I believe our earthly bodies will decompose... ashes to ashes, dust to dust as the Bible says. As for our minds, however, I believe we will be judged by God. I believe all have rejected God at one point or another either through lying, stealing, cheating, and a variety of other sins that are forbidden and hated by God. I believe those who heard the good news of Christ's death on the cross for man's sins and turned to Him in love and faith have been forgiven and will spend eternal life with God. I believe those who rejected God's offer of eternal life through Christ will go to an eternal death... most likely an eternity of suffering because they rejected their creator.

As for those who have never heard of Christ, I believe they will be judged by what they did know of God... through nature, His omni-presence, etc. and no one who rejected Him will have any excuse as to why they rejected His love and His ways. I've been on mission trips (to share the good news of God's saving grace) to several countries including Iran and China where it is illegal to tell people about Christ. In those trips I've come across people who had never had contact with Christian missionaries and yet say Christ came to them in a dream told them of His sacrifice for them. I have no doubt that God will reach with the gospel all who are going to believe in Him... whether through missionaries, nature, dreams, or any other means.

I believe all these things because that is what the Christian Scriptures teach. They are not necessarily what I would personally choose to believe, but I have no choice... I didn't write the book! The Bible has changed my life for the better so many times, and God has spoken personally to me through it in so many ways that I cannot deny it as the Word of God written to me and all of mankind.

Quote Originally Posted by Xhoshi
I have been contemplating this forever and it is the most important question I have. What do you think will happen? Modern science says that humans are just material that will decompose and our minds will fade out of existence like a spark of elecricity and this life we live is as far as we go. What I'd like to believe is that when we pass away, we will return to our true essence, and merge with the collective, unseen energy that makes up our universe. What do you believe?