If there is no afterlife, did humans invent god, religion and faith to instill hope, conformity and control? The Bible is a sophisticated work of rules, regulations and examples humans gone astray and punished for their ill gotten actions simply because they disobeyed the rules. This does not by any means make the Bible true, however it certainly strikes fear into those who believe from straying from the so-called truth.
The only thing religion has going for it is fear of abandonment. Think about it, if you sin you are punished and cast into the fiery pit of hell, unless you admit you are sinner and powerless without god you may be saved and join god in the ever after?
Now that you’re saved, you must act according to the Bible and spend the rest of your life trying to be like Jesus.
Wake up!! Stop trying to be anything other than who you are.
You are not special in the eyes of the world until you know who you are.
is there an afterlife of reward for being born? Only in us humans that consider themselves gods gift to mankind. Get over yourself, learn your role in life and be the best of who & what you are. That’s your reward.