I've read a number of books on NDE's - Near Death Experiences. Very interesting to read, especially the stories told by young children!
Personally, I believe there is an after life.
I believe it because there just has to be a place for terminally ill and disabled children to go to, (if not the rest of us), where they are free from their afflictions- where they can experience the fullness of their being, and everything they didn't get to do while they were here.