rock chick. I agree.

one reason to believe in God and afterlife, is that it gives people comfort to have a meaning and purpose in life -

of course the pure biological meaning of life is easy.
to make more life.
(having watched two of my babies being born and grow into little people
is quite a miracle and yet - it does not make me believe in God)

make the best of the one life that you have.

historically- religion may have provided the comfort, but it also provided political control and untold suffering -