what happens after death?

I had experienced death once, about 30 years ago. It wasnt just a near-death thing, either. I had flat-lined on the OR table. They brought me back, and I lay in a coma for 40 days and 40 nights.

I saw nothing. Dead is dead. Gone and forever. Just like any animal, who arent ?supposed to have souls, though they were supposed to have been made by God, too, so why wouldnt he give them souls and let them live after wed eaten them? What about plants? Theyre alive.

Other religions have their own ideas, but dying and being brought back isnt very common. Its getting to be more so, as medicine gets better, but its still pretty rare.