What happens next?

1.) I think about what the afterlife holds for me: (Please check only one)

Other (Please explain)

2.) I believe the people who go to heaven include: (Please check all that apply)

Everyone. God wouldn't send anyone to hell

Everyone but only after purgatory, a time of purification

Anybody who lives a good life

Only those who believe in Christ

Other

Other (Please explain)

3.) I practice my faith because I worry about life after death: (Please check only one)

Agree

Disagree

Other

Other (Please explain)

4.) I pray for the souls of the loved ones who have passed before me: (Please check only one)

Agree

Disagree

Other

Other (Please explain)

5.) I believe in limbo, a place of comfort for those not baptized: (Please check only one)

Agree

Disagree

Other

Other (Please explain)

6.) Since nobody knows what happens after death, there's no point worrying about it: (Please check only one)

Agree

Disagree

Other

Other (Please explain)

7.) I'm more concerned with creating the kingdom of God on earth than I am about the afterlife: (Please check only one)

Agree

Disagree

Other

Other (Please explain)

8.) People don't take the threat of eternal damnation seriously enough: (Please check only one)

Agree

Disagree

Other

Other (Please explain)

9.) The primary factor determining ones salvation/entrance into heaven is: (Please explain)

10.) I envision heaven as: (Please explain)

11.) I envision hell as: (Please explain)

12.) The reason I do or do not worry about the afterlife is: (Please explain)

14.) GENERAL COMMENTS

13.) Catholic belief in the afterlife is different from other approaches because: (Please explain)

My age is *

I am *

Male

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City & State *

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Name *

Not for publishing *

Go ahead and use my name in the article, if you wish

Please do not use my name anywhere

I am a print subscriber to U.S. Catholic *

Yes

No

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