Belief in Afterlife Scale (BA)

Earthly existence is the only existence we have.

In the premature death of someone close, some comfort can be found in knowing that in some way the deceased is still existing.

Humans die in the sense of "ceasing to exist."

The idea of there existing somewhere some sort of afterlife is beyond my comprehension.

We will never be united with those deceased whom we knew and loved.

There must be an afterlife of some sort.

Some existentialists claim that when man dies he ceases to exist: I agree.

The following statement is true: "There is no such thing as a life after death."

Millions of people believe in a life after death: they are correct in so believing.

Enjoy yourself on earth, for death signals the end of all existence.

A belief in an afterlife may be useful for some, but I don't believe in it at all.

The life we lead now is but a pebble cast upon the sands of our future lives.

Religiously associated or not, belief in an afterlife will never be shown to be true, for afterlives are nonexistent.

The following statement is true: "Man must enter into some sort of existence after death, for the end of our earthly lives cannot wipe us from existence into nothingness."

When a human dies, that something called "life" dies with him.

The millions killed by Hitler passed from existence into nothingness.

Many scientists believe in a life after death: they are right, there is one.

There is supportive evidence for the existence of an afterlife.

Death ends all forms of life forever.

The existence of an afterlife can never be scientifically demonstrated, for it is impossible to prove a "figment of someone's imagination."