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Does beleif in god justify how much should people be allowed to spend on end of life care?

The stats are all over the place, as to how many people are cured of cancer, meaning they live more than 5 years without detectable disease. But for many cancers, the outlook is likely death. A recent study says half of cancer patients spend their life savings within two years of diagnosis. We don't know the numbers of people with likely fatal diagnoses and very hard to treat cancers, or the quality of life they have during those last two years, but is it fair to their families when inherited wealth is shown to be the only reliable way for people to maintain or increase their social status? Why do people do this to their families? I think religion has something to do to this. Also it's not a coincidence that most cancer treatment centers are run by religious groups.

Here are some stats about cancer and also a link to an article about the recent study (including a link to the original study)

[en.m.wikipedia.org]

[dailymail.co.uk]

MarkiusMahamius 7 Mar 16
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Virtually every "advance" humans have made has been in the interest of fending off the "end of life." Even something so elemental as moving from holes in the ground, to caves, to constructed houses was a sequence of advancements done for protection of various kinds to accomplish fending off the end of lfe. We invented money as a means of economic expediency, a thing (money) that has meaning and/or value onl because we say it does, so why not fritter it away in large sums to fend off the end of life. If you've got it, spend it. Be honest, if someone told you that s/he could extend your life for some amount of money, would you not try to come up with the shekels? So why criticize a person dying of cancer for spending a pile of money for the same purpose. Is there a m oral imperative that declares one MUST leave money and or possessions to his/her spouse, children, or other loved ones? Dying of old age is another thing completely; in that case, someone needs to remind the elderly loved one that one cannot fend off death by worn out organs, clogged arteries, or the inability to extract nutrients from food. Give it up, man. No amount of money can combat that. But as the old bromide goes, "where there is life there is hope." Really?

I wouldn't criticize a person for spending their to regain health, however, I would criticize a health system which is hell bent on sucking every last dollar out of a person for cancer treatments which are by their own nature carcinogenic. I'd rather try a natural/holistic based regimen which the AMA and their cronies constantly seek to keep silent. Most people don't realize the millions they spend on cancer "treatments" usually give them a 3% chance of recovery. Haven't we all learned by now...there is a cycle....treat cancer...destroy immune system...cancer returns with a vengeance and no immune system to fight it with. It's time to attack the root cause and not the symptoms.

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Skipping everything else and just answering the title question: no, however, with that said, one can make arguments on humanitarian terms. I don't have a definition for what those would be, so that would be the first argument. But god, absolutely not. And, if so, what would be the argument? They're going to go to god so let them go, or the more common, but not necessarily bibly correct that all who somehow being about a death are wrong: except for all the bibly exceptions that are expressly written

Share your terms if you wish. It's not your duty, but could be useful.

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The only way that religion can affect this is by its ban on managed death, but that tends to be expensive anyway. If the care centers run by religions overcharge then that is a simple matter of stealing.

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