Afterlife When we think about the afterlife today it is easy to categorize the locations after death: Heaven and Hell. As Christians, we have guidelines in which to receive eternal life and we follow the life as Jesus Christ, and according to the Bible, through Him we are saved. Pretty simple to concept, but in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India, the afterlife is not so easy to grasp. Polytheism, pharaohs, and Buddha will all be prevalent …
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…that circle around the sun with no worries. Lastly, the Buddhists of India wanted to become masters of themselves and obtain nirvana; the Hindus hoped to sustain good kharma Kircher 6 and survive the dharma to flee from the Wheel of Life and become one with Brahman. All of these religious beliefs became of a way of life for the ancient civilizations, just as Christianity is the basis of human in most of the Western world.