Is belief in life after death fueled by greed?

The Pew Research Center reported last year that 73% of adults in America believe in heaven while 62% also believe in hell. While more than 25% don’t seem to believe in either heaven or hell this only leave 16% of Americans that don’t believe in any kind of afterlife. 

So why did religions invent life after death, as an unparalleled incentive program? What was the most powerful motivator for humans? What it sex? Power? No, it was simply Greed. Because the more possessions you have, the more you want, still. 

Greed is obviously at the center of human nature and is something I believe that can’t be fully satisfied during a lifetime, so what does greed make us do? Simply forget about being grateful about the miracle of life we were privileged to live, refuse to accept any form of loss, but look for something totally guaranteed, unlimited in time and even better after the day we cease to exist. 

This was the incentive religions were looking after and found immediately when they needed to control humans, make them build temples or cathedral, or exploited them to no end for their institutional benefits. 

The attraction for greed sells to the point it fills mosques, churches and other houses of cult with some promise of some fabulous jackpot. Is it possible that greedy folks are so blinded by their trait that they forget to think a tiny bit intelligently? 

Let’s simply remember that if something is “too good to be true” it’s probably false!