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Degenerative diseases/conditions
FR ^ | Jan 14 | RandFan

Posted on 01/14/2024 3:05:11 PM PST by RandFan

Watching a film on Stephen Hawking and can there be anything worse inflicted upon us than a degenerative disease?

I pray I never suffer this fate if I do I want my life ended.

I'm talking conditions like: MND, Alzheimer's etc

Truly horrible and makes me wonder how if there is a God how his is allowed to happen.

Maybe some Freepers can answer this questions because I can't...

I'm just thankful to be healthy. It's a Blessing let us not forget.


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1 posted on 01/14/2024 3:05:11 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

All diseases are miserable to endure. My wife has degenerative disc just like her mother but it is manageable. I know it’s not the same as those you listed and not nearly as devastating but it can be incredibly difficult to watch someone progressively get worse.


2 posted on 01/14/2024 3:10:37 PM PST by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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Makes me question things (like faith, etc) when I see people with these conditions

Just awful


3 posted on 01/14/2024 3:11:57 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Getting old is not for sissies.


4 posted on 01/14/2024 3:12:55 PM PST by Kenny500c ( )
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To: RandFan
Stephen Hawking: how the ‘flawed genius’ wound up in the Epstein scandal
5 posted on 01/14/2024 3:13:00 PM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: Spacetrucker

My uncle’s kidneys gradually failed him and he was too old for a transplant.

A friend of his was doing the eulogy and started crying saying “I’m sorry you had to suffer buddy!”

It was really sad.


6 posted on 01/14/2024 3:15:08 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: StAnDeliver

Old Stevey boy probably had a happy ending at Epstiens Island of pleasure.


7 posted on 01/14/2024 3:15:10 PM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Kenny500c

I’m a spring chicken here aren’t I but just feel incredibly lucky.


8 posted on 01/14/2024 3:15:40 PM PST by RandFan
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To: Kenny500c

No kidding. Ageing is the most serious problem, and doctors have no medicines to cure it.


9 posted on 01/14/2024 3:15:56 PM PST by Bobbyvotes
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> Truly horrible and makes me wonder how if there is a God how his is allowed to happen. <

A child and his father might view the same negative event differently. For example, suppose a child loses his favorite toy. To the child that’s a terrible thing, a disaster. To the father, it’s just a bump in a long eternal road.

That’s how I see it, anyway.


10 posted on 01/14/2024 3:16:27 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Apparently Hawking visited Epstein island. Degenerate indeed.


11 posted on 01/14/2024 3:16:46 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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Because life is suppose to be all sunshine and thorn-less roses?

I can not address the particular subject you are focused on because it is a bit narrow.

I will say that we cause more problems for ourselves and others when we do not have problems. We create problems when there are none to be had and because we are a very creative species what we can come up with is more horrifying then what nature inflicts.

12 posted on 01/14/2024 3:19:23 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: Right Brother

No mention of that in the film ! 🤡


13 posted on 01/14/2024 3:20:18 PM PST by RandFan
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To: Bobbyvotes

“Aging is the most serious problem ... “

We’re just living too long. Threescore and ten is about right.


14 posted on 01/14/2024 3:21:22 PM PST by KingLudd
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Why Does God Allow Sickness?

https://www.gotquestions.org/God-allow-sickness.html


15 posted on 01/14/2024 3:24:39 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Kenny500c

It’s not always age…read or watch “ The Diving
Bell and The Butterfly “…. Young guy in his 40s….true story .

…..


16 posted on 01/14/2024 3:25:50 PM PST by Mears
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God has a plan for each of us. Keep the faith.


17 posted on 01/14/2024 3:29:40 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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Thanks Jim it’s just testing.

The actor in this movie did an incredible job to make me want to post about it


18 posted on 01/14/2024 3:33:18 PM PST by RandFan
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> God has a plan for each of us. Keep the faith. <

Yes, indeed. The Gospels give us information about the plan. But we can no more understand the entirety of the plan than a small child can understand exactly how a television set works.

So as you noted, it becomes a matter of trust, and faith.


19 posted on 01/14/2024 3:36:50 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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if there is a God how his is allowed to happen

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so sick of this blame God crap.

man
chose
death

death and disease entered the world.

God warned us what would happen if we chose wrong.

When Christ returns disease wont exist anymore.

my relative has a degenerative disease

and has never blamed God for it.


20 posted on 01/14/2024 3:37:34 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Vet, John Adams Descendant , deal with it.)
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