/lit/ - Literature

I just finished Becker denial of death and the last messiah and I'm running into this problem. I feel like for a lot of these pessimistic theories I emotionally believe them despite the evidence seeming to be unclear. And again, as I reflect on these works, it seems to be one of those issues where

>Oh you believe me, that means I'm right
>Oh you don't believe me, that means you're coping and I'm also right.

It feels like it's almost religious at a certain point. Like no matter what objection I raise to it the person will respond that no matter what it means they're always right.

>Oh god made you suffer, that means he's real

>oh god didn't make you suffer, that also means he's real.

I also read that Becker had kids despite writing denial of death before having written his book before having them. I wonder why he would do that?

To expand on this a bit, it feels like a lot of these theories are just phrasing things in their worst possible way, even when it doesn't make sense.