Christians believe there will be a second coming of the lord (Parousia) and at the Parousia God will judge everybody and decide if they shall be given eternal life in heaven with him, or be sent to hell with Satan.
Roman Catholics like myself believe there is an intermediate place called purgatory where a sinful person is sent to suffer until their sins are forgiven then they will go to heaven with God. But almost everybody has committed a sin in their life, so does that mean everybody will go to hell?
I believe only the people who have committed relatively evil sins should be sent to hell before heaven. If a person has committed a murder, they should stand a longer sentence without God.
In life now, it is almost impossible to obey the Ten Commandments, I can’t think of any person I know who doesn’t do anything on a Sunday, the Sabbath. If a person doesn’t obey the Ten Commandments, are they likely to go to hell for a period. In my opinion it would be unfair.
As there is no scientific evidence to suggest there is anything beyond death, nothing can be proved. The only light evidence we have is people who claim to have had near death experiences. Some of these people say they rose from their body and moved towards a bright light, but is this enough evidence to say there is anything beyond death? Perhaps the person was a strong believer in life after death and they wanted to see themselves rising from their body.
I think the bible inspires most Christians and motivates them to believe there is life after death. We believe Jesus rose from the dead, so this encourages us to believe we will live after death. However there is still a doubt in my mind that there is nothing after death. I believe in God and the devil, heaven and hell, but I cannot help to think maybe I am wrong. Some Christians have their whole lives dedicated to God and nothing would sway their minds against their beliefs.
There are also some Christians who have been brought up to believe there is no hell, only heaven. But for every good in the world, there is also an evil. For example: Heaven and hell, God and Satan, kindness and unkindness. So I think there has got to be a place where there is evil beyond death. So if you only believe in Heaven and not Hell,does that mean all the murderers and criminals will go to heaven. If this was true there would be no discipline on earth and people would be able to do what they want.
In summary, majority of Christians believe there is a heaven and a hell ,God is in Heaven and Satan is in Hell. This majority also believe in heaven you are happy and in hell you are unhappy. The Roman Catholic proportion of Christians believe in Purgatory. All Christians believe God will be a part of their afterlife, which is why they are called Christians-which means believing in Christ.
