Reply #16: I think it depends on the person's situation.

[Drunken Irishman]

Death can be a blessing. There are people who spend their final days in so much pain and agony that death is their only relief.

In that regard, certainly I would agree that person is in a better place. Even if that place doesn't exist.

But if it's a twelve year old kid who's hit by a car and dies? Na'. It makes little sense to say that.