And the funny thing is, I have never lost a minute of sleep over not having existed for those initial 14 billion years.
"The universe existed for billions of years and did just fine without you. It will probably be good for eons after you're gone. And the funny thing is, I have never lost a minute of sleep over your non-existence for those initial billions of years."
It sounds both psychopathic and psychotic.
I'm actually quoting many philosophers and authors that have said the same thing and for which I agree. For example:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25647-i-do-not-fear-death-i-...
Essentially, it didn't bother you that you didn't exist 100 years ago. Think hard about why it bothers you that you won't exist 100 years from now.
In 200 years, nobody will remember you.
In 1,000 years, it will be as if you never existed. Just like 1,000 years before you were born.
"I" at any moment through out your PRESENT life, is illusion (in other words, its constantly evolving, not same or real). If you cant even pin down present life, how can you be sure of past and future.
To the religious, death is an illusion. After a short time on the earth, everybody meets up again in the afterlife. It may be sad, but not too sad.
To those who don't believe in an afterlife, death is real. When someone dies, everything about them is annihilated. A lifetime of experiences destroyed; a unique personality deleted from existence, and everyone worse-off because of it.
Sadly, the desirability of an outcome has no correlation with its likelihood.