All throughout time there have been several distinct views of what afterlife is. Plato’s view and Christianity’s view are no different. Between the two ideas, there are various similarities and differences that can be determined. Plato believed in the idea of dualism and immortality. He believed in the thought that the soul was immortal both before and after death, and the thought that the body was mortal and ceased to function after death. Plato also believed that your soul has always existed and always will, and that your embodied life as a human is just a small part of your existence. Furthermore, Plato thought that the disembodied soul was the highest form of survival because the immaterial realm of the forms is the highest form of existence. In other words, Plato states that your embodied existence is not nearly as ideal as your disembodied existence. The basis of Christianity is bodily resurrection. Like Plato’s theory, Christianity also believes in the termination of bodily functions after death, and also believes that the soul does exist for a time disembodied. However in Christianity, the soul begins at birth and is not immortal and dies with the body, but then is resurrected by God. Christianity suggests the belief that people follow the Christian Doctrine of Predestination. This is the theory that humans cannot chose whether or not they will be saved to heaven and from hell. It is the idea that some humans are chosen by God as elect, and the other humans will be damned by God. In other words; a person can do nothing about their predestination and the idea of predestination is not contingent upon status, or moral character. They believe that it is only by the grace of God that a person may become saved. This idea has been controversial, but several widely known Christians were known to believe in predestination. Apart from this, other Christians often also believe in the idea that humans have partial control over their