I agree that if you are a person who intends to do X at t, when t rolls around, you ought to do X. If X involves dying, though, I don’t think you should be a person who intends to do X at t.
If you tell people that being rational means dying for what you believe in, while being a Christian means you can lie, be called a hero, and be forgiven for your sin, what are they going to choose? What looks more rational to them? What point is there to the “mental martial arts” if they can’t protect you from the biggest loss of personal utility we can sustain (infinite loss? I don’t see why not. Non-existence is non-utility)? Death isn’t noble, it’s stupid.
I agree that if you are a person who intends to do X at t, when t rolls around, you ought to do X. If X involves dying, though, I don’t think you should be a person who intends to do X at t.
If you tell people that being rational means dying for what you believe in, while being a Christian means you can lie, be called a hero, and be forgiven for your sin, what are they going to choose? What looks more rational to them? What point is there to the “mental martial arts” if they can’t protect you from the biggest loss of personal utility we can sustain (infinite loss? I don’t see why not. Non-existence is non-utility)? Death isn’t noble, it’s stupid.