You play the hand dealt to you..... Worries are of no help now........ don't forget that Odin andThor are still looking to expand in your imagination....

It certainly devalues human life; it completely eliminates the concept. Life becomes eternal and humanity a phase, a temporary shell - and an insignificant one at that, when compared to eternity.

Of course. I think it would contribute to an acceptance of violence.

I only worry about it when they try to hasten the apocalypse.

Isn't "operational belief in an afterlife" an oxymoron? Truly, though, most of the people I have ever interacted with who believe in an afterlife as such fear death more than those who don't. Given that, by adding another irrational fear to the mess that is humanity certainly seems to be detrimental to the quality of life.

Then, there are the suicide bombers.

I'd definitely fly an airline that only hired atheist pilots! I don't want to be flown by someone who thinks they'll wind up in heaven if the plane crashes.