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My father is solidly under the impression of these two statements (not judging, just presenting his perspective): 1) if you commit suicide, you go to hell 2)
by THENATHE 4y ago
My father is solidly under the impression of these two statements (not judging, just presenting his perspective):
1) if you commit suicide, you go to hell
2) doing anything that knowingly will end your life (as opposed to fighting) is the same as suicide.
That being said, I know he doesn’t want to live anymore. The cancer has taken over and he’s miserable. He’s literally told me this. But the only person that could say “okay I’m gonna let my dad go” is me, and I can’t do that on my good conscious. I’m only 24 and I am afraid that if I just negligently care for him so he gets his wish outside of his own control that I will know that and live the rest of my life in pain of that. It’s a bunk situation all around
- magicalhippo 4y agoI'm really sorry to hear. That sounds really, really rough. I fully understand your dilemma. At least for my own sake it would be important that I could live with my choices. If my dad had wanted to fight it, and had suffered as a result, well... that'd be his choice. Take care of yourself though, and be honest with yourself. During and after, I got myself into a dark spot until I dared being honest with myself.