If God determines all births and deaths, of what use is
medicine and why should doctors defy with pills and powders, the
decrees of God? No one, except a few insane, act now according to
this childish superstition. Why should a man, surrounded by flames,
in the midst of a burning building, from which there is no escape,
hesitate to put a bullet through his brain or a dagger in his
heart? Would it give God pleasure to see him burn? When did the man
lose the right of self-defence?Robert Green Ingersoll – “Is Suicide a Sin?” (1894)
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One Comment so far. Leave a comment below.Ingersoll–take your hand out of your pocket when I’m talking to you, please. Pills and powders are not meant to defy the decrees of God. They are meant to drain the bank accounts of morons. How else will doctors pay for their kids’ sweet sixteen on a yacht headed for Cancun?