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by stillicidious 1628 days ago
> Interesting how one might choose to their faith over their life.

The belief in the right to a predictably long life is a new idea barely a few centuries old at most. Not that I'm personally complaining, but the statement did make me think, the value of living longer for everyone is not self-evident (at least from where I am standing), and the presumption that it is seems in itself dogmatic.

Actually, I could suggest a few non-faith approaches to rationalize the benefit of early death

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> [T]he value of living longer for everyone is not self-evident (at least from where I am standing), and the presumption that it is seems in itself dogmatic.

A couple of different perspectives on the issue:

https://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html

https://youtu.be/iKC21wDarBo

>"Actually, I could suggest a few non-faith approaches to rationalize the benefit of early death"

The best way to convince the others is to put your money where your mouth is.