I wasn't attempting to realize the top commenter's fear of > unproductive debate about what consciousness is or is not I'm just addressing the question of why

I wasn't attempting to realize the top commenter's fear of > unproductive debate about what consciousness is or is not I'm just addressing the question of why you'd say yes: you might be ready to be put of your misery, and at that point, why would you say "no"? The resumption of "you" gets an afterlife, and nothing gets worse for the you that's about to die either way.