Whether or not you cease to exist after your earthly death, or whether your body continues on in the “perpetual” afterlife, is a question fiercely contested by many opposing viewpoints. Through analysis it is clear that all hold some merit, each emphasizing one side while glossing over another. In the end however, the afterlife cannot be scientifically proven and therefore the created sense of an afterlife is most commonly used as a crutch, a tool to make the present more bearable and less bleak