Slow Painful death vs Sudden death

I have seen few people around me who have been victim to slow painful death (cancer and other ailments) and few sudden deaths (caridiac arrest, dangerous accidents).
I feel sudden fast deaths are always better.. what do you feel, guys?

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swirlie · 31-35, F

We always feel sorry for someone who has died very suddenly, but we only feel sorry for ourselves as we witness a loved one endure a slow and sometimes painful death.

The reason we feel sorry for ourselves is because we can't stand watching it happen. Imagine how the guy lying in his death bed feels about knowing his surviving loved ones can't stand the sight of watching him slowly die!

DCGuy77 · 22-25, M

@swirlie How true! No one loves seeing other dying.. it indeed hurts the most. Your last sentence makes so much sense... cannot imagine any person going through such feelings!!

swirlie · 31-35, F

@DCGuy77
One of the things that we all tend to forget about, is what it says in the bible about death. No, this will not be a religious plug for some church-based cause, but instead I only raise this issue to bring to light what everyone seems to forget despite going to church every Sunday morning!

What it says in the bible is that we cannot die. Those are the words of Jesus, not my own! It says that in the bible because Jesus was trying to convey to his followers that death is an illusion, not a reality.

That is why he went on to reiterate that our spirit is Eternal which is also stated in the bible, which means our spirit lives forever in eternity but our body of course, has a shelf life! That is why Jesus also went on to say that the body is nothing but flesh and will return to dust in time, which is true.

When we then lay the body aside after the dreaded expiration date of our body falls upon us, our spirit (which constantly surrounds our body) does not die because as Jesus said, "our spirit is Eternal".

What he was trying to convey to those who would listen to him was that we ARE NOT our bodies, but we ARE our spirit.

Our spirit is all that we are and our body is nothing more than a communications and mobility device that we need if living a lifetime on this earth.

Our spirit therefore is who we are as people, not our bodies. When you speak in conversation to someone, we are speaking spirit-to-spirit, though appearing to speak through the facility of our physical body to make that communication possible. That is why death does not actually exist, although it appears to exist.