Meaning of the "After Life"

Clearly the idea of an "after life" can be linked to simple wishful thinking. However I believe there is more behind this idea. After all I wish I could fly some times, I wish I could eat fast food every day and still be healthy, I wish about a lot of things, but I don't create some alternate reality where I can get everything I want. Yet this is what people do with the after life, it is wishful thinking that they assert to be a fact. What does this tell us about those who honestly believe in an after life (keep in mind there is a difference between some one who thinks it would be nice to have an after life and some one who honestly believes it)? I assure you they are making a clear statement.

To embrace the idea of superhuman, or supernatural is clearly meaning you believe that human beings and nature and worthless. To embrace an "after life" is to express your hatred for your current life.

These people need an after life. Why? because they are miserable in their current one. Consider the idea of resurrection. These people are acknowledging that they are currently NOT alive right now. That their life right now is meaningless and empty but after they die THEN they will be happy.

They clearly express their position and its relationship with reality. The best thing you can do with religious beliefs is die. Or in other words, religion and existence are not compatible.

But of course... even killing your self is a sin, despite the fact that god has made it clear how pathetic and what an inherently evil you are. No the meaning of life is live as miserably as possible then you can die and be happy.

What would religion and mystical beliefs be with out the afterlife? A miserable and empty life.

Considering that there is no afterlife, that is exactly what they get.

Why not live your life now? Why not "resurrect" your self in this life? All they have to offer is guilt and fear, in exchange for fantasy.