Death is the exit to life

    There is a natural human desire to survive and live forever, but all life eventually comes to an end. Life by definition includes death although some exceptions like cancer cells and Tardigrades are found in nature. I believe that when we die, it means the end of our existence hence I do not believe in an afterlife. For a long time, this made me sad, since I grew up Christian and thinking there is a heaven. More recently, I see death as a positive thing nowadays, since it is the end of suffering and the only path to real eternal peace. I do value life more than death and desire to continue to exist, especially for my family who needs me, but I no longer fear death nor see it as a negative as I used to view it. Death is a necessary part of life that we will all go through eventually, so you just have to enjoy life as much as you can while (and if) you have good health.

    If there is an afterlife, I would guess that there would be suffering there too,  since happiness cannot exist without sorrow. The concept of heaven and hell never made sense to me, but I have come to understand the power of these ideologies. Religious people often think that people who believe what they believe will go to some sort of heaven and people that don't go to hell, which also shows the illogical nature of religious ideology since by basic logic, none of them are right. I believe this is by social design, so that people could justify doing bad things to other groups of people with little moral responsibility, since "those people are going to hell anyways." Religion is obviously a tool to control people and yet many people continue to follow these ideologies that are passed down generation to generation. I hope our civilization can