Ours is pretty simple - we believe that most people, no matter who they are or how old they are or what religion they are, are just asleep when they die. Not actually asleep but in the sense that they're not conscious of anything, not doing anything, not haunting anyone. Then after Armaggeddon, they will all gradually be resurrected.
A few decades ago, it was thought that babies who died before taking a breath would not get a resurrection. This was updated a few years ago as it became obvious that Jehovah considers life as beginning from conception, as noted in the Bible. So just because we don't quite know HOW unborn babies will be resurrected, doesn't mean they won't. It's something that gave me so much comfort after my own miscarriages.
We also believe that since Jesus died, Jehovah has chosen 144,000 people (also shown in the Bible) that are to 'serve as kings and priests with Jesus in heaven'. So when they die, they go to heaven, but the rest of us are just 'asleep'
I have never heard anything about someone's name not being spoken in Islam. Maybe that is something that some Muslims believe in but it is not something that anyone I know follows.
We bury the body as soon as possible and hold the funeral 40 days later.
We believe that a body receives its soul about 120 days after conception. Any baby or child that dies after it has a soul will enter heaven.
We do believe in hell but we also believe that Allah's mercy is such the hell will eventually be empty. You don't need to be a Muslim to go to heaven. The Quran is quite explicit about that.
Last edited by Phteven; September 23rd, 2011 at 05:28 PM.
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