 It's an accountability issue....
Belief in an afterlife suggests a higher power that will hold us accountable for our thoughts and actions while here. Rejecting this belief lowers accountability issues to just each other. We can put on a face and fool each other, and we all do it to some extent. But an all seeing God cannot be hidden from, not either in thought or motives. Whether they want to admit it or not, most people who reject the idea of an afterlife do so out of an unwillingness to be held accountable for themselves. Thus, they can cheat their fellow human and if they are clever enough, no one but them will be the wiser.
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