Afterlife facts for kids
The afterlife (also called life after death) is a belief that a part of a person, like their soul or spirit, continues to exist after their body dies. This idea is found in many religions and belief systems around the world.
Some people believe this continued life happens in a spiritual place. Others believe a person might be reborn into this world again. This rebirth might happen many times until a person reaches a spiritual place or a different kind of existence.
Major ideas about the afterlife come from religion and other spiritual teachings.
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Different Beliefs About the Afterlife
Different religions have different ideas about what happens after death.
Life After Death in Abrahamic Religions
In religions like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam (called Abrahamic religions), many believe that after death, people go to a specific place. This place is often decided by God based on how they lived their life or what they believed.
Reincarnation and Rebirth
In other belief systems, especially Indian religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, the idea of reincarnation is common. Reincarnation means that a person's soul or spirit is reborn into a new body after death. The kind of life they have in the next birth is often believed to be decided by their actions in their past life. This idea is sometimes called karma.
No Afterlife
Some people do not believe in an afterlife at all. They believe that when a person dies, they simply stop existing. For example, Atheism is a belief system where people do not believe in a God or an afterlife.
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Images for kids
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Domenico Beccafumi's Inferno: a Christian vision of hell
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Plan of Salvation in LDS Religion
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Creation and Death Equation
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An artist's representation of "Muhammed's Paradise" with its seven levels. Persian miniature from The History of Mohammed (1808), Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
See also
In Spanish: Vida después de la muerte para niños
