Life After Death: A Cultural Analysis

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Firstly, my spiritual belief is one of the cultural lenses that I believe has majorly affected my view on the dispute of life after death. When I was sixteen years old, I made the biggest and dare I say, the greatest decision in my life, which was: receiving my Lord Jesus Christ. Because of my faith, I believe that once you die, you either go to heaven or you go to hell.
Secondly, one of the cultural lenses that I believe has molded the attitude I have towards work ethic is my race. I am half Salvadorian from my mother's side and half Mexican from my father's side. Before I was born, my parents decided to immigrate to the United States of America in search for a better lifestyle. I have learned that nothing comes easy to illegal Hispanics,

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