I don’t think life is always better than death according to my utility function.
I do however think that the most likley outcome considering the priorities of the blind idiot god or perhaps even self described benevolent minds is that inhabitants of such spaces in the very long term, are minds who are quite ok being there.
On “Benevolent” minds:
If I knew beyond a doubt that something which I would consider hell exists and that everyone goes there after being resurrected on judgment day, and I also knew that it was very unlikely that I could stop everyone from ever being born or being resurrected I would opt for trying to change or create people that would enjoy living in that hell.
I don’t think life is always better than death according to my utility function.
I do however think that the most likley outcome considering the priorities of the blind idiot god or perhaps even self described benevolent minds is that inhabitants of such spaces in the very long term, are minds who are quite ok being there.
On “Benevolent” minds: If I knew beyond a doubt that something which I would consider hell exists and that everyone goes there after being resurrected on judgment day, and I also knew that it was very unlikely that I could stop everyone from ever being born or being resurrected I would opt for trying to change or create people that would enjoy living in that hell.