Recently, an adult friend of mine experienced the death of his mother. We got to talking about our beliefs, which tend to be, on some matters, quite different, even opposite. He asked me what my beliefs are on death. ___________________________________ So... my ideas about death... First of all, many of my ideas hinge on a simple turn-around of a basic idea shared by many: I don't have a soul; I am a soul... I have a body. Death is something that happens to bodies. But the soul is eternal. Life... Sign in to see full entry.