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Originally Posted by catem  Roger, suicide is seen as a sin by many Catholics the world over (I'm not a Catholic, by the way).
I think to compare the complex feelings of grief that families must have felt - and grief usually in any case includes anger towards the one who has died, however 'unfairly' - to the motivations of the suicide bombers is hardly appropriate.
I didn't really want to get into a discussion of this subject anyway, as I said in my initial post on the other thread which is quoted by Bjorke at the beginning of this one.
As my words were used I thought I would make a contribution, which I have - but I'll leave it at that, now. |
Dear Cate,
I'm sorry to have drawn you into an area you did not want to have to visit, but I'd stand by the observation that what we have here is a straightforward conflict between reality -- whether the horrible reality of two alternative vile deaths, or the simple reality that all sentient beings desire happiness and the causes of happiness -- and the religious beliefs that suicide is a sin or that jihad is holy.
I'll go for reality every time.
Yours,
Roger