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Religious leaders provide different perspectives on heaven and hell

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Imam Shuaib-ud Din speaks at the Heaven and Hell Symposium. From left to right: Brent Top, Amber Cazzell Nadal - President of BYU CrossSeekers, Imam Shuaib-ud Din, Monsignor M. Francis Mannion, Travis Kerns. (Natalie Bothwell)

The Heaven and Hell Symposium that took place on Thursday, Oct.15, 2015 featured representatives from four different faiths to discuss beliefs of the afterlife. These individuals each had different upbringings and backgrounds in religious education.

Brent Top 

The first speaker was Brent Top, the dean of religious education at BYU. Top presented the Latter-day Saint perspective on heaven and hell at the symposium.

Imam Shuaib-ud Din

The second speaker was the Imam Shuaib-ud Din, the religious leader at the Utah Islamic Center in Sandy, Utah. He offered the Islamic perspective on the afterlife at the Symposium.

Monsignor M. Francis Mannion 

Next, Monsignor M. Francis Mannion, a priest of the Catholic Dioceses in Salt Lake City, addressed the audience. Monsignor M. Francis Mannion is a priest with the Catholic Dioceses of Salt Lake City. He was born into a strong Catholic family in the west of Ireland. The lifelong Catholic said this upbringing was key to his spiritual journey, but he still had to develop his own faith.

Travis Kerns

Finally, Travis Kerns, who oversees Southern Baptist Missionaries on the Wasatch Front offered his perspective. Kerns is part of the Send City Missionaries branch in Utah. He oversees Southern Baptist missionaries along the Wasatch Front.

(Theresa Davis)