2022.3.28: news.relig/christian/
is suicide rejected because we deserve to suffer?:
. a Tucson public radio story about dying,
said the nurses in a place of dying
will often hear "life review" stories
that are triggered when they ask a visitor:
"you know the dying better than anyone,
are they in need?"
. when the reporter mentioned that
life review stories can be dark,
I imagined the spouse of the dying basically hinting
that the dying deserved this medical suffering.
. we are told that suicide is killing,
and the god has a commandment against killing,
but actually the rule is about suffering:
you are allowed to kill if it will
increase the suffering of the judged,
but not if it will end the suffering of the innocent.
. but are the terminally sick really innocent
in the eyes of the god?
. how many deadly medical conditions are due to
ignorance of what is healthy,
or willful carelessness, or gluttony?
3.29:
or you could see the god cares for us:
. how are we supposed to learn from medical research
unless the sick are pushed into experiments
rather than be allowed to euthanize their suffering?
. banning suicide is not about deserving to suffer,
but deserving knowledge and empowerment.