Take Christianity for example. If you are good and believe in god, then you will go to heaven and if you are bad, you'll end up in hell. So what are these heaven and hell places? To me they have absolutely no meaning, just a combination of a few letters, just like the word god. Well, I take it back, god is an anagram, though not a very clever one. These theist describe heaven as a place of bliss, often depicted with angels, another meaningless word, playing the harp. On the other hand, hell is supposed to be a place of fire, brimstone, and a lot of suffering. Let's see, how many of you can stand listening to harp music for eternity? Not me, I'd rather suffer through a root canal or sit through a really bad opera.
Besides Christianity, there are other, rather unusual attempts to explain what happens to you after you die. Some say that you are a part of god, a physical manifestation, and when you die you will be integrated back into the body of god. Then, there are believes that you will be reincarnated. If you are luck, you will come back as a cow. Now, I don't know about you but I certainly do not want to come back just to end up as a T-bone on somebody's plate.
Anyway, enough about these so called explanations. Let's look at the purpose of life and what comes after from a more rational point of view. First, beyond death. Plain and simply, when we die, we get recycled or to put it more bluntly, we become fertilizer. For instance, take cremation. After they burned you, all that is left is a heap of ash and as we all know, ash is an excellent fertilizer, full of nutrients plants need. If, on the other hand, we get buried, our body slowly decomposes and releases these nutrients over time that provide nourishment for plants. Once in a while a worm takes a chunk out of the body for a late night snack. So now that I told you what happens after death, on to the next question. What is the purpose of life? It's simple, to grow long enough to become a viable source of nutrients when we get recycled.
