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Arguments such as this one do nothing but get everyone riled up, especially since there is no definitive answer to it, and I personally believe that this question will ever be truly answered, ever.
Take life as it is:
Your alive, you can do things, you can change peoples lives, you can learn, you can do just about anything you want to do. Try to live your life to the fullest, meaning you try to do as many things as you can do.
As for death, well, you'll just have to find out for yourself. There's been several cases of people dieing and the coming back to life, all of which having some sort experience to which they interpret for themselves... but again, they are the ones that experienced death, and they have will most likely have a different interpretation than you will.
As for life after death, people can live on through their friends, family, enemies, etc. as long as those people remember them. With this simple memory of the dead, the living will do things that they would normally not do... "I will become the best I can... for dad" sort of deal. People can also live on through their fame of their actions, such as the great heroes Hercules, Beowulf, Moses, to name a few.
Science is merely a tool people have come up with in order to understand the world around them. Scientific facts are those that "If you do this then this will happen, always." Scientific theories are those that "If you do this then this will probably happen... most of the time," as well as "Well, this might have happened in this way, but I can't really find concrete proof that it did." That being said, there are numerous Scientific theories that explain the origins of everything, but there is no way that people can test them.
In the end, it really boils down to what you believe... what you believe is what you believe, and you will not change your belief unless you are willing to.
I personally advise that when you are going to say your belief to someone, that you say "I believe that..." "or so I believe" in order to prevent another uproar such as this... because when you forget to say that, some people will hear "My belief is the fact" and will probably put up their dukes or start hugging you...(?)
As for my beliefs, well, that's up to me and you-know-who.
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