The Afterlife: A serious threat

So this is something I have been thinking about for a very long time,
and is something I have discussed at length with friends, colleagues,
and people with different views. I have a feeling that many people
will disagree with my views, but I believe that it is their divergent
perspective that is incorrect, and not my view.

The after-life is a very serious threat to our environment and to our
culture. I do not believe in an after-life in any way in which any
semblance of our bodies, or even our personalities are preserved.
There is a fundamental energy to life that cannot be created or
destroyed. That much is clear and incontrovertible. The Christian
myth of pearly gates, cloudy destinations, and people walking around
having a good (clean) time is nothing more to me than a myth, and not
a very interesting one at that (unless you examine the social
fallout, and that is what this is all about).

The cause of this belief is complex, but I believe it rests in the
church, the establishment of the church, and not in the preaching or
stories of Jesus, or Moses for that matter. It is an idea (a meme if
you follow) that was put forward to create within believers a
reaction. That reaction has the following results;

1. A belief that this is only a temporary and in-between life/world
that we live in
2. What we are doing here and now is only a test for this later
existence that is superior to the existence on Earth
3. What we do to this world and the environment doesn't really matter
because this world doesn't really matter, it's only what comes next
that matters.

This is the life that matters. We create Heaven and Hell RIGHT HERE.

To each man is given the key to heaven. the same key opens the gates
of hell.