And I wonder...

Saturday I realized that it had been 14 years to the day since my mom passed away. Of course, I revisited the events that night & the days that followed. It seems as though they were just the other day, not so many years ago.

I also saw the other night, that one of my Myspace friends had passed away.

Time passes too quickly. And I wonder........

Thoughts have run through my mind because of these events, although so many years apart. (It doesn't take much for my mind to wander from one thought to the next, in a chain reaction.) Before I start, just remember...this is MY humble opinion.

I went through 12 years of Catholic school. I took a mandatory Religion class every year. Our Senior year, we had a class on Death & Dying. It was basically a class to teach us how to handle death, not on the questions that you would think a Religion class would want to teach you, like what happens when you die?

If what I remember of the two faiths I have studied is incorrect, by all means, tell me. As Catholics, we were taught that when we die, our soul moves on. I learned that there was Hell (for the truly evil), Heaven (for the saintly) & Purgatory (where pretty much about everybody else ends up). They never addressed what happens after Purgatory. I guess you have the opportunity to go on to Heaven or Hell from there, after "Judgment Day".

After I married, my ex thought it was a good idea to explore the Jehovah Witnesses. They have a completely different opinion of what happens in death. They teach that "at death, humans cease to exist. The dead know, feel and experience absolutely nothing." Heaven is reserved for a certain amount (144,000) of people; thus, not every person goes to heaven. There's a calculation surrounding this number, but I won't explain it now, because that would be a blog in itself. The dead will be resurrected eventually to live in a Paradise on Earth, as in the Garden of Eden's description.

The jury is still out for me on what I actually believe. I lean more towards the JW's thinking. I don't think that you know anything once you're dead. Alan provided me with proof of that in his blog last week.

What do you think happens in death? I'm all about weighing out information from all sources & making my own decision.