(May 1, 2025 at 1:34 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Constructing faiths which posit an afterlife is not a uniquely Christian thing. That indicates to me that positing an eternal afterlife is a selling-point for those faiths.
I'm not sure this helps your argument, because a selling-point does have to be unique in order to sell. So if the vast majority of the planet already believes in an afterlife of some kind, then there is nothing particularly unique about the belief in Christianity that voids the fear of death.
