darkenmydoorstep
Not Waving But Browned Off….
- Sep 27, 2023
- 620
Whilst I believe people have the right to believe what they want to, I do believe if fewer believed in God, there would be less resistance to making death inducing drugs freely available to adults.
The 'you're playing God' thing grates.
And it informs policy massively, people believing they are upsetting a divine plan or that helping others end it will piss off 'the boss'.
I resent that when myself or others post in a regular 'suicide thoughts ' type group the responses are always the same - either "it will pass" or some waffle about praying and God helping me.
Imagine if with anyone other practical problem people said this. You have a leaky roof or a blocked drain or even "my husband has been shagging my friend". Imagine the standard response being "sorry to hear that, it will pass, keep praying. Count your blessings"
A person's wish to die is reduced to a kid wanting chocolate buttons for tea. It's trivialised as something you know isn't 'good for you' and your layered suffering trivialised to a bad day. Even worse it can be medicalised because it's not thought of as normal. But when such a large percentage of people feel that way, then how can it it count as a societal norm?
The 'you're playing God' thing grates.
And it informs policy massively, people believing they are upsetting a divine plan or that helping others end it will piss off 'the boss'.
I resent that when myself or others post in a regular 'suicide thoughts ' type group the responses are always the same - either "it will pass" or some waffle about praying and God helping me.
Imagine if with anyone other practical problem people said this. You have a leaky roof or a blocked drain or even "my husband has been shagging my friend". Imagine the standard response being "sorry to hear that, it will pass, keep praying. Count your blessings"
A person's wish to die is reduced to a kid wanting chocolate buttons for tea. It's trivialised as something you know isn't 'good for you' and your layered suffering trivialised to a bad day. Even worse it can be medicalised because it's not thought of as normal. But when such a large percentage of people feel that way, then how can it it count as a societal norm?
