Is it better to live a terrible life of agony or not even exist?
2007-03-18 05:23:03 · 20 answers · asked by yu_yu_liang 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you mean exist as a body then no I will skip the pain for this go around.
Love and blessings Don
2007-03-18 05:26:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I hadn't experienced excruciating pain I would say live, definatly live.
But, I have experienced galstones, galbladder stones, bowel obstructions, delivered quickly a 9 1/2 pound baby......thus I know pain. And If I had to live day by day minute by minute with excruciating pain I would chose to not of lived at all.
At least in life the pain I have had is temporary. It passes.
2007-03-19 02:18:43 · answer #2 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would choose a life of excruciating pain and trust that God would give me the strength to bear it and offer it up for spiritual benefits.
The only person God ever told "it would have been better had you not been born" was Judas Iscariot, and God did not say this because Judas was suffering physically.
God said this because Judas' sin was so hideous - he actually handed over the innocent Son of God to be tortured and murdered for money.
The point being that THE worst thing that can happen to a man in this life is to lose his soul.
Physical pain and other such trials can actually serve to SAVE our souls and others so we should embrace them if they come our way.
2007-03-18 14:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the persons life... I mean if you believe in Jesus and all, Is the horrible part at the end a reason to not exist? If you knew how you were going to die would it change wanting to get a little right now, I mean aids not being how you die.
If you living would change the life of millions, would you still not want to exist you selfish bastard?
2007-03-18 13:38:50 · answer #4 · answered by tony n 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
living can be a pain but to have horridable pain all the time would suck .but as i have never had pain so bad that i would rather die then live with it, i can not say. i have had pain that i was glad the doc put me out instead of feeling it if that is not existing being without pain would not be so bad
2007-03-18 12:39:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not existing sounds really good right now, and I'm not even in physical pain, so I pick the second. It's better to not have existed at all then to exist in a state in which you can't enjoy your surroundings.
2007-03-18 12:25:54 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Living a "life of excrutiating pain" and living a "life of agony" are not the same thing.
2007-03-20 17:00:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not existing definitely. I've had too many friends who have had to live with pain and dying is much the better choice
2007-03-18 12:27:45 · answer #8 · answered by kinvadave 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
live a life of excruciating pain and get some pain killers from the docktor
2007-03-18 19:46:37 · answer #9 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not in excruciating pain and cannot give a valid response to this question.
2007-03-22 11:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by Zasu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋