Nursing...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing

Hi Kids: What I'm about to get into here, well, you can file this under, "The Strange"...

For people like Mrzzy and Bill D the world is a 'different" place than for The Pope, Buddhist Monks, Hindus, Muslims, etc. For them, God is superstition or non-existent. Bill says there's nothing after death, and you know what? That is absolutely RIGHT. But, here's where it gets strange; that reality applies to Bill alone. For him, there WILL be nothing after death...WHY?

Because whatever put us here allows each individual to create his/her reality. We live in a Quantum Field. This is what connects us all. Stephen Hawking calls it "The Mind of God". It responds to Faith/Belief, atheist/agnostic. And GIVES you what YOU alone think. So for Mrzzy & Bill D, no God. No problem. Ancestors of Apes, and now you're taking the Tram in Picadilly, or the Subway to wherever...And posting on Mudcat...

For others, there's Religion, or not. Maybe you just think something out there had to put all of this together. But I think all that we can do in this situation is to allow different points of view their freedom to exist...

My ladyfriend works in the Hospital System and sees death all the time. part of "the job" you know. But she notices a difference in people at the point of death. Some pass away and they do so peacefully, and she describes it as "beautiful". The family mourns and are upset, of course. That's to be expected.
But others pass away in anger, hatred and fear, not so beautiful...

Was the nurse wrong? Well, she was being a nurse at the highest level to MY mind. If the patient didn't want it...well, leave them alone...

I encourage all to suspend their beliefs, and offer, let's say, "kind thoughts" to others...

Peace...bob

And remember, as some Genius somewhere once said, "THIMK!"... :>)