(September 1, 2015 at 8:54 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I attended a loved one's memorial service this weekend and a recurring thought was in my mind as I listened to comforting words on being free from pain and suffering ...
"I wish this was true."
...
That part is true. Ceasing to exist necessarily means that one has no pain and no suffering.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.