Religion

during their actual lives. That's how atheists view it, as well. There's no need for a supernatural afterlife, and no belief that any such thing exists at all. We make our own heavens and hells, or they are thrust upon us, while we live. Expecting something different after we die is at the core of religious belief, I guess. I can't see it as possible or even necessary. One pass through life is the only thing we can be certain of having. Make the most of it is my advice at age 73. Don't wait.