Reviewing articles pertaining to life after death, I came across a particular story of interest by Jonathan Aiken, titled “Let’s talk About Death”. This article stated that people tend to believe that life does not end at death. This author spoke about Christians and how only the Christian God is portrayed in the Bible, and he being the only God committed to his creation. I wondered if the writer must be a Christian himself and was stating his belief.
The writer also spoke about his conversation with a protestor and how it was almost a certainty that their opinions on life after death would differ. The writer spoke how he believes himself to hold Christian beliefs and that President Bush might actually go to “heaven”, while the protestor, a self-proclaimed atheist believed our president would go to hell? I don’t believe this was the reason for Mr. Aiken’s belief that he was an optimist. I believe the writer held this view because like many other people, they feel a need to believe in something.
Where does our life come from and where does it go after we die? Is it the very end or is there something more? Whether we return to orbit as energy or whether we continue on our life journey after death, will forever remain a mystery. Obviously what happens after we die is not meant for ordinary people to discover so easily or we would already know that answer?
Mr. Aitken concludes at the end of his article that in his opinion the only people that he has heard of or known that died a peaceful death were Christians. I think that there must be more people besides Christians that have died peaceful deaths. Supposedly we all must suffer through death, as our Lord Jesus had to suffer for us, so that we may find life everlasting. So why would certain Christians be exempt from this? Maybe this is not how life really ends and needs to be explored more.
Aiken, Jonathan. Let’s Talk About Death. Am Spectator 40 no9 N 2007. The American Spectator.
