Evaluate and Suggest
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First, it’s unethical in today’s society to have control over one’s life. Most religious people are against this because they believe only God has control over one’s life and one’s fate has already been decided. Actually, that's not true. Most religious people willingly and readily take medicine (like antibiotics) to cure illness. (One exception is the Christian Scientists*, who refuse medical treatment because they believe it constitutes interfering with God's will.) My opinion is that if God wants someone to die, there's simply no way we could keep that person alive. Indeed, we might regularly find people who were cured by human medicine being killed shortly after by other means (like a truck). Since, we don't find this to be true, either God isn't trying very hard to kill us, or God isn't really controlling things. If you really look deeply into the situation, I think it is unmaintainable to say, "We die because it is God's will". That's a little fiction we tell ourselves to help accept the dying of a loved one. It is, however, a lie. * I think "Christian Scientists" is an ironic name for people so scientifically backward. Next thing you know, we see machines keeping robots alive – that’s how foolish it is. Did I miss something? I didn't know robots were alive. ------------------------------------------ "Isn't it funny how people say they'll never grow up to be their parents, then one day they look in the mirror and they're moving aircraft carriers into the Gulf region?" - The Onion
Brit wrote: Did I miss something? I didn't know robots were alive. Haven't you seen Short Circuit?! :rolleyes:
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