Would life be happy with no afterlife?

[Frank Goad]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

 

[LuisDantas]

If anything, I expect that if afterlives existed we all would be rather miserable as a result.

 

[Valjean]

Why wouldn't it?
If lack of an afterlife creates unhappiness and anomie, you probably need therapy.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

Depends on who you are. Some have good lives, some don't in this afterlife we live in right now.

 

[endlessvoid2018]

The thought of there being no afterlife and ceasing to exist essentially after death isn't really particularly comforting to me.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Yes, at least until the body dies. Then there is no apparatus with which to be happy.

 

[ajay0]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

Reading Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi', which has a description of the afterlife as in astral dimensions, left me more relieved and relaxed, as I felt that I can meet my dead relatives and friends again in the afterlife. I remember this sensation back then as a teenager when I first read it.

It did leave me more equanimous as a result.

 

[ChristineM]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

I don't consider an afterlife to be a thing and I'm happy with my life, more or less

 

[Revoltingest]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

Vey happy for me.
Your mileage might vary.

 

[TheSwede]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

For some people the "belief" that there won't be an after life makes this life more precious.

I personally do not hope for an afterlife as it has in any way been described by many popular religions.

 

[Kfox]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

I think it all depends on which version of after life you believe in. When I was a theist, I dreaded the afterlife because I was convinced I would spend an eternal afterlife in the tortures of Hell.

 

[Tomef]

Would life be happy with no afterlife?

There is no afterlife afaik, and I’m pretty happy. The same basic things that make one person happy can work for another, no need for fictional gods and all that.

 

[Pancho Frijoles]

The thought of there being no afterlife and ceasing to exist essentially after death isn't really particularly comforting to me.

Yes, that is a natural and universal feeling.
Having said that, I suppose that feeling "uncomfortable" does not equal living an unhappy life.
I mean, there are millions of atheists in the world and still we could not say all of them are unhappy.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think it all depends on which version of after life you believe in. When I was a theist, I dreaded the afterlife because I was convinced I would spend an eternal afterlife in the tortures of Hell.

An eternity of being in perpetual church dosent sound all that appealing either. ;0)

 

[Rival]

Sure.

 

[☆Dreamwind☆]

Since I wouldn't be conscious in anyway if there was none, then it wouldn't matter. I really would be resting in peace.

 

[Hockeycowboy]

It depends on if you are happy now.
For the majority of mankind, considering all the problems that now exist, I’d say the answer would be no.

A positive hope, based on a reliable source, can help a person to deal with trials more effectively.

Hope you’re well.