WHAT DETERMINES SOUL’S DESTINY IN LIFE AFTER DEATH? Cover Image

ШТА ОДРЕЂУЈЕ ОНОСТРАНУ СУДБИНУ ДУШЕ?1
WHAT DETERMINES SOUL’S DESTINY IN LIFE AFTER DEATH?

Author(s): Zorica Kuburić
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Centar za empirijska istraživanja religije (CEIR)
Keywords: death; soul; God; hell; heaven;

Summary/Abstract: In this text the author investigates whether there is a contradiction between theassertion that a soul’s destiny in life after death is determined by condition of one’s mindat the moment of one’s death, and the assertion that soul’s destiny in life after deathdepends on one’s deeds performed during lifetime. Although the viewpoints insisting on thequality of the mind and quantity of deeds seem inconsistent, the author will attempt torefute such an opinion. He warns of danger of unilateral insistence on only one out of twoaspects – pharisaically on evident deeds and gnostically on the state of the mind. Havingconsidered dilemma over whether God punishes sinners for educational purposes, orwhether one’s each sin brings one into trouble, and the teaching about the Judgment Dayand hell, the author claims that it is not so important which theological viewpoint wemaintain, but whether we truly remember that we will die and to which extent we reallylook after our soul.

  • Issue Year: 16/2018
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 37-46
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Serbian