(November 29, 2017 at 12:01 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: With a healthy Individual, depriving him of idiot serenity that is based on a falsehood may encourage him to re-examine his assumptions, put his world view upon a firmer Foundation, and act to lessen his own contribution towards perpetuating the stupidification of mankind in his remaining days.
But with dying individual, what does depriving him of his remaining serenity achieve?
Nothing.
I have an older fundy brother whom I would NOT want in my room if I was in slow decline, because I now he would not refrain from keeping his mouth shut. I wouldn't care if outside the room he'd "pray for me". But like I said earlier with my own mom. Once she got that final diagnosis and decided not to do anything more, I simply kept telling her I loved her, left it at that.
What I don't like outside this though, is after the fact when people lie about what goes on during that time and I have seen selfish opportunists lie about the dying after the fact. My own brother at our Grandfather's funeral LIED to everyone and looked at me without using my name, and said, "Granddad would want you to find God". My Granddad never said shit to me about wanting me to believe. After not seeing me since I was adopted as a baby, when I met him as an adult was merely happy to see me.
Face to face, in the moment, you leave that shit at the door.
