Interesting viewpoint, but I think its worth noting that this theory of "death as nothingness", is itself unproven and untestable.
And the tricky bit about that is this, to assume the end brings relief from pain is to presuppose afterlife doesn't leave room for spiritual suffering...
The Christian ideal is that all mankind is made in the image of God, and that therefore our essence is infinite. And we therefore are either to be infinitely joyous and fulfilled, with God, or we choose disconnect and seperation from God and all that entails.
Not the happiest thought I know but, its food for thought.
I tend to focus more on living than dying and what happens afterwards. If I end up in Dante's seven levels of hell then I'll deal with it at that stage. I've seen enough death in my time to understand that life is what we have right now.
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