The concept of infinite rebirth and suffering at varying degrees of consciousness is much more threatening than the concept of having a single conscious existen

The concept of infinite rebirth and suffering at varying degrees of consciousness is much more threatening than the concept of having a single conscious existence bookended by stable nothingness. Stable nothingness is just modern-day materialist heaven. It's a coping mechanism that relies on your currently inexplicable conscious node of existence being the first and last across infinity/eternity.