When I first realized (truly realized) there might not be an afterlife, I pondered the idea for a bit. It led to my trying to wrap my mind around the idea of non-existence ... lol ...it doesn't work, it's kind of freaky. This put me in such an eerie state of mind, and I felt exactly why people have the tendency to create/join religions. (I knew why before, but this time I really felt it in the pi…