[Askel5]

Two missing paragraphs I meant to include at the top of the excerpt above:;

The present order, no doubt, is iniquitous in many ways. However, life according to Christian precepts, is a vale of tears and the "pursuit of happiness" on this earth is more or less bound to fail. Christianity does not eliminate suffering, but gives sense to it. It does not make people "happy"; it offers joy and, by giving a sense to suffering, prevents despair.

We have to admit that the present state of our Western civilization (and of the rest of the world as well) is worse than it has been in almost any period of history. In spite of good dentists, anesthestics, better health conditions, moon flights, television, birth control and a greatly decreased mortality, it would be easy to prove that human unhappiness has reached a very high level.

I know I would never want to live "like that".

And so to bed.

[k2blader]

Thank you for adding those paragraphs. Now #1523 makes more sense.. :-]

I recognize some unhappy people despair and turn to suicide as an answer. It's even more distressing to recognize some unhappy people are finding an answer in helping *others* commit suicide.

If suicide is immoral, and I believe that it is, then helping it happen, regardless of motivation, is also immoral.