Do you believe in the afterlife?

Honestly, I think when we die everything just turns black. Literally that's it. I don't believe in reincarnation either. Reuniting with people you once knew and loved in heaven seems depressing to me because you're seeing them in a state that wouldn't feel like it did while you were alive.

The concept of an afterlife, when looked at closely with the facts in hand, is objectively preposterous. Sorry, but - yeah. So - eat, drink, love & be merry.

I don't think there is a heaven in the religious sense, but I do think something happens after death that we as humans can't comprehend as this point in our existence.

"Or that there is an ultimate source like a giant ball of energy ( God ) , where once we die we turn into energy and merge with it."

I'm kind of leaning towards something like this, except I don't believe we are reborn.

To me, reincarnation is a terrible concept. I'm not extremely wealthy or famous, but I've had a very nice life. I think given the circumstances of many people who have not been so lucky, my chances for a better life than I have right now are slim and the possibility of being a terrible person or one who knows extreme poverty, hunger, or disease is high. No thank you. I'd rather it be nothing after I'm dead than to chance that.

But having said that, I do believe in an afterlife - but honestly not sure what that is.

I believe i will see my brother and other loved ones again. Or if not see, i will some how be reconciled with them. I also believe Robin Williams will be making me laugh and cry again some how. I know that last bit sounds a bit absurd. But its an absurd life.
I also think Christopher Hitchens(who i adored) will be there . Saying something like "...well im not disappointed..."

Yes, I believe in heaven.
I don’t trust in ‘pearly gates’ and soft cloudy couches but I believe that we’ll see the ones we adored and befriended again.
We must, what else would be the point?

I’m no longer a Roman Catholic, that cult lost the thread ages ago and I am not pleased with THE CHURCH…they have too much money, control too much land and keep far too many filthy secrets. I quit the Catholic Church about seven years ago. I won’t go into the details but I volunteered every weekend for several years, I got married in their house, I ran the Cub Scout Troop for the Parish and when I needed to deal with a family matter they denied assistance…I wasn’t asking for money for fuck’s sake, just a few months to attend to an illness in my family and they tossed me aside like yesterday’s socks.

The CHURCH is bullshit.

I'm open to it but it's probably only because the idea of there being nothing at all is really strange and cold to comprehend. In the end if there is nothing after we die it really doesn't matter anyway so whatever makes people feel good while alive.

No, I think life is short, don’t spend all of it doing stuff you don’t want to do for people you don’t actually like, try to be good and kind, and hopefully leave the place a little better than you found it.