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Why would anyone think anything else except to pacify their fear of death? What has anyone seen or experienced that would suggest otherwise.
I don't fear death whatever it may be... i would say the belief i have would just be my most preferred outcome. Whatever the outcome is... i have a bring it mentality, even if that mentality isn't realized, it's realized while i'm alive. And "what has anyone seen or experienced" well... that's too complicated to answer since i don't know everyone. For myself, i have enough experiences to suggest i 'may' be right... but who knows.
If your belief is a choice then it's not a belief, it's a method of pacification.
Now we're just playing semantics. I choose to believe in what i would consider to be the most preferable outcome. That's really all it is. "Believe" in this sense means i am choosing one over the others more so. So, yes, there is one outcome i prefer over all other outcomes... that doesn't mean i don't believe the other outcomes aren't possible. But, I just know my preferred outcome isn't impossible... and not by faith either, by examining, thinking, reasoning, and some experiences mixed in with it... i am, lets say.. optimistic i may be right about "my" outcome.