How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016)

Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by burlesona on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @09:17PM (#28465104)

Why did you feel the need to slam this as “Christian?” There’s nothing in Christianity that speaks against medicine or trying to extend life. The only thing that is different for Christians is they believe death is not the final end, and thus have less reason to be afraid. They still don’t want to die.

Would you be comfortable slamming other religions in the same causal way? If not, why not?

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by eximius on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @09:59PM (#28465349)

Hacker News is US-centric. The US is Christian-centric (religiously and culturally). And there has been a truly bizarre push almost entirely among evangelicals recently to just accept mortality where its absolutely not needed (e.g., during the pandemic).

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by rdevsrex on Thursday September 09, 2021 @02:51AM (#28467025)

Well, particularly early Christianity hero-worshipped martyrs, and seeing as how death brought about union with Christ, there is no tradition of prizing life in the body above death.

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Re:How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016) by alentist on Thursday September 09, 2021 @06:31PM (#28475434)

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28475405.

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