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I was not speaking of inflicting suffering, but of experiencing it. Views on inflicting suffering and ethics, of course, are affected by a mindset which places

I was not speaking of inflicting suffering, but of experiencing it. Views on inflicting suffering and ethics, of course, are affected by a mindset which places value on suffering. It leads to things like the church opposing development of vaccines, of which they have always been among the staunchest opponents. Even as recently as the 1990s, the chaplain of the CDC in the US publicly stated that he would actively fight against the development of any kind of vaccine for HIV. Luckily I don't think he really had much influence in deciding what was to be researched or developed. But it is also quite easy to tell one's self that any suffering caused might not be all bad and might even be part of some greater plan if one considers experiencing suffering to have inherent value.

lurquer 9y ago
What church is against vaccinations? Even the RCC, with its concerns about some vaccines being derived originally from aborted fetuses, encourages vaccinations. For that matter who was the Chaplain at the Center for Disease Control of whom you speak? Does the CDC have a chaplain?
- grzm 9y ago
  One example is Christian Science, which has had issues with vaccinations which has varied throughout its history. Also, according to Wikipedia: > "Forty-eight US states allowed religious exemptions for compulsory vaccination as of June 2015. In Australia the church was the only group with a religious exemption for vaccination as of April 2015; the government said that it planned to remove it." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science#Religious_exemptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science#Religious_ex...