I have been reading alot about different religions and how they describe afterlife.
Western religions state that there is eternal heaven or hell afterlife and the eastern side believes in nirvana(equivalent to heaven) and rebirth(they think repeated rebirths are as good as hell).
The problem is that they say afterlife is dependent on your deeds in this life.
What I don't understand is who define's what deed is good and what deed is bad?
Our society defines what is good or bad according to the time period in which we live in.Simple example - nudity and greed was seen as something else before than what it is seen as today.And as we all know,good and bad are very much effected by the economic condition of this world.
We can all go back to the old moral values that life should be just about benefiting humanity but where does that leave room for enjoyment if we are just working.I mean whats the point of living.
The question here is why does GOD have to create such a world where we just fight each other based on money and work.Its like we are his playtoys.Some people here might argue and say he is just testing us but why is he testing us,for his own enjoyment?
I strongly believe in afterlife but have serious problems figuring the connection between rebirth and previous life and your status that you get after rebirth.The western religions way of heaven is much easier than eastern religions but fact that once we go in heaven,what do we do out there?If there is no time then how will we enjoy things in heaven as time is closely related with what you do with your life.
