i think that there is a life after death.
i like to look at all religions and kind of summarize what they say, its all the same in the end. no matter what, they all point in the same direction - life after death. so whether it be a human invention to overcome fear of death. or a way/source of control... i think it is still odd that so many people in so many different places all seek to believe in something existing after death.
there is no solid proof, i mean there can never be. (unless you die and you actually see it for yourself)
umm... i dunno, i like to believe that the world had to start somewhere. perhaps it always existed, or maybe something triggered it to start existing... and maybe that something was god
... and when we die we go back to the source of all existance. it may not be heaven/hell but just maybe something is there.