Is the afterlife an idea that philosophers think should be taken seriously?

To be clear I’m not talking about a permanent afterlife. I’m talking about some kind of temporary limbo, purgatory, reincarnation, or the like. I’m an armchair philosopher (basically a hobbyist) so I no I’m not as well read as people who devote their lives to the subject, but I’ve been reading a lot about various philosophers and I just can’t find any philosophers who actually do believe in such an idea (other than perhaps the notion of deeds in this life impacting the next reincarnation if that’s what one believes).<br><br>My question is, why does it seem that philosophers have never (or very rarely) viewed this concept as taking seriously? There’s a thousand different philosophers who believe in God after all. Some even do exhaustive work in trying to make the idea of God reasonable and coherent. So why not “reincarnation”?<br><br>Thanks guys. I’ll probably show this to my class.