Question

What exactly happens after you die?

Answer 1

weird question, but it belongs here.. http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/dying4.htm
"After the heart stops beating, the body immediately starts turning cold. This phase is known as algor mortis, or the death chill. Each hour, the body temperature falls about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.83 degrees Celsius) until it reaches room temperature. At the same time, without circulation to keep it moving through the body, blood starts to pool and settle. Rigor mortis, or a stiffening of the body, sets in about two to six hours after death [source: Marchant, Middleton].
While the body as a whole may be dead, little things within the body are still alive. Skin cells, for example, can be viably harvested for up to 24 hours after death [source: Mims]. But some things that are still alive lead to the putrefaction, or decomposition, of the body -- we're talking about little organisms that live in the intestines.
A few days after death, these bacteria and enzymes start the process of breaking down their host. The pancreas is full of so many bacteria that it essentially digests itself [source: Macnair]. As these organisms work their way to other organs, the body becomes discolored, first turning green, then purple, then black. If you can't see the change, you'll smell it soon enough, because the bacteria create an awful-smelling gas. In addition to smelling up the room, that gas will cause the body to bloat, the eyes to bulge out of their sockets and the tongue to swell and protrude. (In rare instances, this gas has created enough pressure after a few weeks to cause decomposing pregnant women to expel the fetus in a process known as coffin birth.)
A week after death, the skin has blistered and the slightest touch could cause it to fall off. A month after death, the hair, nails and teeth will fall out. The hair and nails, by the way, while long rumored to keep growing after death, don't have any magical growth properties. They merely look bigger as the skin dries out. Internal organs and tissues have liquefied, which will swell the body until it bursts open. At that point, a skeleton remains."

Answer 2

heaven or hell or peritorty

Answer 3

^nope. don't bring religious discussion into a biology board.

Answer 4

srry

Answer 5

Ty ur detailed explanation.I knw it sounds kind of off bt i cant help bt thinking abt this n everytime i keep seeing visions of death, it terrifies me like hell bcos no one hv actually cm out of the dead to tell their story.N to think that we r gg to face this one day n hvg no idea what is it all out is really scary.Im sorry if i offend anyone or anything bt i just hv to knw the truth.:(

Answer 6

You shouldn't be afraid of death, it's something that everyone has to accept one day or another, as everyone will succumb to it, sooner or later (hopefully later). You should concentrate on your life though, make the most of it. At the risk of sounding cliche, live your life like it's the last day.

Answer 7

Ty so much aaronq. I hv taken so many things for granted n I guess I just need the assurance to be positive n move ahead in life. Ill keep in mind on what you said and hopefully continue to be a better person from there. Thanks again 4 taking your time to reply to my redundant question bcoa nw at least I knw what to do^^

Answer 8

Depends how you live your life. If you've given your life to God and live for him and love him, then you will go to heaven. If you aren't saved, don't believe in God, and practice witch craft or anything that is against God and his word, then you will go to hell. If you are saved, and follow God, you shouldn't fear death because you know where you are going (heaven).

John 14:1-3
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am." If you are saved and are a true believer, then God prepares a house for you in heaven. As you continue to grow in faith and do as he wants you to, your house grows.

And in the end when he returns, Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away ... I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God ... And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

Answer 9

Well that depends how you lived your life on earth. Was your life truly and purely lived for Christ or did u live in sin and died in sin? Heaven or Hell basically. I believe that we were put on this earth for only one reason, and that is to worship, believe, love, and follow Jesus Christ. We as Christians, are to spread the gospel in all places and teach others Christs way (the real way to live life). Yes, the devil may tempt us at every turn, but with the help of God and his strength we can all do it, no matter what color, race, or size you are. And yes there have been so many story's with people explaining there death situations and seeing Heaven and Hell because God wanted them to, than he would bring them back to life so they could spread his gospel. @aaronq u say not to bring religion, well religion plays a huge part into this. Read the book "90 Minutes In Heaven." This book tells a true story of a man that should have died instantly in a car crash and never come back to life. Instead he dies, God shows him heaven so he could come back and spread the truth to people who don't believe on earth, and then he wakes up in a crushed car that should have never brought him back to life. God can preform maricles and obviously one was preformed here. Also a women that was trapped in the 9/11 building said that she knew she wasn't going to die because she saw God's hand protecting her. She said just as she was about to tell God to take her life the unthinkable happened, she was found and pulled out of the debris. She said that she truly felt that he was there with her every step of the way. These powerful stories are what change us as people. There are so many others stories, but these 2 are out of the many that there are out there. This is the truth, like it or not, and if ur not ready than I think some rethinking would be great. This is my belief that I know is true. I hope you consider this message! :))

Answer 10

AMEN!

Answer 11

Basically Heaven or Hell are what your going to spend ETERNITY in! The human brain can't even wrap around tht. Take a second @Xanthe and ask yourself truly, are you ready to die? Are you ready and positive to where you will be chosen to go?

Answer 12

@Ell U too!

Answer 13

kindly head over to the religion board to proceed with this discussion, as the idea of "god" does not belong on a science board.

Answer 14

God created science and everything else. Technically God has every right to be on a science board. You put him in quotes like hes a thing, i think you need to reconsider what you just said:)

Answer 15

Then I guess he shouldn't have posted it here. Someone has to say it, so I will take the consequences if so.

Answer 16

@Ell Thank You! :) God Bless You! :))

Answer 17

YOU TOO! <3

Answer 18

He posted on a science board, he was looking for the scientific aspect.

And "god" did not create science, kid. Humans created science to explain nature, what we observed.

Answer 19

haha! who do you think created you "kid" :)

Answer 20

obviously from a sperm and and egg, from my parents.

Answer 21

and who do you think created that?

Answer 22

btw which god do you believe in?

Answer 23

their parents.

Answer 24

Well where do u think, tht sperm and egg cell where created from? Who do u think crated the first human being and tell me how did the first human come to be on this earth?

Answer 25

there is no which god...its GOD. and who do you think created them

Answer 26

Um I know this is a debated topic and everyone has their own opinion so im nt asking for the right or wrong answer.So im really sorry if this argument has become something controversial because I really dont want to offend anybody, so just leave it to that:(

Answer 27

Not offended just stating the truth. I think it just might have burned some people...

Answer 28

Xanthe is not your fault people choose to spam with religion, i'm not saying you shouldn't consider it, but i feel it has no place here, on this board.

Answer 29

Well considering that your taking part in the discussion you have no say any more to tell us where to post this.

Answer 30

Listen religious nuts, if you have no education in cell biology you can't argue your points.

Answer 31

You asked what happened after you die, I gave you an answer. and weather you like it or not, religion has every right to be on this bored. Maybe you went meant to be on this bored. And thanx, I take pride in being a "religious nut" :))

Answer 32

Honey if your going to bring out the nonsense talk than fine do so, but at least it shows that my point was made across and it bothers you. That''s a start. Oh and thanks for calling me "nuts" in religion. I like to think so to! :)

Answer 33

@e.cociuba i love you!! haha!

Answer 34

lol grow up

Answer 35

You go girl! :)

Answer 36

haha! i am grown up, happily....are you??

Answer 37

Well my womanly curves did come in ahaha....

Answer 38

hahaha!!

Answer 39

clearly, mentally, you're underdeveloped.

Answer 40

spiritually and mentally she is more developed than you will ever be.

Answer 41

No, I think I'm pretty developed. As a matter of fact maybe your the one who's not... I mean if I really weren't developed than why am I getting under your skin with this subject right now? Oh and "kid" really? Tsshh hun I don't think a kid would know how to state there opinion as good as we just did :)

Answer 42

True that!

Answer 43

And honey if your calling ppl names online than honestly how developed are you in controlling your anger in public?

Answer 44

"As a matter of fact maybe your the one"

it's "you're"

"know how to state there opinion"

it's "their"

and I'm the one who's not developed?

Answer 45

and i'm not mad, i couldn't care less of your opinions. i'm just saying, this nonsense does not belong on this board.

Answer 46

Well considering tht I speak 2 different languages doesn't help :) Oh and those are the most pathetic facts u just pointed out.... really?

Answer 47

haha obviously i dont care about spelling. seeee! oh and thats the only thing you can think of to say..is to criticize me! HA! youre pathetic. BTW its not nonsense..

Answer 48

well this "nonsense" is wat u keep replying to...

Answer 49

look at you trying to shrug it off, you know its true...

Answer 50

Yup I guess thts wat they all do. They criticize from wat they see...

Answer 51

So true....so blinded

Answer 52

There's not many real men in this world...

Answer 53

TRUE!

To be a Suvivor in the Amazing Race with the need for Speed YOU need God’s Grace & if YOUR Desperate like Housewives watching Days of Our Lives, YOU can’t Cope without Hope & that is not a Soap.

If YOUR looking to Oprah or Dr. Phil YOU can Shop Non-Shop or Pop a Pill, but the Void won’t Fill & the Pain won’t Kill until YOU Love the One that Hung a Hill.

Kicking back in YOUR Lazy Boy Easy Chair watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, nah YOUR Not Gonna Find it There! No American Idol or Council Tribal has the Final Answer that will Satisfy YA!

C.S.I. ain’t Got a Clue! S.V.U. Don’t Know what to do Not E.R. or those seen on a CD TV DVD or MP3 can Save YOU & Me!

CNN has Got No Good News – Here’s a Headline YOU Must Choose. It’s not a Simple Life Paris Hilton!, It’s treading on thin ice living in Sin!

YOU can be an Apprentice for Donald Trump or Eat Fear Factor Fast Food from a Dump, You can be a Heavy Hitter or Wheel of Fortune Winner or a Fox News No Spin Spinner or Flat Sinner BUT YOU Better Check this Life that YOUR Livin’ & Make Sure YOUR Sins are Forgiven!

I Bet CHA 50 Cents Elvis done come & went & eventually every Black-Eyed-Pea, Gwen Stefani, P-Diddy & Britney, Every Wanna-Be on MTV with their Icy Bling, Every Dixie Chick that Sings, They ALL Gonna See the King of Kings!

I don’t care if YOUR J-Lo, Leno or Bono. One thing YOU Gotta know, Some Day YOUR Gonna Die, Bro! Then Where are YOU Gonna Go???

Hey, I’m not Talking some Punk Junk, That is Irrelevant. Like YOUR Grandma’s Church from way back when. It’s not some Preacher Feature on T.B.N. that YOU need to be liking or listening. The Real Superstar IS Jesus Christ! “He’s” the Way, the Truth & the Life!!! One Day, “He’s” Gonna Split the Sky! “He” IS the Brightest Light & the Highest High! & So, what I am came to Say & What I’m Telling YOU is Don’t Buy that Stupid Stuff they be Selling YA – It’s ALL designed to Fill YOUR Head & Waste YOUR Space until YOUR Dead!

Answer 54

lol wow

Answer 55

That's right, wow.

Answer 56

its a scary world we live in, with fanatics like you.

Answer 57

That's all you can say? Really? I have been called worse hun.. :)

Answer 58

Yet your still replying...

Answer 59

haha! its a sad world we live in, with pathetics like you. I only feel bad for you. Cause as far as I can tell, when you die, you will be in hell hun :)

Answer 60

Yea and it's kind of sad, but the truth really hurts sometimes...

Answer 61

"pathetic" is an adjective, not a noun lol you can't call someone a "pathetic", it just doesn't make sense. haha

Answer 62

HAhah wow, thts all u have to say?

Answer 63

still....the only thing you can think of....I DONT CARE! haha! PATHETIC! ...just did again:)

Answer 64

lol there's nothing to argue, you speak nonsense, what can i say?

Answer 65

then why are you still arguing?

Answer 66

Then why are you still replying and arguing? Hun, the only person your hurting right now is yourself.

Answer 67

the only thing that speaks "nonsense" is you.

Answer 68

And quite using the word "nonsense", I think I like "religious nut" better hahahah... :D

Answer 69

HAHA! agreed!

Answer 70

lol ok girls, it's past your bed time

Answer 71

the last time i checked "bed time" was for babies, and i dont see any...oh wait...thats you:)

Answer 72

Lol hun bed time, really? Haha haven't heard a "kid" say tht in a while...

Answer 73

haha @Ell

Answer 74

These jokes keep getting better :D

Answer 75

i think its time for him to get his blanket, pacifier and go to bed:)

Answer 76

and thanks!

Answer 77

Haha @aaronq great discussion. I haven't had one of those in a while, and I gotta say I'm feeling pretty cocky right now. I think this just made my day. :)

Answer 78

haha! im with you on that one @e.cociuba :) my day is now complete!

Answer 79

I guess great minds think alike! :))

Answer 80

Well, my purpose for living today has been fulfilled. I can't wait to join others in many conversations like this in the future. If you don't have a clear valid point with supporting ideas, then don't bother. I only keep you all in my prayers, hoping God will convict your hearts and make you realize what your hopelessly fighting against. God Bless you all! With much love, Ell <3

Answer 81

I hope that God will undo the blindness set in your eyes so you can see the world for what it was truly meant to be, and not how it is. I hope you realize that something like this will truly be the only thing tht matters in the end. God Bless You all!!
e.cociuba

P.S. God Loves you and is waiting for you to realize that. Don't give up. Fight the great race to salvation and he will be with you every step of the way. XOXOXO! :)