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Explain two ways in which belief in the afterlife influences Christians today

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This is actually a very difficult question. Influences doesn't mean action although you mean it so. I just means guidance. Much has changed since the time of Christ. There is a great deal of interpretation that has been introduced into Christian thought; indeed, wars have been fought in terms of ritual since about the 3rd or 4th century.

Whole new religions have been created in the middle ages and beyond. So belief in after life depends on who you ask. If you ask a Jehovah's Witness for example, they would say that only 144000 are entitled to heaven the way most other Christians believe the afterlife will be like. The rest will live on an earthly paradise to be ruled by Jesus and the 144000.

If you ask a Catholic, their afterlife is divided into three. Where you go depends on what you have done. The most virtuous wind up in paradise. The worst of sinners wind up in Hell.

I'm not entirely sure how Protestants view the afterlife. There are so many denominations, that it is difficult to generalize.

Modern man tends to believe whole heartedly or not at all. Modern man tends to be guided by what the Old and New Testaments say, or not at all.

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