When people say *We should just enjoy this life* because thier is no Afterlife?

Question

Then how does a person that might be born wihout thier limbs and blind justify thier life?

Terry Schiavo the big controversy to let her live or die because many said she has no life in a vegetative state, let her die by removing her feeding tube. Her husband decided she has no pupose so she can die....

This is the big hoopla now with Assisted Suicides..Man wants to determine as well as the individual thier life or choose thier death.

Millions of people cannnot or do not have the ability to enjoy a life as they live on this planet...What do you say to them, regarding hope and a reason they should stay alive?

If I was born blind, did not have any arms or legs I would truly want to die, but what would keep me alive is my faith in GOD that he would somehow show me a purpose why I was born that way and that he is the deciding factor in when my life should end..

And you?

Answer 1

Those who insist there is no afterlife simply don't get it. Their hearts have been hardened and all we can do is pray for them, since they don't want to hear the truth as we see it. So be it - we plant the seeds and move on after praying for them.

Terry Schiavo's husband didn't let her die because he felt she had no purpose! He knew she wouldn't have wanted to live that way and he wanted her free to go to Jesus.

Answer 2

You should find a purpose in life regardless! A blind man with an IQ of 172 found his purpose when in the 70's learned that he could mimic the 2,600 pulse-per-second sound made during long distance calls and learned he could place calls using this sound!

Someone that's vegtable doesn't need jusification because they can't think to that high of a degree! If you were born blind, didn't have arms or legs you would have a different perspective of the world!

Anyway if there is a God why would he burden you at birth with these disabilities!

Point is you don't need God to justify your life if you are blind! And as a person you have a RIGHT to DIE!

Answer 3

"Then how does a person that might be born wihout thier limbs and blind justify thier life"

aside from the horrible spelling errors, how many people are born that way? And the thing with life is, you take what you get and you run with it.

"If I was born blind, did not have any arms or legs I would truly want to die"

you don't know that.

"what would keep me alive is my faith in GOD that he would somehow show me a purpose"

and again, you don't know that.

Answer 4

If you were born without limbs perhaps you would want to die, and if it was some belief in god that prevented you, well, that's up to you. No-one is going to kill you for having no arms and legs. Have you ever heard of anyone being killed for having no arms and legs? Or blind? No.

The issue is one of choice. Christians lobbied for Terri Schiavo to be kept alive even though there were no viable signs of life in her. The point is her life is none of your business. It is between her family and husband. You answer your own question: the respect you demand to follow your own choices is precisely what you wish to deny others.

And there are plenty of people with serious disabilities with no wish to die at all. We adapt. Being limbless is NOT the same as having no capacity to function usefully. Tragically for Terri Schiavo this was not the case. I just don't know why it can't be enough for you people to believe that, if she did have the capacity to exist beyond the bedsores, catheters and feeding tubes, it would be in heaven. And I'd have thought you could trust god to deal out judgment to her husband and doctors in good time at all. Or aren't you sure?

Answer 5

Firstly it's spelt their. Secondly learn the difference between there and their.

I don't have to justify anyones life.

So we should pretend there's an afterlife so that people with crappy lives have something to look forward to? How very lazy. Shouldn't we try and make sure that people don't have crappy lifes?

Besides according to your beliefs someone born with no limbs and blind may still end up being tortured for all eternity because they weren't born into the right religion.

Also you may find that limbless blind people are actually quite happy making your comment very insulting. You think that limbless, sightless people don't have worthwhile lives? Shame on you

Answer 6

Simply because a person has a disability such as blindness or the loss of limbs does not mean they are incapable of enjoying life. They simply do not enjoy life in the same ways as you and I would, typically. A person, for example using the example that you have set forth, who is blind and without limbs would still be able to enjoy music. They would still be able to taste delicious food. That is better than nothing or no life at all.

Think about Helen Keller. She was unable to see or hear. Me personally, I cannot imagine living that way. But Helen Keller led an amazing lfe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Just because we can't imagine living one way does not mean it is impossible. We make do with what we have and try to be greatful for what we have instead of focusing on what we lack.

Answer 7

I would wheelchair myself off the nearest tall building if I had no arms or legs. Sorry- right to die is something that should not be f-cked with. It comes to a point where the human body would normally have died if not for modern technology- this modern technology keeps the patient alive and the hospital funded.

Profit from illness is unethical- what would your Jesus do if someone was basically dead, but their body was able to function off a machine so a doctor could continue the billing cycle? I think he'd pull the plug. I know I would.

Answer 8

So... you think that YOU should play God, to stop OTHERS from playing God? Interesting theory.

If I wrote a living will, while in sound mind and body, and a situation occurred where it must be put into action (ie brain death with no chance of recovery), why would it be your place to tell me I cannot have my wishes followed? Are you then not "playing God" by telling me when I can live and die? What could POSSIBLY give you this right? What arrogance you have to assume not only that you know what is best for me... but what GOD would have for me!

And let poor Terry rest. Stop bringing her into every argument. It's over done, and not fair to her memory.

Answer 9

The issue for assisted suicide and euthanasia is not that it's a moral choice (well in some people's minds it may be) but that there is an extreme opportunity for abuse and wrongful death. For example your rich but old parents are not approaching the grave fast enough so you conspire with their physician to have them euthanased.

The statement that you should enjoy life doesn't imply that if you don't or can't enjoy it then you should die. That's similar to saying "that since life is colorful, color blind people should die". The statement is a comment on how to live, not a requirement to live.

Strange that you reference millions of people that cannot enjoy life, you do realize that over 4 BILLION people don't believe in your God.

As for me, I don't need an imaginary purpose or deity to enjoy and/or live my life.

Answer 10

If I was born blind or without limbs, my life here on this earth, right now, would be as valuable as it is now when I can see & walk. I would have people to love and who loved me. I would find things that made me feel useful here, during the time that I have, just as I'm doing now.

God doesn't need to show me my purpose. It seems pretty obvious - grow, love, learn, find joy, create, help, live.

Answer 11

I don't know anyone who says we should be entitled to enjoy everything. If you don't have hands, you're going to have limits on how you can enjoy life. If you have no limbs, no face, effectively have just a brain and a minimal set of sustaining organs, there's not going to be much fun in life for you.

Your question gets to the core of why most people have faith:

Life is unfair and frankly, sucks.

People who have faith generally do so because it provides them a cosmic balancer... "Oh yes, life is unfair and sucks, but once I get past it, I'll live in paradise forever!" They try to pretend life really IS fair and good, we just don't see it in total from our limited human perspective.

Why do you expect the cosmos to be fair on the whole? Seems rather desperate and fear-filled to me to expect there to be some cosmic balancer instead of accepting reality.