What happens after death?

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Isn't "nothing happens" a claim as well?

It is not. I can see why you would think that - it is not entirely unreasonable. However, "nothing happens after death" is not a claim, it is a denial of all other claims.

Think of what happens after death as a pot and "reincarnation" being water. For argument's sake, let's say that water is the only thing that could possibly be in there apart than nothing. If it is impossible to look inside the pot, and there is no evidence that water exists, the only reasonable explanation is that the pot is empty. It makes no claims, and therefore stands a greater chance of being correct.

EDIT: Also directed at Dogfood. Your arguments all fall under the fallacy known as Argument from ignorance, which basically means arguing that a position is true because there is no proof that it is false. The same goes for saying that a position is false because there is no evidence that it is true.