Question B

Explain how a particular belief of an afterlife may affect the way in which followers of this religion may live their lives.

Heaven is a plane of existence between the Earth and Hell. It is a religious or spiritual place often described for Christians through the Bible, Art and prayer. ‘As Earth as it is in heaven’ (Lords Prayer). Dante describes it as a ‘paradise’ in ‘The Divine Comedy’. This means that heaven is a place of total happiness, for Christians paradise is eternity with God.

For Christians proof of heaven is not essential. They believe that heaven is a metaphor for peace with yourself and God. The belief of heaven comes from Genesis though for Christians it was affirmed in the ascension. This was immortal, a significant part in the life and death of Jesus. It showed that he died like a human and was resurrected (immortal) beliefs such as these affect the way in which Christians lead their lives.

 Christians use all these beliefs and teachings to summize that living unaffected by sin, your soul can reach heaven when you die.  This means most Christians live according to the 10 commandments to avoid any notoriety when they are judged. Christians follow these as closely as possible and do good to secure a place in Heaven this belief affects their whole lives as they believe death is a part of life.

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 Living your life in sin is reversible, if you are a Catholic, you can go to confession. This is a common Catholic tradition, where a member of the congregation can sit in a booth and anonymously confess his sins to his priest. This is where the priest is liable to give advice and hopefully God will be merciful and forgive the sinner.

Other denominations repent their sins during service or through prayer. This clears their conscience and cleanses them of any impurity, rectifying their sins, admitting a sin that God can clearly see may allow your soul ...

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