When someone is in the hospital almost ready to die, why is it that religious people are trying hang on for life, or hoping that their loved one will stay alive. They would rather be a vegetable than to die. Shouldnt religious people be the ones to realize that death is a part of life, and that the person needs to move on instead of suffering.
2006-08-23 05:50:25 · 12 answers · asked by stevepuff19 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah very interesting. I think they know, deep down, that all the Heaven crap is just a bunch of BS.
2006-08-23 05:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The instinct to survive overrides philisophical and religious concerns. One can make assumptions about folks of this or that creed, but unless you have been in a position where you are close to dying then it is really hard to empathise.
A couple of years ago I had two close people die within a month of each other. Prior to that, I had days where I was indifferent to living or dying. Now I understand how another persons death can affect those who still live. It tears a hole in your life that takes a long time to mend. You would do everything you can to keep yourself and others alive. You don't have to be any particular religion or even have a religion to appreciate this.
2006-08-23 13:00:56 · answer #2 · answered by Search first before you ask it 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the natural Human reaction to WANT to live longer, or to not have to LOSE a loved one. Jehovah god instilled the want to live forever in our hearts. Did you know that the heart, brain, and other vital organs were designed in a way so that they last indefinitely? The reason they don't is because we are imperfect and die. Romans 5: 12 tells us: "That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned."
BVut this will soon be over. Revelation 21: 14 tells us that Jehovah will "wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."
2006-08-23 13:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not the way u think. Actually it not only happenes in hospitals even when someone gets a death sentence and when it come his day of assassination he made to spend his last few hours with a religious person. The reason for this is that a person might have committed many evils during his life so the religious person is there so that one can admit what he did in front of him and pray with the religious person to GOD for mercy.
2006-08-23 12:59:57 · answer #4 · answered by Rohan David 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a religious person and if another person is suffering and ready to die (physically) and if that person if kept alive will suffer, then I think that person if he wants to pass on, let him. If he wants to stay and endure the suffering, let him. And if the person is un capable of making such decisions on his own, everybody needs to have decided in advance what to do
In my case if I were not going to be able to live a normal life, and be on life support or something that major, Let Me Die. and go so I don't have to suffer.
2006-08-23 12:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by sandrarosette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course most religious people understand death is a part of life, and most believe in a life after death, but that doesn't change how much you know you'll miss a person when they've passed on. It's like clinging on to that last hug, before a loved one gets on plane to leave for while. You know they'll be just fine, you know you'll see them again, but in the meantime you're really going to miss them.
best wishes
2006-08-23 12:56:33 · answer #6 · answered by daisyk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes what you say is true but if you truly love someone it is so hard for some people to let go just like some moms don't want their kids to go off to college only with dying they are gone we can't touch them or kiss them they do realize it but it is still hard try learning compassion and try not to label people keep an open mind and explore what you cannot understand we are all different and with patience can learn how someone else views things
2006-08-23 13:03:31 · answer #7 · answered by jk poet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I consider myself a religious person. When my grandma was dieing in the hospital, I went to see her and be with her. I was in her room with her by myself and I told her, 'Grandma, go on home. We have had you for a long time, now it's Claudia's time to be with you. Go on home and take care of Claudia." Claudia was the child she lost right after her birth. She was born with a hole in her heart and lived for about 6 hours. I miss Grandma very much but I knew I shouldn't be selfish about it. She was in a coma and needed to go on into the light.
2006-08-23 13:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by Dovah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true...death is part of life and one should accept it and even embrace it (not a great choice of words) when it comes. However, every second on this earth is valuable and hastening death, even for a second, in unconscionable to many and akin to murder for some.
2006-08-23 12:56:57 · answer #9 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Am 100% agree with u, death is a part of our life....
2006-08-23 12:57:49 · answer #10 · answered by miraart2002 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋