What's so evil about preferring nonbeing or nonexistence over Heaven or eternal life, if it were possible? Why does not wanting life warrant eternal p

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I’m not suicidal or anything, although I have posted a countless number of posts which seem to suggest this, but I am not. This is an existential crisis here, not clinically depressive thinking.

I’m just thinking: what’s so awful about nonbeing or nonexistence? It’s infinitely better than Hell, and no one wants to be in Hell.
 
We’ve been over this on the last thread. God willed that you exist. You wanting to not exist is you going against God’s will. This is a losing position, every time.

Muting now.
 
I am starting to wonder if you need to be speaking to your preist about This.
 
You really made me think about your question there. The question is very valid what had me spinning was your “If it were possible” sequitur.
And yet we see it all the time that people ARE closed to life in general. Sometimes is some psychological or physical affection that pushes them to this conclusion.
But let’s obviate those who indeed have an excuse for thinking this, why would a healthy “normal” person “prefer” non-existence.
In other words reject life all together.
Is this Evil? The question is valid.
What is evil? It has been suggested that GOD showed the Devil the plan for man and he rejected it. He wanted no part on this. And in fact started plotting how to thwart GOD’s plan henceforth.

So by preferring nonexistence / non being we are rejecting GOD’s plan.
When we do this we are rejecting GOD whom created the whole Universe. We say no to HIM as we want no part on HIS work.
 
The fact that you can even consider two distinct possibilities, being and non-being, is something that would obviously be out of the question if you did not exist.

You aren’t living in a vacuum. You mean something to many people. . . perhaps to your parents, other relatives, friends. Even if you had none of that, even if you were living in poverty or pain, your existence has a meaning. Who knows what lives you have touched for the better? Who knows if days, weeks, months, or years from now you experience an epiphany such that even your feelings now are transformed in retrospect?

We all have our days when we would like to opt out of the responsibilities we have as creatures on earth and, if we can’t have for some reason a happiness in existence just for existence’s sake, the temptation to want to control our experience and just ‘blot it out’ because we THINK that would be better. For whom? How would you know, because you’re basing your conclusions (which you only can attempt because you exist) on data that is already ‘corrupted’ and incomplete.

Have you considered a reputable therapist to help you to feel better?
 
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