The sources in citations 28-34 could be considered scholarly, wouldn’t you agree? Do you have any evidence for an earlier dating of the Book of Daniel?

If Yahweh is able to defer fulfillment of his promises until after I die, then I’d like to follow his example. My house payment is due, but I’ll just pay it after I die. I’ll be a good parent after I die. Let’s not put murderers in prison when we can just punish them after they die. This whole “after you die” business is one of the many ways that theists lower their expectations of their god. In the old days you could threaten that your god would strike people with disease or lightning or untimely death. But as we’ve learned more about how the world works, those threats seem empty. So now god acts at a time that is unverifiable and unfalsifiable: after we die. Until you can present any credible evidence that you know anything about what happens to a person after they die, I’ll continue dismissing your assertions.

I see a very close connection between our brains and our consciousness. Injuries to the brain can affect the consciousness. The most reasonable conclusion seems to me to be that when the brain dies, the consciousness ceases to exist.

If your god exists and wants me to respond to threats and promises involving my fate after death, then he should provide some evidence for the idea that I will continue to exist after my death. Until I see such evidence, I’ll have to conclude that the afterlife is nothing but fantasy and wishful thinking.

You asked, “If you do not believe in the bible then why waste your life trying to destroy it.” Because belief in the literal truth of the Bible causes harm.