If you believe that there is no life after death, do you wish there was a life after death?

I, like many of the people on fluther, believe that when I am dead it’s over. I don’t think there is a heaven or some sort of life after death. A while ago I answered the Actor’s Studio questions on facebook, and the last one asks, “If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?” I answered the question directly but then went on to say, ”...and that my grandmother was able to reunite with her father (I think she missed him her whole life) who died when she was 5.” It’s that last part that stuck with me…that I hoped my grandma could see her dad again; be with him. Her recent passing caused me to write something unexpected.

I think that would be a nice thing to believe, wish I really did.

Are there any ideas about life after death that you hope are true, but don’t really believe?