My Afterlife Beliefs

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This is on the prayer cards of both my grandfather and grandmother. This is the main reason why I believe there is an afterlife. The words in bold above, are the ones that mean the most to me. I know that my grandparents are watching over me with much pride and I believe that even though I cannot kiss them or hug them like I used to, they live their life in my heart. Now when I reflect on the basis as to why I need an afterlife, it is not that I am afraid of dying and living in a box, it is quite the opposite. I want to be able to see my nonna (grandma) and express how sorry I am. My nonna died of Alzheimer’s disease and ever since she passed, I carry an endless burden that weighs on my heart. I stopped visiting her once she no longer …show more content…

I went over my nonna’s house every day for as long as I can remember before she got sick. She would do anything and everything to put a smile on my face, and this is how I repay her. As much as I agree with Socrates, I have to disagree with his statement that there is no such evidence as a soul being immortal. I believe in spirits and as philosophy allows; one has to have an open mind of other possibilities. I myself have seen a spirit and I know it was not simply my eyes playing tricks on me. Some people may simply state that your mind is powerful enough to make you see things that are not necessarily real, and that you may be seeing something that you want to see. I believe otherwise and have the evidence to support the claim that souls are immortal. One day I went to a psychic for fun, since it’s not part of my religion (Catholic) to believe in such “nonsense.” I went and did a simple palm reading and as I was paying the psychic stopped me and said “I am so sorry, I didn’t know if I should say anything, but did your grandmother die recently?” She died two weeks earlier. She continued to say “Because if she did, she wants to let you know that she loves you and that she is always by your side.” Therefore, my goal is to rekindle my relationship with my nonna in my afterlife, which can only be done if the

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