NO!! you are born you live you die...thats it!!but at least belivers in life after death and reincarnation are never going to be disapointed!!!

Obviously not. Consciousness is what the brain does, and when it gets no more oxygen, it stops doing it.

Standy by for false arguments from the god squad.

Keep silent about it! Even though i explain my side those non-believers will not agree about it.

There has to be something, otherwise what is the purpose of life?

I'll get back to you and let you know - unless you get there first Trevor then please get in touch!!

I don't worry about such things. We're never going to find out while we're alive, so I say wait and see. I don't see the point in getting worked up about what happens when we die.

I am absolutely terrified of dying it's a bit of a phobia for me, maybe it's because i don't know what happens. x

Hi trin, you are normal, just the same as many of us were at your age, you don't have to worry about it and as you get older you will not.

I am a believer in the fact that when you die that is the end, there is no feeling left, the only pain is felt by those loved ones that you leave behind.

I cannot tell you why I believe there is something more after death because thats what it is a BELIEF. I've no certain proof just a conviction in my own mind, and yes it does give me an ease of mind.

I am not saying what I believe, all I am saying is that NOT believing is no more logical/sensible than actually believing. The idea that 'i can't see it' or we can't know for certain does not disproove anything, proof is not a precondition of existence. It can easilt be argued that there IS a reason for believing too, there IS things that we observe that IMPLY a higher being in the same way that being able to talk to others IMPLIES that they too have a similar functioning mind.
The idea of the Universe and everything it is occuring out of chance is just as unbelievable as it being created by something, in my opinion.

The problem with the question is putting the word believers in inverted commas. It immediately throws some doubt on that group of people (though I don't for one moment think this was intended).

I'm a pagan, I believe in reincarnation, so yes, I believe in an afterlife. That's my choice and it's not a problem to anyone else (unless I owe you money and promise to pay it back in the next life )

Likewise the views of others, including Professor Dawkins, don't pose any problems for me.

"Life after Death" is a metaphor for how one is remembered by those who are left behind.
If you live on in the memories of others because you were a decent, kind human being who spread a good deal of happiness; that is "Heaven".
If you were despised for being selfish and disruptive, or downright criminal, and are soon forgotten; that is "Hell".
Heaven and Hell are not part of some after life, they are Here and Now!
Live your life accordingly. When you are gone, you are gone.

That Grumpus is one of the best explanations that I have heard or read, thanks for that. It means to me that you can pick your end from your actions whilst you are alive.

I believe there is something after the grave mostly because of the way in which I was raised and I think that as a result of this, it makes my own death and sometimes the death of others easier to handle. I have no idea what this other world consists of or whether there is a heaven or hell, I just prefer the thought of my soul or spirit being free, as opposed to being trapped inside some box buried under the ground.

Einstein capped it;
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
We are energy, when we die that which we know as the vital spirit is released and is used elsewhere, so from my humble perspective you can live on after death, in a different form perhaps (and I am not talking reincarnation as perceived in the Buddhist sense).

Thanks skelly, that is yet another interpretation and as logical as any other of the comments.