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Originally Posted by Ustwo
If you are a believer why would you CARE?
Death should be a celebration, a triumph, a graduation of sorts.
If you believe in God and an afterlife then death shouldn't be a time for tears and needing comfort, in fact you should be jealous if anything as they are now free from the devils temptations, they are one with god!
Of course, almost no one is like that (though some in fact are), most 'religious' people at best are uncertain deep inside, and I guarantee if you gave out pills that caused one to be immortal very few would turn them down.
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You are forgetting the aspect of suffering. Christians left behind their barbaric view of physical suffering and closeness to God back in the Middle Ages.
Also, you described many people here, including atheists, when you say most people are at best uncertain deep inside. The fear of suffering is in us all, whether we are religious or not. To assume we should be otherwise is to assume we should be perfect: We are going to die, so why do we fear it? What's the big deal? Come on now. It's the way things are.