DannyMason Posted July 21, 2013 Posted July 21, 2013 I work as a security guard in a small autoparts factory. One of the other guards was an old man, probably in his 70s. I never really knew him that well but he seemed like a nice guy. For the past couple of months he had been pretty unreliable in his ability to get to work because he was apparently in and out of the hospital. A couple of days ago I got a phone call from someone at a funeral home or something (I couldn't half hear them) who told me that he died. They sounded surprisingly emotional about that but I'm kind of ashamed to say that the news didn't hit me too hard. It was sad but not a huge surprise and to be honest I was expecting to receive this call relatively soon; he was an elderly chain smoker in chronically poor health. Anyway, this morning when I arrived to relieve the night shft guard she asked me if I heard about the guard who died. I said yeah. She asked how I knew and I told her about the phone call. She said she received a call, too, but from his wife. She said the wife asked her if she had known anything. The night shift guard said she told the wife that she had no indication of "anything like that". And I thought that was an odd way to talk about the rather mundane death of a sickly old man so I asked if she knew what killed him. And then she looked at me with a shocked expression and said "Didn't you know? He got up Wednesday morning and shot himself!" Jesus. The old man actually committed suicide. He always seemed cheerful whenever I saw him. Granted it had been about 6 months to a year since our last encounter, but still, wow. I've been in shock all day. Of course, it didn't take long for the Christian vultures to come out. I was performing a round of the outside of the plant and came upon some of the line workers having a smoke break. One of them flagged me down and asked if it was true that one of the other guards killed himself. I confirmed that it was. Then this lady immediately started in with this business about how no matter how bad things are getting nothing is worth going to hell over. The other line worker asked if people who killed themselves really go to hell. She suddenly acted inappropriately excited and started parroting a bunch of Bible verses about how Judas killed himself and yada yada. The other line worker seemed disturbed by the idea of God consigning suicide victims to eternal torture. He asked "What if they were saved first?" She then smugly declared that saved person would never kill themselves. I had to bail then to keep myself from punching her in the face. Christians, if you're talking with someone grieving a suicide victim and you're suddenly tempted with the urge to prattle on about how damned they are, please kindly choose to shut the **** up instead. Thanks. 6
coffeebean201 Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 Maybe she doesn't have a friend to tell her to be more sensitive. Sorry she upset you.
gaius Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 I have a lot of respect for religious people but I agree, hate their views on suicide. If you're so miserable that you can override every natural instinct you have when it comes to staying alive and actually make the conscious choice to kill yourself then you deserve a little sympathy.
Radu Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 OP, just think about what an attractive human being she is ... Those kind of ppl almost always make me want to puke.
adelia Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 thats so sad and what an insensitive woman! i dont believe ppl who commit suicide go to hell. many to most are mentally ill. i had an acquaintance shoot himself. he was the bubbly sort. the party planner. when he went missing no one could believe what hed done. twice now when weve driven by the area he killed himself theres been a rainbow. i feel hes in a good place.
keepontruckin Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 If only the "invisible hand of God" could deal with the "good Christians" in that factory via a "Godly push" into the conveyor belt:laugh:
Frank13 Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 I don't see what is so shocking about a 70 year old committing suicide, or a 50 year old for that matter. He was chronically ill, and it's not like he had his whole life in front of him. I commend the guy. He probably didn't want to be in a nursing home or disabled in his later years. Just because a person kills themselves doesn't mean they had unsolvable problems. Sometimes it's just time to go.
crederer Posted July 23, 2013 Posted July 23, 2013 The most aggressive "religious" people tend to be the least religious in the true sense of the meaning. These people aren't religious, they're anger mongers who are too daft to realize what they are doing or think for themselves so they mindlessly follow what they've been told. Not knocking true religious people, just these ones.
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