If God promised no afterlife, would people still believe in/follow Him?

Allah killed Mohammad to show he wasn’t a true prophet & he also brought him to shame.

Qur’an 69:44-46—And if he (Muhammad) had forged a false saying concerning Us We surely should have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), and then certainly should have CUT OFF HIS LIFE ARTERY (AORTA). (Hilali-Khan)

Qur’an 69:44-46—And if he had fabricated against Us some of the sayings, We would certainly have seized him by the right hand, then We would certainly have CUT OFF HIS AORTA. (Shakir)

Tafsir Jalalayn on Qur’an 69:44-46—And had he, namely, the Prophet (s), fabricated any lies against Us, by communicating from Us that which We have not said, We would have assuredly seized him, We would have exacted vengeance [against him], as punishment, by the Right Hand, by [Our] strength and power; then WE WOULD HAVE ASSUREDLY SEVERED HIS LIFE-ARTERY, THE AORTA OF THE HEART, A VEIN THAT CONNECTS WITH IT, AND WHICH IF SEVERED RESULTS IN THAT PERSON'S DEATH.

Mohammad wanted to die in the cause of Allah.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2797—The Prophet said, . . . “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is! I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then come back to life and then get martyred, and then come back to life again and then get martyred and then come back to life again and then get martyred.”

But that is not what he got a Jewish woman poisoned him. Mohammad inflicted a lot of torture to the Jews and Jewess Zaynab's family was not spared by Mohammad. And secondly, Mohammad called women deficient in intelligence.

But here we have a Jewish woman who poisoned Mohammad. Allah allowed a Jewish woman to poison Mohammad. Thus bringing Mohammad to shame disgrace and humiliating him.

Let's see what Mohammad says after he has had the poison.

Sahih al-Bukhari 4428—The Prophet in his ailment in which he died, used to say, “O Aishah! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I FEEL AS IF MY AORTA IS BEING CUT FROM THAT POISON"

Sunan Abu Dawud 4449—Umm Bishr said to the Prophet during the sickness of which he died: What do you think about your illness, Apostle of Allah? I do not think about the illness of my son except the poisoned sheep of which he had eaten with you at Khaibar. The Prophet said: And I do not think about my illness except that. THIS IS THE TIME WHEN IT CUT OFF MY AORTA.

According to Qur'an 69:44-46, if Muhammad were a false prophet, Allah would sever his aorta. Interestingly, when Muhammad died, he said he could feel his sorta being severed.

So we have Allah who not only severed Mohammad's aorta but added to his degradation by making him die at the hands of a Jewish Woman.

To conclude: Nothing what I have said about Mohammad comes any where near what Allah says about Mohammad. If you take all the human insults towards Mohammad like the Danish cartoons, the Satanic verses etc & roll it up into a big ball even then it comes no where close to what Allah did to insult Mohammad by severing his aorta. Allah is Mohammad's biggest critic.

Now are you Muslims going to run around screaming that Allah is an islamophobic bigot because he insulted Mohammad? Or are you going to accept correction from the Almighty?

Islam means submission. Muslims think it means submission to Allah but Allah has already given his answer. He commands you to reject Mohammad. If you continue believing in Mohammad, what you are really saying is Allah cannot make me stop believing in Mohammad I don't care what Allah says I will believe in Mohammad anyway.

But in that case Islam isn't submission to Allah but to Mohammad.

Eternal life (not "afterlife") is a logical conclusion when you have been taught that God is the source of all life and that we have been separated from God, then reunited with Him through Jesus Christ. Like when you plug in a lamp, electricity flows and the lamp lights up. The lamp glows because it is connected to its power source. Sever the connection and the light goes out. Restore the connection and the light returns.

Death in this case can be likened to changing an incandescent bulb at the end of its lifespan out for an LED.

uuuuuhhh, id have to say yes because my theory is that if in the beginning of all the development of christianity and "gods" laws balh blah blah...if they hadn't come up with the eternal heaven or eternal fire pit, it would have been something else like "the only reason good things happen to you is because your a good christian and you worship and fear him" and vice versa "its your fault that bad thins happen to you, because you are NOT a good christian and you are being punished. O wait they already do that. I guess my point is that yes i believe regardless, people would believe because those leading them would manipulate and come up with Horrible Consequences at 'gods' hands for people to be afraid of, if they stopped believing.

I think it depends on the reasons why people believe in him. Just the fact that He is a 'greater power' than all of us is enough for most people to carry on following him because it gives us hope and reassurance, and someone to pray to in a time of need. People don't necessarily have faith ONLY in the afterlife aspect

Isn't it obvious that even though He does, most do not follow Him? Even with the threat of hell?

Men are selfish sinners. Only the saving power of God that comes through faith in Jesus Christ can changes that.

What's your motivation?

Whether God speaks to me or not he still is evident in creation. The Universe still impresses me, so I still believe in a creative mind behind it, i.e. "God"

No

A cult needs reward for its followers to follow

if someone paid your salary, would you not shine their shoes& lick their *** every morning?

How about someone who gave you 2 eyes to see, food etc?

Does that answer your Q?

I'd marvel upon His Creation& reflect a little before making big bald claim that He's not worthy of the Devotion Alone. But He alone is worthy, then you can be realy free from enslavement to money/ lust other creation etc

I'm pretty sure they would, but for a whole new reason.

No they wouldn't. What would they get out of it?