for Legacies- It is used to appreciate the great work of people e.g. Muhammad Ali's phenomenal boxing career record and iconic influence, which will stay immortal forever
- 6Arguments AgainstOnce a legacy is forgotten then the person who was remembered then disappears.
- 7Memory of otherssome people survive in the memory of loved ones and friends, who probably have photographs or keepsakes and find memories and recollections of the person who died
- 8Argument for ' memory of other 'Memories of those people who have passed away keep them 'alive' in some way therefore they stay immortal while people remember them
- 9ReincarnationHindu's and Sikhs believe in reincarnation and teach that when the body dies, the soul will move onto another body to live another life.
- 10RebirthBuddhist believe in rebirth : They do not believe that people have souls but they believe each life is linked in some way.
- 11Argument for Rebirth and ReincarnationPast life regression is a therapy that encourages people to remember past lives. Sometimes people have remembered names and places which are later verified as having existed in the past life.
- 12Argument against rebirth and reincarnationNot all memories of earlier lives under hypnosis have been found to be accurate. People may be remembering information gained in childhood and mistaking these as past life memories.
- 13ResurrectionThe person is raised from the dead in some form. Christians, Jews and Muslims believe in resurrection after death. The soul is immortal which means that it will exist forever. This is referred to as
'immortality of the soul'
- Humans live for a short time on earth for a reason - life is a test and how life is lived will have consequences for what happened to the soul after death. At the end of time Judgement will take place by God/Allah with the results - heaven or hell - 14Argument for ResurrectionFor Muslims proof is the saying's from the Qur'an.
"And to every soul will be paid in full (the fruit) of its deeds; and Allah knoweth best all that they do."
(Surah 39:70) - Allah will balance the good deeds a person has done in their life against the bad deeds. - 15Argument against Resurrectionif people have souls, why is there no evidence that they exist? The medical profession has not found a body part matching the concept of a soul
( However ) - many believers respond by suggesting that the soul is made up of unknown substances that cannot be seen or detected by medical equipment. - 16Scriptural Accounts & RevelationRevelation - To show something that was unknown. In religion it refers to message that are revealed by God. As the Qu'ran was kept safe by ' Allah ' Almighty and he is who revealed the Qu'ran through Angel (Jibraeel) to Prophet Muhammad ( PBUH ), gradually through the period of 22 years.
- 17Arguments forThey are accepted as the truth by believers in that religion but if people do not belong to that religion then they are not likely to accept them as true. Believers accept them based on their faith in that religion, the holy texts and revelations themselves.
- 18Argument againstNon-believers do not have that same faith so many be sceptical about accepting it as the truth.
- 19Channeling/ SpirtualismThe belief that it is possible to communicate with the dead. This can take through a medium such as ' ouja boards ' or ' black magic ' or people who are able to receive messages from the spirit world and pass these messages on to the loved ones who are still alive
- 20Near Death Experience ( NDE )Advances in technology have resulted in more people who have been declared clinically dead being resuscitated.
- 21Ghost Experience?Ghost are genuine manifestations of dead people
- 22Argument For ( Ghosts )There have been sightings at the same place by different people at different times which would support some sightings as genuine. Muslims believe in ' Jins ' that cannot be seen naturally and were created from fire.
- 23Argument Against ( Ghosts )Sightings of ghost can be hallucinations of some sort. It could be a trick of the light, a breath of the wind or poor eyesight.
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