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                                                 Life after death

Christianity has been around for two thousand years. Christianity is also a monotheistic religion in which they believe in One God. However they believe God is three gods combined into one God. Christians believe the three Gods are God (the father), Jesus (the son) and the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is believed to be the Son of God and the messenger of God, as Muhammed is believed to be the messenger of god (Allah). Christians believe that the father of Jesus was God as he was born from the Virgin Mary. She was the mother of Jesus Christ. Christians also have a holy book, which is called the bible. Christians accept this book to be the perfect word of God. Christianity in fact is the world’s major religion and has millions of followers all around the world.

First of all I would like to talk about Christian funeral services and then further aspects of life after death. A funeral marks the end of a human life on earth. It is also an opportunity for friends and family to come and say their goodbyes and to express their grief, to give thanks for the life which has now been completed its journey on earth and to commend the person into Gods keeping. For thousands of years human beings seem to have felt the need for a ceremonial service for those who have died.

The Church of England holds funeral services which can be very short and quiet with only a few members of the family present. Some members of the Church of England prefer an occasion of great solemnity with music and hymns. However in a Parish church, or a crematorium chapel, it can be a plain funeral service from the prayer book or with addition of hymns and favorite prayers and readings. Christians believe the funeral service will reflect the personality of the one who has died.

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Funeral services always raise profound questions about the meaning of life and death. Jesus himself believed in a life–giving God: ‘the God of the living, not of the dead’. Christians believe that the Christ’s resurrection is the triumph of good over evil and life over death and has made eternal life available to them.

The actual funeral service itself begins with the priest or other minister reading aloud such as: ‘I am the resurrection and the life,’ saith the Lord; ‘he that believeth in me shall never die,’ and: ‘I know that my redeemer liveth….’ Then the Psalm ...

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