(October 12, 2013 at 5:56 pm)Zazzy Wrote: I'll say it again. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. A ravaged brain in a live body. The personhood of an Alzheimer's patient- their "soul" is gone long before his body dies. AD patients become empty shells. The "suit" survives longer than the essential self. Where is the soul of an AD patient? Trapped in a useless body for years? Already gone? Watching several people I loved die of AD was the final nail in the coffin for any notion of a "soul" for me. When death did come for these people, I was glad. They had been robbed of themselves long before.
As a former nurse, I can agree. Some loved ones of my patients were relieved (though sad) and got closure the day their granny died, other refused to see the fact that their loved one had not a good quality of life.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
