For Omar: Your most beautiful line was, " I always thought of the doctor and medicine and the healthcare system in general as something that was obviously corrupted but could be effective if it was actually for the benefit of people." This is very interesting to me why did you think the healthcare system was corrupt before? How did you know was it personal experience, or did a friend or family member inform you. Had it not been for this unit I probably wouldn't have even known this until my adult years. Overall nicely done Omar way to be concise.
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From Omar: Didn't post on my blog.
From Stephen( Younger Person) For Abdul, Your most beautiful line was"Now this doesn't mean you should try and die or kill yourself, it just means if death is the only outcome or your odds are that slim be grateful for the time you had on Earth and get ready to have all your questions about the afterlife answered." This is a really smart line, people should definitely be grateful for what they receive and the memories and events they have before it's to late. It's also probably true when you die that all your answers about the afterlife are answered. Good job Abdul on your blogpost keep up the goodwork.
From Ms.D: I agree with Stephen, I was also struck by your idea that we can look forward to having our "questions about the afterlife answered." In a way, though, they'll only be answered if we are in some way conscious. For example if we're in heaven, or even hell, then we'll know what happened to us. But if our soul/spirit/mind/consciousness or whatever you want to call it simply ends when our heart stops beating, then are our questions answered? The answer will be there, but we won't be around to know it... And then that brings up reincarnation- if it exists, does the soul know that it will be reincarnated? Does it have any choice in how and into which body? I'm thinking all of this because I just finished a World Religions unit and it seems that one of the driving forces behind religions is the answers they provide people about the afterlife. As afraid as some people, especially many Christians, are of hell, people seem even more terrified of the idea that there is simply nothing after death, and religion can provide an antidote to that terror. They've done studies showing that prayer doesn't help people recover from illness (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/31/health/31pray.html) but at the same time it does seem that people with strong religious faith who believe that they have earned a pleasant afterlife are less afraid of death, both for themselves and their loved ones. Has religion come up for you in this unit? It seems inextricably linked to most people's experiences with death...
In my last post I asked what alternate health care system you would prefer to the one that we have in the U.S., and you started to answer that in this post, which I appreciated. The socialist health care model has more issues and problems than were presented in Sicko, but also has some distinct advantages over our system.
In general it seems that you've been thoughtful about the material covered in this unit and I look forward to your thoughts on birth...
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