No,
@paarsurrey . I neither believe, nor want, nor see any upside to the idea of afterlives.
At some deep level I find the popularity of that idea rather weird and more than a bit worrisome.
Perhaps in part because I have seen up close how unhealthy that belief can be, both for Abrahamists and (even more) for animists (Kardecist Spiritism is very popular here in Brazil). There are no boundaries to the levels of self-deception, emotional abuse, unhealthy attitudes and arrogance that are fed by beliefs in afterlives.
But even taking aside those practical reasons to object to the belief in afterlives, I also find it rather unconvincing. It is just too blatantly a form of unhealthy wishful thinking gone astray.
We know with plenty enough certainty what happens after death. It is not a difficult phenomenon to observe and understand, nor a rare one. We no more wonder what will happen after death than we wonder what will happen to wet clothing exposed to the wind and sun.
What does exist and ought to be deal with in a sober way are fears and feelings of loss triggered by the perception and remembrance of mortality. There is no good reason for us to nurture those fears and feelings, but many people do just that anyway.
