Based on every objective medical, biological and targeted academic study and every bit of available evidence, afterlife is extraordinarily unlikely.
We live on in the minds of those who knew us.
Is there an afterlife?
There is no evidence for an afterlife.
While continued living past death is a myth, we go on living in our genetic code, the memories of us in family and friends, and the impact we made on this earth.
Once the spark of conscious has ceased, so then do we.
I'm not sure what you mean by afterlife. There are a number of ideas that are in circulation. If you believe that the bible is the word of God than you would like to know what it says on the matter. The bible says when we die that we cease to exist (Eccl :5,10). It also says that there will be a resurrection to life for the purpose of inhabiting the earth with people that are willing to accept the loving guidance of their creator. (Matt 5:5) Here is a link for more details.
http://www.jw.org/finder?locale=en&docid=502014163&prefer=lang&srcid=share
No. After you die, you become worm food.
Yes
We are immortal.
Live accordingly.
It never ends
I dunno.
Reasonably, logically, when you're dead, you're dead. Omar put it quite simply with, "the flower that once has blown forever dies". He won't get any argument from me.
And yet I've had a few experiences that lead me to think that there just MIGHT be something beyond.
That's just an opinion and I won't get into it unless challenged (it would take too much explaining).
As an old man I need to face the reality of dying and, to be honest, I expect oblivion. It isn't something to fret about. How can you fret when you cease to exist? Of course, I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised.
There is one aspect of any possible afterlife that I'm certain of. There will be no Heaven and no Hell. These are the carrot and stick of organised religion and are used wilfully to intimidate or bribe adherents to believe. Fear is the great motivator.
No, there is no 'afterlife', in the sense that most people probably think of one. As some others have noted, when one dies, one is dead.
However, perhaps the proper way to put the question, might be: 'Is their life after death?'
And the Bible- at Acts 24:15- addresses this, when the apostle Paul stated: "And I have hope toward God, which hope these men also look forward to, that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous."
But this is an event, that is scheduled to take place in the future, at a linear point in time. And since the passage of time cannot be detected by the dead, no more than an instant will seem to pass, between one's death, and one's resurrection.
The popular concept of an 'afterlife' was born at Genesis 3:4:
"At this the serpent said to the woman: “You certainly will not die".
This is the first recorded lie.
...and the first recorded suggestion of 'spiritsm'- which involves deceptive concepts related to the dead. And from it, sprung horrible tales of fiery hells and ghostly zones of timeless entrapment, countless deceptive teachings and philosophies.
Concerning that point in time when the dead will be resurrected, and live again, the Bible says: "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”- Rev.21:4
A linear point in time when Jehovah will act!
The Bible answers that at Ecclesiates 9:5 ,"The living know that they will die but the dead knows nothing at all " All who have died are in the grave awaiting for God to bring them back to life just as Jesus brought Lazarus back to life and presented him to his family at John11:32-44," The man who had been dead came out with his feet and hands bound with wrappings and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them "Free him and let him go." This is an example of what God will do in the future when wickedness is removed from the earth.
Solomon was inspired to say that “the fate of the sons of men and the fate of the beasts is the same. As is the death of one so is the death of the other . . . Man is not higher than the beasts . . . All go to one place, all are of the dust, and all will be turned to dust again.”—Ecclesiastes 3:19, 20, The Bible in Basic English. Although written by King Solomon, the above words were inspired by God and form part of his written Word, the Bible. These scriptures, along with many others in the Bible, do not support the popular belief that something inside us survives death to live on in another form. (Genesis 2:7; 3:19; Ezekiel 18:4) Is God then telling us that “dust,” or nothingness, is the ultimate end for all humans? Definitely not! The Bible does not teach that any part of a human survives death. Yet, it does offer an unmistakably clear hope for those who die. That hope is the resurrection!
I believe there is, but none of us will really know until the time comes.
Depending on what religion you believe ... Yes.
Scientifically ... There is no evidence of one.
If our reality is but a computer simulation - the afterlife may be a sequel.
Any answer that states that there is, is basing this on no substantiated evidence, only what an ancient book tells them, and that book even has a questionable origin. Here is a website that seems to put it in real observable perspective.
I'm a alien from another planet this is afterlife
The truth is that no one knows. That's the only thing we can say for sure.
Everything else about an afterlife is personal opinion.
Me? I don't think there is one. We have this concept called life, and we have a concept called death. Death is the end of life. So an afterlife is entirely oxymoronic.
Well there is a heaven and there is a hell.
