Very intertwined. I suppose since Buddhism is a non-Theistic religion one could believe in reincarnation while being an Atheist.
I've never run into an Atheist that said they believed in the afterlife before. So I'd be very interesting in hearing YaksokuDa's views on the afterlife.
I myself am a Pandeist who believes(or at least hopes) that the afterlife is you become a ghost. My believe in the afterlife is alot more complicated than that and I could go into more detail but I think ghost explains it well enough.
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Originally Posted by Gorotsuki
If you believe in souls and such then you can believe in the afterlife as well since according to Einstein energy does not die.
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Einstein was a Pantheist. Atheists don't believe in souls. The idea of the soul is within the realm of divinity which Atheists don't believe in.