>It brings up an interesting question, though, which is why would anyone choose to believe in a negative afterlife as opposed to none at all
Survivorship bias.
If things got bad, and you believed death was an improvement, you'd choose death. But if you thought no matter how bad things got, the afterlife is going to be worse, you'd stick around as long as you could.
Survivorship bias.
If things got bad, and you believed death was an improvement, you'd choose death. But if you thought no matter how bad things got, the afterlife is going to be worse, you'd stick around as long as you could.