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Originally Posted by Lestat
Why do they cry when a loved one dies when supposedly that should be the happiest occasion of that person's existence?
I think you're over-generalizing here, not everybody that says they believe in God has faith, and not everyone that cries does so because of lack of faith.
You yourself said if your children left, you would miss them. When a persons children move away, or go to college, no one would ever criticize them for crying because the children "aren't dead", it's obvious that they will miss them. Seems strange of you to suggest Christians shouldn't cry or feel sad when their loved ones die, they're human.
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Originally Posted by Lestat
While it is taboo in most religions to commit suicide, one wonders why they seem willing to undertake any extreme measures to stay alive or keep a family member alive?
There are many examples of people refusing treatment, or medical help, and in many of those instances those people are seen as wacko. Seems like a lose-lose proposition, where you value your life too much, or not enough.
Just because you're afraid to die, doesn't mean you have no faith, again, you're human.
"To live is Christ and to die is gain", I believe this, but that doesn't mean I want to die a painful death, or that I'm not afraid of the process of dying, and neither does that mean that I won't be sad when my Christian friends die.