What is Judaisms position on an afterlife?
Judaism holds that there is an afterlife, but is somewhat vague on the form it will take. Since no one has died and come back to describe the afterlife, we can only surmise. (Recently, there have been books and stories about people who have died and come back to life. However, even these experiences deal with just the exact moment between life and death and not with eternal existence. Nobody has ever experienced eternity and come back to tell about it.) Although the Christian concept of afterlife is derived from Judaism, there are differences in how it is perceived. Judaism stresses the importance of living a good and G-dly life , not just to ensure our place in the world to come, but also for the sake of our lives here on Earth. In general, it is our responsibility to take care of now, and let G-d take care of later. Overemphasis on the afterlife is unhealthy. We have seen how, in other religions, it has led to terrible evil. To kill the body for the sake of the immortal soul (as in t
