PEOPLE OF FAITH
In the Los Angeles Times of 11/11/13 there is
a front page story entitled, "Murder Or Mercy?" It is, in part,
a story of an ailing World War II veteran who commits suicide.
Before his death the 88 year old man told his son, because of his
terminal illness, that breathing was like waterboarding. In hospice care,
he found no real pain relief and in his suicide note said that "two more
weeks of this is sheer torture."
But this man has missed a glorious
opportunity. He evidently did not know of true Holy Ghost teaching.
His suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of his life,
has a special place in God's loving plan for us; it is in fact a sharing in
Christ's passion and union with the Holy Blood redeeming sacrifice which he
offered in obedience to his Loving Father's will. That his painkillers
did not relieve his horrible suffering could have been a wonderful blessing if
only he had used the opportunity to identify with the beautiful pain and
suffering of Christ crucified.
The 2
paragraphs above are not parody.
They are remarks about the use of painkillers in situations of terminal
illness by “Christians” easily found all over the internet. That such people and ideas could be
taken seriously, evidently by millions of “true believers” is obviously a
manifestation of a profound culturally patterned defect in American
culture. Those who espouse
such cruel, painfully sadistic ideas as unremitting, unnecessary suffering are
obvious perverts. One can imagine
some of them, like medieval monks, beating themselves with ropes into orgasm.
In the media they are their followers are often
called “people of faith,” and “values voters.”
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