ZethaPonderer

It's kinda funny, poetic, and bizarre on my end. That I would choose and consider the thought of Suffering as the lesser of evil than Death outright, while I believe that I have no reason to fear Death due to my religious upbringing. However, I respect and treat my adversaries who are NOT religious as my equal who some of them I encountered both IRL and Online that maintain their stance that they would much rather Suffer (as long as its temporary and not permanent) from the hands of an individual than their Life taken away by them succumbing to Death.

So a moral quandary arises. Which is the worst of two evils you can commit to any living creature: Making them Suffer or Taking their Life away entirely?

Here's an interesting debate from Quora that talks about if Death is worse or Suffering is,

https://www.quora.com/Which-is-worse-death-or-suffering

And here's a Christian blogspot when does Suffering become worse than Death which while not relevant is interesting nonetheless,

https://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/01/when-does-suffering-become-worse-than.html

However, I'm being for real here that taking away someone's Life will always be the worst decision a person can ever make and IMO the last decision I ever want to make. However, I’ve come to realize FINALLY from what my adversaries were implying for why they perceive Suffering to be worse than Death. Because there exists Permanent Suffering which I will argue that is much worse than Giving Death so if I were given the choice to do Permanent Suffering or Giving Death I would choose to Give Death. But Temporary Suffering is not that bad compared to Giving Death. So an option can be exercised for Humanity whether Suffering should be Definite or Indefinite.

So basically,

Temporary Suffering < Giving Death < Permanent Suffering.

Under a realism standpoint based on utilitarianism I would unquestionably choose to Suffer (as long as its temporary) from someone's hands because while I don't fear Dying from someone's hands or even the thought that I should have any reason to fear Death, I fear how I will be judged by the God of Abraham whom I worship currently speaking. So I want to live longer in order to struggle more with my Life in hopes of pleasing The God of Abraham. I'm not perfect. I'm a sinner in the eyes of The God of Abraham. I made mistakes in my Life and I hope to rectify most of them as long as I live. I know I made many enemies (both IRL and Online). And I know I will NEVER be forgiven from my enemies. But I never intend to wrong them and do my best to understand where they're coming from. It's only when they start to wrong me that I take relentless action to seek and bring them to Justice. So I'll seek refuge from The God of Abraham in hopes that He forgives me more so than my enemies will NEVER dream of. Cause at the end of the day, I don't expect my adversaries to forgive me. It's their choice ultimately. They don't have to. Like how they don't have to tolerate where I'm coming from. This is my biggest lesson for the day. Thank you my adversaries.

I know I went off on a weird tangent, but ultimately what I stand by is that it doesn't matter if it's an animal, insect, or a human. All living creatures have a right to live their life to their fullest. I would not choose Suffering nor Death towards any living creature. But, if somebody pointed a gun at me from behind to choose the two: I don't want to do it, but I'll make you Suffer instead of Killing you outright.