Atheism means you don't believe in something Divine...no god or anything. Doesn't mean that you have to think there is no life after death. Life after death has nothing to do with divinity however most would think it would since you know heaven and hell, but using what the definition of an atheist is you can believe in life after death.
Quote:
the doctrine or belief that there is no God
a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
1archaic : ungodliness, wickedness
2 a: a disbelief in the existence of deity b: the doctrine that there is no deity
|
Life after death has nothing to do with god it is just usually intertwined. Also being an atheist doesn't mean that you don't have to believe in the soul. Unless you believe the soul was created by god...in that case your not really an atheist if you don't believe in souls because you believe souls are created by divinity if that is true of you then you are not an atheist but just a rebel...
If you believe in souls and such then you can believe in the afterlife as well since according to Einstein energy does not die.