I don't believe there is an afterlife. "Consciousness" and "sentience" are just neural processes, electrical impulses in the brain, even if we do not currently understand how they work. When we die, they wink out, and that's th
However, if there WAS an afterlife, I'd like to believe that it shapes itself to what the..... heck, let's call it "user" expects from it. If you believe you're going to Hell, you'll end up in Hell, if you believe in (or want) an afterlife of, say, endless rolling meadows with liquorice sheep you'll end up there. And the whole thing changes with what you think or expect (e.g. if you're getting used to the torture you'll suddenly be tortured a lot worse, or if you can't stand the taste of liquorice anymore the sheep will be replaced by chocolate cows). But I wouldn't want to spend an eternity there, there should be an "exit" button, to finally, definitively end your existence.
But as I said, that's what I'd like. Not what I belie