While I agree on our current president (although that's an unfair shot), I really don't think it's fair that not being a "small brain" is reason to deny eternal happiness.
Daniel showed fear and made many lousy decisions in business, yes, but he was never shown to not be compassionate. My wife is one of the best human beings I ever met - she's a great wife, a great mother, a great friend, a great boss (before retiring) and a wonderful grandmother. But she's afraid of many things. If her fear meant she would be denied eternal happiness, then I would want to go wherever her soul goes.
Getting back to Daniel, the story required some sort of hurdle for Daniel to clear before being allowed to move on in the universe, and it had to be something that wouldn't cause us not to root for him.
If he was a thief, cheater, abuser, or just not a kind person, we would root for him not to make it. But the story requires us to pull for him, and fear is something the vast majority of humans understand. Him not being brave would not preclude the audience from rooting for him.
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