Spiritualism is a religion, but is described differently than most. Spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of the dead, which survive after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living. Communication is done usually through a medium, ones who are particularly susceptible to their influence. Spiritualism is not very common within the world today, but it is reported that about 2,000 people associate themselves as a spiritualist. Many argue that Spiritualism is not a religion, the saying: “‘I’m not religious, but I am spiritual’ has become a mantra”-6, but Spiritualism has been categorised …show more content…
Many know about both Heaven and Hell, but Heaven is commonly described as being the home/residence of Jesus, and Hell being a place with Satan. I imagine Heaven being this beautiful place, where everyone lives worry free with Jesus. According to the book Revelations in the Holy Bible, Heaven is described as an enormous place with clear water, the twelve gates are pearls, and the street is pure gold. In Heaven there is no more death, crying, sorrow, and no pain. Jesus describes hell as a place of “unquenchable fire,”-33 a “place of torment.”-34. Hell is described in Revelation 21:8 in the script, “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” , basically Hell is filled with people who have done wrong things. Hell does not protect one like Heaven …show more content…
Webster's Dictionary defines Karma as the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences. In Christianity, Karma is not a part of their beliefs, but a great number of Christians do believe in karma. Christians believe in something similar to karma, but it is not the same. Job 4:8 says “As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.” Christian’s idea of karma is there is a sense in which their actions toward others affect their own lives. If they wrong someone, something bad will happen to them in return, and vise versa with good actions. Karma is not the same as what some Christians believe, but they have the same thought process. Spiritualists believe in Karma, but they believe in it more similarly to how some Christians do. Spiritualists do not believe in Karma in the way as reincarnation, just for how one is treated with good actions resulting in good rewards etc.. Karma is a particular part of Hinduism and other religions, but is not a part of Christianity and Spiritualism. Many Christians will continue to believe that they shall do good things for good things to happen to them, whether if good is