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AnswerIt is certainly not necessary to believe in the Abrahamic God to believe in an afterlife. Many religions offer hope for an afterlife in return for belief in their gods. However, to believe in an afterlife, but not believe in any gods, is a form of spiritualism.
religions that believe in reincarnation believe in animism, not the other way around
The hindus believe in rebirth after death.
Probably all of them. The afterlife is a tradition of mankind all over the world; all ancient societies believed in it.
According to whom? There is no scientific evidence for it; so you will have to decide who you want to believe. Most religions believe in SOME SORT of afterlife (details vary, depending on the religion); and, according to most religions, your actions here will SOMEHOW affect your afterlife.
Most religions believe in some sort of afterlife - our soul surviving the death of the body.
Australia is similar to the US in a much as the population is diverse. Many different religions are represented, not just a single national religion.
Most religions believe in some sort of afterlife - that is, that we have a soul that survives the death of our bodies - although details vary. Look some articles about individual religions for more details - for example, read the summaries on Wikipedia about different religions.
The beliefs about the afterlife vary a lot between different religions. Religions usually believe in some kind of afterlife; some Christian denominations believe that we will return right here to this Earth, some time in the future; others believe in our souls going to a different world. Some other religions have a similar belief in our souls going to a world different to this one. Some oriental religions mainly, believe in "reincarnation" - that our souls will come back to this world in a different individual, perhaps even in an animal.
Many religions have some similar belief. For example, many believe that our soul will survive death (some sort of afterlife), and that there is a God, or gods, that (in many religions) live in a different world.
I do not believe in an afterlife and therefore do not believe in heaven or hell. I will believe in one or more of these when there is a scintilla of evidence that there is an afterlife.At the moment, it is a matter of faith, and faith alone, although I acknowledge that belief in an afterlife offers comfort to some.
In a sense Taoism is not so much a religion as a philosophy that is usually imposed on other religions. Taoists have a rather unspecific idea of divinity and afterlife. Most Taoists are Buddhists, who believe in reincarnation. Many Taoists are adherents of Chinese Folk Religions who seem to share a believe in afterlife centering around spirits of the dead who are the ancestors one should worship. Other Taoists are members of other religions with other beliefs.