I agree. For a certain subset of people, merely avoiding the afterlife and their rightful fate there would be a huge upgrade.
I believe Gark delivers on calm/oblivion.
(Thought experiment: Cthulhu merely wants to kill and eat me and then it's oblivion, after a limited moment of horror and agony. Yahweh wants to have me tortured for eternity for not believing in him. Cthulhu > Yahweh, personally. If I thought this was a real choice, I would want Cthulhu to eat me!)