Clearly x is overwhelmingly preferable in the long-term, so x is good and not x is bad. Death means, for self-conscious beings, that both their plans for the future are thwarted, and any potential future interests they might have had go unfulfilled. That was easier to decide than I thought it would be, when I saw a hypothetical scenario coming up. 
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
