Tbh I’ve seen some shit as an EMT that makes me inclined to disagree. I saw too many infants just born dying, only being kept alive by machines and fading in and out of consciousness knowing only pain until they slowly die gasping for breath.
Seeing that a few times was one of the main reasons I could no longer believe in a loving God, and I don’t think I can believe that these babies were better off for existing like that instead of never being born at all.
I disagree. The fact that you feel for them is worth more than the unborn beings which you feel nothing for. If somehow unincorporated and given the choice, I would choose that brief horrifying existence over eternal nothingness.
I don’t think we’ll ever see eye to eye here, because if I could choose to never have been born then I absolutely would. My life is just been filled with far too much anxiety and misery and disappointment for me to consider the experience worthwhile. If you would rather exist in misery than not exist at all that’s fine, but I don’t feel the same way and don’t appreciate being forced to exist without my consent.
Thanks, I appreciate it. I think one of the hardest things about that job were the times I felt like we were doing the patient more harm than good keeping them alive regardless of their quality of life. I don’t really know how to fix it, but our current systemic priority of keeping the body alive above all else leads to some truly horrific outcomes for some patients.
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Tbh I’ve seen some shit as an EMT that makes me inclined to disagree. I saw too many infants just born dying, only being kept alive by machines and fading in and out of consciousness knowing only pain until they slowly die gasping for breath.
Seeing that a few times was one of the main reasons I could no longer believe in a loving God, and I don’t think I can believe that these babies were better off for existing like that instead of never being born at all.
I disagree. The fact that you feel for them is worth more than the unborn beings which you feel nothing for. If somehow unincorporated and given the choice, I would choose that brief horrifying existence over eternal nothingness.
I don’t think we’ll ever see eye to eye here, because if I could choose to never have been born then I absolutely would. My life is just been filled with far too much anxiety and misery and disappointment for me to consider the experience worthwhile. If you would rather exist in misery than not exist at all that’s fine, but I don’t feel the same way and don’t appreciate being forced to exist without my consent.
oh my god I am so sorry you saw any of that
Thanks, I appreciate it. I think one of the hardest things about that job were the times I felt like we were doing the patient more harm than good keeping them alive regardless of their quality of life. I don’t really know how to fix it, but our current systemic priority of keeping the body alive above all else leads to some truly horrific outcomes for some patients.